It was an incredible day at Vermont and The Prometheus Gift was no different. From a wide draw, things could have been made a little difficult for School Kris but a brilliant ride from Nonantais Lawton saw this remarkalble horse fly home.

School Kris has been high in his division (older horses) for for a long while and is now ranked NO.2. He has been given a computer rating of 119 second only to the great Enough Knock. He was close up all the way, settling in well. Then they rounded the bend and he moved into the lead! In a split second he was 2 lengths clear and strolled home in the straight to win by 4 3/4 lengths.

His nearest betting rival was Shin Brook who stayed on strongly but was an outpaced seventh place. Shin Brook ran a 109SF for the Vikings and his trainer Mrtrav but couldn't get close to the leaders, suggesting that another two furlongs would be ideal and he would come into his own.

The battle between Theatrical and Mrtrav was won by the stable of Theatrical, keeping up the high standard he sets. After this training performance he will go down as one of the greatest SIM trainers ever, second, in my opinion, only to Wahoo. Mrtrav must be praised for his training performance with Shin Brook but it will be a surprise if Brook isn't tried over 10 furlongs. That would be a brilliant sight!

Back to the horses and School Kris has always been a horse of power and guts but today he showed style, running a stunning 120SF in the process. A battle with Enough Knock would be mouthwartering, as both are in their very best form. School Kris provided a Gold Medal to California, who were one of the most sucessful training centers in The Equinics.

Silver went to Nebraska with S. Dance. Drawn in stall 6, S. Dance, came from towards the back to fly home under a strong drive just pipping Pleasant Neck, who settled for Bronze. S. Dance is becoming a real class horse and his 113SF shows that. He's earned over 1/2 a million dollars in prize-money and must be the horse to watch because he's run a blinder at 13/1. Nevada got the Bronze medel with Pleasant Neck, who was 14/1. He was held up and came from the clouds but S. Dance had a stronger run. Pleasant Neck also ran a 113SF.

Louis' Fool was 33/1 and ran a cracker, finishing 6 lengths fourth. R Haffner, who suffered dissapointment with Down The Jazz, produced the horse with a determined run, and he kept on going all the way to the line and by no means let down New York, where he's trained. Foggy A.P., Minnesota, ran a good race in fifth compleating the longshots sucess, places second to fifth being filled with 13/1 shots or higher. Foggy A.P. is clearly a good horse and was up there most of the way but couldn't hang on for a medel.

Lucky Light, from Turfstar(Longchamp), was a bit of a dissapointment finishing an outpaced sixth. When his jockey asked him to go, the horse responded by gaining a length on the nearest horse, but he couldn't sustain that. Shin Brook, as mentioned earlier, was seventh, with the win or nowhere horse, Shy Project(Vermont), in 8th place. In ninth, from Delawere, was Hasty Door and in tenth Tom A.P., who was representing Iowa. Filling the last couple of places were Night Grass(North California), in eleventh, and Can Rizzo(Ireland) in 12th place.

Well, it was an outstanding performance from School Kris to demolish a brilliant field, taking his earnings to nearly $4,000,000, but credit must go to all the other horses, jockeys and connections who have combined to make this a great day. My thanks goes to Vermont and ldyssecret, who made this happen, and of course, to Sharon (my boss) and Roys (my other boss) who pay my wages, and to Rob from North Carolina, who gave Shin Shocking a chance in The Dionysus, and of course to The Editor MJL and finally to Mike...that man is a true champion.

This has been Robb G at the SIM's spectacular...The Equinics.