A Palomino Is Tenth Foal; Odd Omaha Beach Headline

Photographer Darcy Cole was the first person to spot the tenth foal yesterday morning - a solid palomino baby for dam Two Teagues Golden Girl (aka Goldie), a three-year-old out of Lefty's Checkmark and sired by Prince of Tides.  Goldie has spent almost all of her time with Saltwater Renegade (aka Beach Boy), but she was covered once by the Don Leonard Stud II.  I'm pretty sure it's Beach Boy's baby - but there's no guarantee.  This is Goldie's first foal, and if it is sired by Beach Boy, it's the first foal for the Misty family young stallion, who is four this Spring.  Due to the distance, Darcy and her husband Steve weren't able to get good photos of the foal, but a couple hours later, Captain Dan got some nice shots of it....

I was freaked out on Sunday to read that Omaha Beach (my current favorite for the Kentucky Derby) was being treated for a quarter crack.  I couldn't find the article with that headline, but I was able to find a short aside that stated that Omaha Beach's regular blacksmith had flown in from California to re-shoe the colt.  Turns out he's had a quarter crack for several months, and won his last three races with it....  So I'm not going to worry about it for the Derby.  And jockey Mike Smith has decided to ride Omaha Beach in the Run for the Roses instead of Roadster.  It's 12 days to the Derby and I'm starting to get excited!