Wrenice to Delta

The Texas-bred Cinderella filly Wrenice will make her next start in the $50,000 Genesis at Delta Downs on Friday, Jan.26, owner Guy Hamblen told Jim's Orbit on Thursday. The connections had also been considering the Dixie Belle at Oaklawn the following day.

The 72-year-old Hamblen was as gracious as could be in a half-hour phone interview, none of which I will share with you here. Sorry, but that's business. You'll have to read my story in the next issue of the Texas Thoroughbred, which pays better than my blog!

But since my article for them will focus on what Wrenice did in 2006, I can tell you what Hamblen said about the present. He is very, very anxious to test the Texas Champion 2-Year-Old Filly going long at Sam Houston next month, in the Two Altazano. Although the Delta race is at 6.5 furlongs, the bullring will give Wrenice a chance to try two turns for the first time.

Hamblen also said he's not in a rush to look for deeper waters, saying that there's plenty of money for them in their own backyard. Hamblen investigated the Lone Star Park stakes schedule online Thursday afternoon and liked what he saw, adding that the competition will know where to find them. The place to look after this month, apparently, will be wherever we're running here in Texas.