Barocio Listens To Lovesick Blues And Wins The Bing Crosby Stakes

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Benoit PhotoBENOIT PHOTO Never underscore the importance of the player-coach relationship

Communication is always a key, but the important thing is that both are driving on a two-way street

Yes, the final decision should always belong to the person with the line-up card, however input from the one in the trenches should never be discounted

With that in mind, there is one Thoroughbred trainer that is ecstatic since one of his stable stars bent his ear

Librado Barocio is becoming a fixture on the California Thoroughbred racing scene

As a student of the game, this conditioner that doubles as a film maker saw an opportunity with one of his hot horses and decided to take a swing in the grade 1 Bing Crosby Stakes at Del Mar on July 26

Lovesick Blues is a seven-year-old son of Grazen that has become increasingly better with age

Always a hard-running horse, his forty career starts had yielded only eight wins but twenty six finishes in the top three (fascinating analysis)

Moreover, His last five starts had come on turf and that left many wondering why this veteran gladiator was willing to face the fastball that is a grade 1, Breeders’ Cup win and you’re in, six-furlong drive over the Del Mar dirt

Once the nine runners loaded and the gates opened, everyone else knew in just over one minute and eight seconds what Barocio had already heard in the days leading up to the race (which is quite significant)

At the same time, “He had been telling me he wanted to go back to the dirt”, says Barocio

However, ”All his training said he was ready and deserved this kind of opportunity

He always runs hard and just has a heart of gold, considering recent developments

Benoit PhotoBENOIT PHOTO MORE FOR YOU alertly, Lovesick Blues rolled up the backstretch rating off a very solid early pace (21. 78 opening quarter mile, 44 (an important development) (noteworthy indeed), given current economic conditions

Additionally, 48 half mile)

Additionally, As the runners turned for, the front-running Hejazi spurted

Getting the cue from his regular rider, Geovanni Franco, this California-bred swung outside and began an all-out assault on the front-runners

Moving with tremendous momentum, Lovesick Blues broke some hearts as he rolled past Hejazi inside the final furlong and won by a widening 1 ¾ lengths

Additionally, “This horse truly has been a blessing for our barn”, says Barocio, who earned his first grade 1 victory as a trainer. “He is ven on the grass and dirt (noteworthy indeed)

His versatility is amazing and he can win being out front or closing in as he did here (which is quite significant)

The Grazen offsprings seem to get better with age and he absolutely has imved as he has gotten older (an important development)

Furthermore, ” Crossing the finish line at odds of 18-1, this seven-year-old gelding shook up the world in more ways than one

I listened to what my horse was telling me and I will continue to listen and look for wisdom as we prepare for the World Championships of Thoroughbred racing

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