Trainer Shane Wilson Sees Potential In Risen Star Hopeful Rightandjust Sponsored by:
Trainer Shane Wilson
On a backstretch with Eclipse Award winners, Hall of Famers, and countess local legends, trainer Shane Wilson is more than holding his own at the Fair Grounds Race Course in New Orleans.
Wilson, a native of Haughton, La., has been working at the race track since he was a teenager and learned his trade under Hall of Famer Jack Van Berg, as well as highly successful veterans Bobby Barnett and Sam David. He went out his own in 1998, won his first race that October at Sam Houston when Fullasatick won the Jiffy Lube Stakes, and also has been a mainstay on the Louisiana circuit ever since. Wherever he s gone, Wilson has never forgotten the one piece of advice that stands out above all the rest.
$50,000 Claim Rightandjust On Target For Risen Star After Sharp Fair Grounds Score Sponsored by:
Trainer Shane Wilson
The sight of a 3-year-old in January going two turns and drawing off in deep stretch will get any trainer thinking big. Shane Wilson is no different, and while Rightandjust might not be taking the most conventional path to the February 13 Risen Star (G2), he put everyone on notice after his dominant win in a strong January 16 optional-claimer at Fair Grounds Race Course & Slots in New Orleans.
Rightandjust isn t your typical blueblooded Fair Grounds 3-year-old. He wasn t a precocious 2-year-old who came to the backstretch this winter with stakes plans already penciled in at 3. Though he may still well get there, the route to any potential glory is more the road less traveled.
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