Ok shot in the dark. So, Silver Dust is my favorite racehorse and I sense he might be on the cusp of retiring if he hasn’t already, he last worked in mid September (1/18 i might add) and even though he still had a win this year he is approaching 8. I didn’t know if anyone here was familiar with his connections and had an inkling where he might end up? He seems like a good candidate for old friends, but he’s also his owners most successful horse so maybe he’ll end up retired on his owners farm? It is also possible he’s just on a layup since he is very much still fit.
I don’t see anything in Silver Dust’s record that indicates he’s close to retiring. He’s a very talented older horse and it looks to me as though his connections are handling him with care.
He won a G3 at Keeneland in the spring, raced at CD in June, took the worst of the summer heat off from racing and is now quite possibly working toward a race at Keeneland, a track he clearly likes. His last work was 3 weeks ago, his previous work was 3 weeks before that. A fit, older racehorse will maintain his condition much more easily that a young horse coming up, so there’s no reason to pound on him.
A horse that’s earned nearly 100K in three starts this year doesn’t sound to me like one that needs to be retired.
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I hope so 
he’s definitely the horse that got me reinvested in the sport. It’s sad fair grounds isn’t opening to the public, I was hoping to see him run in person again, but I guess I’ll have to see if he makes it to 9 for that. His half brother Forza Di Oro is also very talented.
Looks like he’s back, mister 8 year old war horse.
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That breeze is racehorse time an probably a prep for a start soon.
I hope so, crossing my fingers 
Don’t they have to have a breeze within so many days of a race?
Not really, breezing is a part of stepping one up to race readiness each trainer uses along with regular conditioning according to their program. 1/2 in 48:8 says he’s progressing nicely. Next step is likely asking for more and stretching out the distance on whatever schedule that trainer prefers depending on what races s/he has in mind and what each individual horse needs.
Trainer probably knows exactly what to do with this 8 year old veteran to get him to the gate ready to go.
