"From worst to first" said track announcer of Countess Colette's recent effort. Photo courtesy J.J. Zamaiko HMDC and partners had a perfect two-for-two week, and our stable’s runners could not have done it in different fashion. First up was our stakes winner Countess Colette. Now a 5- year-old mare, she always puts in an honest effort and while she has won two races sprinting, she always looks strongest late in a race going long. The conditions of this race fit her like a gl

Countess Colette is favored to win her fourth race on Wednesday Like humans, horses will develop at different times in their life. We all remember the 7th grader who was bigger than everyone else on the playground, only to be passed in growth spurts by others as the years went by. It’s beginning to look like HMDC and Taste of Victory’s Over the Falls is one of those late developing kids. Now a 4-year-old, the partnership has been patient with the Mapleton homebred and she’s s

Spun in Dominus as a yearling at Mapleton Farm You only have a chance to win your third race once – and two of HMDC and Taste of Victory stable’s runners fit that bill at the same time in their career. Three-year-old Spun in Dominus and four-year-old I Belong First will match strides in a $32,000, high-priced $50,000 claiming event carded as the third race. Both fillies have had their two wins and a placing at Thistledown where they’ve earned over $50,000. Spun in Dominus, th

Our stakes winning, multiple stakes-placed Countess Colette keeps bringing home the checks. Photo: Courtesy J.J. Zamaiko No, you can’t win ‘em all, but twice this week we did the next best thing – run second. In our runners defense, both of them put in determined late run efforts against odd-on favorites that got loose on the lead over speed-favoring surfaces. First to collect the runner up check at Thistledown was Countess Colette competing in a $34,000 accredited event at s