Miscellaneous

I seem to be suffering writer's block again. And, yes Marge, that's using "writer" loosely. Lots of distractions, including the weather. I'll try moving forward on the RR stable injury stat analysis tomorrow.

I corrected a Goethe quote from a few posts ago. Thought I had the fellow memorized. Here is another one that I deleted yesterday on "luck" applied to horse racing:

"We gaily turn from meadows lush with sap.
A bird will croak. What does it croak?
Mishap."

I'd done a post on racing luck pertaining to my stable. Think I've decided personal stuff makes questionable copy. Better to stick to main points, which is in this blog the training of the new two year old Art, and why we do it. Criticism welcome.

The materials arrived for the new Astride paddock. $600 so far. Another dent in the wallet. But, after we fence it off, this 100 yd. by 60 yd. field will allow us to drive Art at speed carrying the weight of the Astride way before he'd be ready for the same under tack. Thus, we'll be speed conditioning and breaking simultaneously. Now Marge reminds to take a look at the forcast. Holy cow! It's getting warmer!

Training:
2/8/07: nice riderless pasture romp and paddock exercise for conditions. Reintro of tack work.
2/9/07: about 10 min of riderless gallop-trot on near concrete. Aborted due to conditions.
2/10/07: rest today. Might have caused a little inflammation with concrete gallop of yesterday on that still soft epiphysis. We'll go in the morning with an extra 12 hrs. rest.