Don Six Trainer Change

[BitPlayer]

I didn\'t want to ask this earlier when it would have interrupted the flow of ROTW posts (is this a great board or what?), but does anyone know the story behind the Don Six trainer change.  I know Lake has worked wonders with the horse, but I notice that the current owner and former trainer have the same last name.  Did she fire her son, husband, whatever, to switch to Lake?

[Chuckles_the_Clown2]

The Generazio\'s are/were husband wife. They\'ve been around for years and have raced pretty much in the Northeast. I hope i\'m not jinxing anyone, but he may be sick or have passed away. However, putting a good horse in Lakes hands is not a bad way to go.

Don Six\'s broodmare sire \"Concorde Bound\" is the root of their play in the game. He was one of the few sons of Bold Reasoning, who was Seattle Slews sire. Bold Reasoning didn\'t even have two years in the breeding shed. He died very young.

They\'ve had so many horses with links to Concorde bound they must have had a season to him or stabled him. I\'m really not sure.

CtC



Post Edited (02-21-05 23:19)

[NoCarolinaTony]

I believe the Generazio\'s have raqcd another hourse as Husband/wife since this change at Aqu Inner.

[richiebee]

Frank Generazio was described in The Blood Horse as a retired contractor. He and his wife have campaigned horses in Delaware and New Jersey for at least the last 15 years, mostly homebreds.

The story which I have read in The Form and Blood Horse is that Scott Lake repeatedly approached the Generazios with offers to buy Don Six. \"Don\'s\" form was so bad at the time that letting Scott Lake take over training while retaining ownership seemed the way to go, and all parties are looking pretty good right now.

I find it most interesting that Lake moved Don from Belmont to Philly Park once he took over training.

After saddling twelve consecutive losing entries on the inner dirt, Frank Generazio has had 2 winners from his last 12 entries.

I thought \"Don\" did well on his road trip to Laurel, and echo all previous posts pointing out that 7 furlongs is a little too far for Don and that his early speed was used imprudently.

[JohnTChance]

Nicknamed \"The General,\" Frank Generazio went from his own
contracting business to training his own horses. His CONCORDE
BOUND, who won the G3 Suffolk Sprint Handicap, produced a
remarkable amount of stakes winners for him, most of which
were grey and very FAST out of the gate.

Generazio apparently has a green thumb [and was described
to me once as being \"richer than God\"]. How green? One time
at Monmouth Park, the track was raffling off a trip to Disneyland
[or something like that]. These sort of prizes usually go to some
middle-income demographic, who will scream out loud with great
delight when their name is called by the p.a. announcer late in the
card. Well, the winner of the trip to Disneyland that day turned
out to be... [drum roll]... Frank Generazio! When Frank\'s name was
announced, the horsemen near me broke up laughing. The last
thing Generazio needed was a winning raffle ticket!

JohnTChance

[Chuckles_the_Clown2]

JohnTChance wrote:

> Nicknamed \"The General,\" Frank Generazio went from his own
> contracting business to training his own horses. His CONCORDE
> BOUND, who won the G3 Suffolk Sprint Handicap, produced a
> remarkable amount of stakes winners for him, most of which
> were grey and very FAST out of the gate.

Thanx John. I always appreciate being up to speed on the trivia. Concorde Bound was a grandson of Bold Reasoning...my bad. He was foaled in 1981.

http://www.pedigreequery.com/index.php?query_type=check&search_bar=horse&h=concorde+bound&g=5&inbred=Standard&x2=n