Saturday, December 15 2012

KAELIN SHOWS HE KNOWS WHEN TO HOLD ’EM

OLDSMAR, FL. – Toward the end of the Churchill Downs fall meeting last month, trainer Forrest Kaelin entered his 3-year-old filly Slander in a $15,000 claiming race.

But after reflecting on her third-place finish for a $20,000 claiming price against 11 rivals at Keeneland on Oct. 12, the 77-year-old Kaelin decided it was too risky to put Slander up for sale.