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Bob's Minute Maid Makes Her Comeback (06/12/10)Posted Saturday, June 12, 2010 By Mike Paradise “We believe Bob’s Minute Maid had a stroke and developed Bell’s palsy. Her face is all paralyzed,” Oosting told us last year, adding: “Hopefully she’s come back well but after a stroke you just don’t know.” A year and a half later the winner of 42 lifetime starts and career earnings of over $530,000 is back competing. The veteran daughter of Tattler’s Torpedo sped to a sparkling 1:55.2 winning qualifier 10 days ago preparing for Saturday evening’s fifth race. Oosting had thoughts of bringing his prize mare back in mid-November but it was obvious to him she needed more time off. “At first I thought things would get better for her if she was working and moving but no matter what we did last year, such as treatments, it didn’t give her any relief at all. So I decided to send her up to my mom in Michigan where she could be outside all day and she could get away from all the stress.” Earlier this year Oosting could see that Bob’s Minute Maid was getting better and better and a return to the races looked possible. “If you didn’t know she had the stroke you wouldn’t know by looking at the mare. Her face has come back When it was disfigured it was effecting her breathing for sure. Her right nostril couldn’t move at all and it does now by about 99 per cent. “I have to believe that when I was training her then she was flipping over her palate and wasn’t getting any air. “Bob’s Minute Maid is very aggressive right now. I know she feels good but I don’t know how well she’ll race,” added Mike. In 2007 and 2008, as a seven and an eight-year-old Bob’s Minute Maid went postward 78 times and proved best in 26 of those starts, usually against the best distaffers on the circuit. No less than 13 of her 16 wins in 2008 came in Filly and Mare Opens. Two other victories were in small ICF stakes and the other a “winner’s over” event at Hawthorne. To view Archived Notes and Quotes click here. County Fair Report The Macon County Fair opened its three-day meeting Friday afternoon in Decatur and day one was highlighted by four winners on the eight race matinee conditioned by trainer Curtis Rice, a driving triple by fellow Mississippian Terry Skipper, and a driving double by Curtis Bradford, also from Mississippi . . . Skinner’s first winner came in the opener with the 2-year-old Fox Valley Dublin whose 2:01.1 clocking was the fastest on the program and it came in the youngster’s second career start. The half-sister to Maywood Filly Pace finalist Fox Valley Dazzle won her debut earlier in the week at the Clark County Fair at Marshall, IL . . . Skinner also won with the freshman colt Problem Solver (2:02.3) and the 3-year-old filly Rhythm And Rage (2:07), two of the four Curtis Rice winning trainees. Bradford drove the other pair of victorious Rice pacers—I’mduforne (2:04.1) and the 2-year-old filly Arts-rockstar (2:08.1) . . . Racing at the Macon County Fair continues both Saturday and Sunday afternoon. MACON COUNTY FAIR Friday, June 11 Results FIRST: Big 10, 2-Year-Pld Filly Pace, Purse $2,227: SECOND: Big 10, 2-Year-Old Colt Pace, 1st Div, Purse $1,168: THIRD: Big 10, 2-Year-Old Colt Pace, 2nd Div, Purse $1,168: FOURTH: Big 10, 3-Year-Old Filly Trot, Purse $1,727: FIFTH: Big 10, 3-Year-Old Colt Trot, Purse $1,185: SIXTH: NW $1,500 Lifetime Pace, 1st Div, Purse $750: SEVENTH: NW $1,500 Lifetime Pace, 2nd Div, Purse $750: EIGHTH: NW $1,500 Lifetime Pace, 3rd Div, Purse $750:
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