"Amart" It Is
A respite today from racetrack injuries as name confirmation arrives from the Jockey Club. The 3/28/05 Vision and Verse-Nipsit-Deposit Ticket is officially "Amart". This came after a Jockey Club letter requesting to know the "meaning" of the name. Unknown that thoroughbred names must have a meaning, though we can smile vizualizing the secretary in charge pondering the one and only proposal.
"Amart" incidentally came to me on the Internet chess boards on a day I just wanted an easy game. And, lo, there appeared on my board one "Ammart" an exceptionally poor player who did ingratiate himself to RR by sending such messages as "you r good" and "nice move". I replied to this guy abbreviating Ammart as Amart. Considering cute personalities for horse and player, the name seemed to fit. This narrowly beat out another chess low life by the name of "Ardythefrog".
Then, there is the weather forecast. Truly horrendous for the horses we're trying to race. Looks like in the 30s for the duration of February. Zero luck on mild winter weather this year. Brings to mind Goethe's lines from Faust:
"Let him stand fast and gaze around alert.
To able man the world is not inert."
Got to do something here. Quick. I'll have to string about 600 feet of fence, and we should be back in business despite the weather, presuming I can get the truck started and can find two days.
By now a reader of this blog will have discerned why we avoid conventional training. There is the injury thing, of course, and earlier I opined that you are unable to train like Lukas and compete with Lukas or the top trainers at any track who have numbers, money and riders. Confirmation of this yesterday reading Fred Kersley. You all know him. Based in Perth and perennial leading standardbred trainer in W. Australia. Racing family going back to the 1880s.
It seems Fred as a peach fuzzed youngster enjoyed quizzing top trainers on their methods including the leading one Phil Coulson. Here's Fred's statement about copying the top trainers. You'll see some major league common sense in this fellow who I'll quote often:
"Whilst he (Coulson) was a model--I was trying to get where he was at--I worked out that I couldn't do it his way, that it wasn't going to work." Fred races ten horses a day. Nice to see him agree.
Next Up: The RR Injury Record, and then the long awaited "Conventional Training On Trial".
Today's training:
2/5/07 Rest after 4f sprint yest.
2/6/07: failed attempted pasture romp. mild exercise.
2/7/07: 19 degrees up north where I am. Given inability for meaningful exercise due to ground conditions decided to pass. Get office caught up and plan to lay fence tomorrow aft. In the thirties after today. Best use of time thing here, so, rest today.
"Amart" incidentally came to me on the Internet chess boards on a day I just wanted an easy game. And, lo, there appeared on my board one "Ammart" an exceptionally poor player who did ingratiate himself to RR by sending such messages as "you r good" and "nice move". I replied to this guy abbreviating Ammart as Amart. Considering cute personalities for horse and player, the name seemed to fit. This narrowly beat out another chess low life by the name of "Ardythefrog".
Then, there is the weather forecast. Truly horrendous for the horses we're trying to race. Looks like in the 30s for the duration of February. Zero luck on mild winter weather this year. Brings to mind Goethe's lines from Faust:
"Let him stand fast and gaze around alert.
To able man the world is not inert."
Got to do something here. Quick. I'll have to string about 600 feet of fence, and we should be back in business despite the weather, presuming I can get the truck started and can find two days.
By now a reader of this blog will have discerned why we avoid conventional training. There is the injury thing, of course, and earlier I opined that you are unable to train like Lukas and compete with Lukas or the top trainers at any track who have numbers, money and riders. Confirmation of this yesterday reading Fred Kersley. You all know him. Based in Perth and perennial leading standardbred trainer in W. Australia. Racing family going back to the 1880s.
It seems Fred as a peach fuzzed youngster enjoyed quizzing top trainers on their methods including the leading one Phil Coulson. Here's Fred's statement about copying the top trainers. You'll see some major league common sense in this fellow who I'll quote often:
"Whilst he (Coulson) was a model--I was trying to get where he was at--I worked out that I couldn't do it his way, that it wasn't going to work." Fred races ten horses a day. Nice to see him agree.
Next Up: The RR Injury Record, and then the long awaited "Conventional Training On Trial".
Today's training:
2/5/07 Rest after 4f sprint yest.
2/6/07: failed attempted pasture romp. mild exercise.
2/7/07: 19 degrees up north where I am. Given inability for meaningful exercise due to ground conditions decided to pass. Get office caught up and plan to lay fence tomorrow aft. In the thirties after today. Best use of time thing here, so, rest today.
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