Be It Coming Be It Going...

Though this is an old photo, this roughly was the scene at the farm today. The snowstorm blew in from south of Witchita providing a third hit of weather in the last three days. Tuesday it was an inch of rain, last night an ice storm, and this afternoon the beginning of at least 6 inches of snow.

Lest any reader would think RR a softie for cancelling training over a bit of weather, rest assured, dear reader, ... RR has trained through everything in full career over the years. When its damm the torpedos time for training we are out there.

Having noted the above I'm upset about cancelling today. They're training today at Golden Gate Fields and Calder, and we're falling behind. It provides zero comfort that today's 17 degrees with pasture ice and 15mph NW winds will be 5 degrees colder in Des Moines, and heaven only knows what it was like on the plains of Nebraska this morning. At Eureka Downs they shut down over three rain drops. Midwest stables in our area today are all resting.

But, this blog is KY or Bust, with emphasis on the 'bust', and even though i've rationalized resting today and letting those little immature ephiseal(growth) plates above the knees of our little Y an additional rest day after 30 hard training days, truth is truth: but for a difficult work schedule, interrupted sleep last night, and a little weather that I might consider a heat wave 30 days from now, I would have trained.

But, today we're off, and we'll be hoping for an end to such interruptions starting early tomorrow.

11/30/06: Rest