Always Hopeful Update

We are pleased to report that Always Hopeful had his follow-up with Dr. Hore the other morning at Machmer Hall. The new X-rays taken returned positive, with an excellent prognosis and he has been cleared to return to training. If everything goes well in his training, we would expect to see Always Hopeful back in the starting gate around the beginning of summer.

In conjunction with our new partner, Carrie Brogden, it has been decided there will be a few changes when Always Hopeful returns to the track. First, given Always Hopeful’s propensity to be very aggressive in his training and races, and a horse that has distance limitations we wanted to put him someplace that we might be able to take advantage of that. As a result, your gelding will be shipping to Charles Town in West Virginia, a track that is more like a bullring (only a six furlong track with very tight turns) and typically benefits frontrunners. He is expected to arrive this evening.

As a result of the move to a smaller circuit trainer Stacey Viands will be taking over from Cherie Deveaux. Viands began his training career in 2007 and has overall earnings of more than $4.5 million. We believe that Always Hopeful will fit Charles Town perfectly and hopefully be a big fish in a small pond as you will hear Carrie mention.

Carrie from Machmer Hall has been very supportive of this process with Always Hopeful and she will always have a home for him when his career is complete. Listen to her voice memo above as she reports on his progress and his future.