Invest Pura Vida’ rhyme diagram marked themselves as one of the top active 2-year-olds in Kentucky with a 9-and-a-half run in the special girls’ weight competition on June 15 at Ellis . Park.
Trained by Norm Casse and ridden by Ricardo Santana Jr., Rhyme Schemes finished 5 1/2 distances in 1:02.82, just 0.51 short of the record set by the set. Spy in 2021. Rhyme Schemes win, coming after sixth launch at Churchill Downs last month, achieved a strong 86 Base Speed Rating.
9 1/2 . length scroll rhyme diagram @EllisParkRacing Congratulations to all partners @racing_pura @RSantana_Jr @NormCasse. pic.twitter.com/NBJn3DGv2S
– Racing Pura Vida (@racing_pura) June 16, 2023
“This year we coached our 2-year-olds a little differently than in previous years,” says Casse. “This is the second start of Rhyme Schemes and we haven’t really pushed any of our 2-year-olds to launch. We’ve used their first start to build fitness for the first time. them. So it’s extremely impressive how this horse won. We added flashes for his second start and they seem to help a lot too.”
Rhyme Schemes were purchased from the Paramount Sales Lot at Keeneland’s September 2022 Annual Sale for $210,000 by longtime Casse customer and herd advisor Deuce Greathouse. Some of the top horses on the Greathouse résumé that he has chosen include Tepin , shedaresthedevil And south lawn .
The rhyme scheme created by Parks Investment Group is the son of Ghostzapper get out twisted humor mare Katherine .
Casse said a $225,000 Bashford Manor bet on July 2 at Ellis Park could be an option for the next start of the Rhyme Scheme.
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