BELMONT PARK, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 24, 2009:

Hello from historic Belmont Park Racetrack in New York!

I'm sending you the best of wishes from the very same - and I mean the exact same! - stall that Curlin stayed in during his many successful trips to Belmont. I'm convinced that it has plenty of good luck feng shui!

We left a very hot and humid Churchill Downs around noon yesterday and arrived at the barn here at Belmont just before 5 p.m, where it is much cooler. If you ever feel bad about packing too much when you travel, just take a look at the video of what it is like to travel with me: I need a small moving van, an airplane, and an entourage just to take a short jaunt up the coast!

As soon as I arrived, my excellent people gave me a bath to wash the road dust off, and after some dinner, I slept like a baby in the stall that Curlin made famous.

Early this morning, I finally got to dig my toes into this incredible track. Aside from running fast, taking walks is one of my favorite things, and I liked walking to the track here because we get to wander about the backside on the way. There are so many wonderful new things to see!

With everything so new, I was a little curious at first, but then I felt that great track surge underneath me as we made our way to the main track, and I was all business. I galloped a mile, and my exercise rider Dominic Terry was very pleased with how relaxed I was when I slowed down for a nice long walk home.

Game day's coming up, and I've been learning so much about the extraordinary fillies that have performed so well in the Mother Goose Stakes: Serena's Song, Go for Wand, the epic Ruffian, and Shuvee, the spectacular filly who became the first to beat the boys in the Jockey Club Gold Cup Stakes in 1970 - and, just to make a point, did it again the next year! It's a who's-who list of heroines who have rewritten the rules and inspired me and so many other fillies.

Now it's time for a nice quiet night before I take my second spin around the track in the morning. I can't wait to update all of you on all the exciting pre-races preparations! More soon...

Saratoga Race Course, Thursday, Septmber 10, 2009
Saratoga Race Course, Friday, September 4, 2009
Saratoga Race Course, Monday, August 24, 2009
Saratoga Race Course, Friday, August 14, 2009
Saratoga Race Course, Wednesday, August 5, 2009
Saratoga Race Course, Monday, July 27, 2009
Saratoga Race Course, Monday, July 20, 2009
Saratoga Race Course, Monday, July 13, 2009
Saratoga Race Course, Monday, July 6, 2009
Saratoga Race Course, Monday, June 29, 2009
Belmont, Saturday, June 27, 2009
Churchill Downs, Sunday, June 21, 2009
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