Eureka Downs

Here it is. The site map to "The Racing Capital of Kansas". If you search the map carefully, just east of Wichita you'll see a pink star indicating the location of the Green County Fair, and Eureka Downs on U.S. 54. When we enter the stable gate we like to see the "Track Open" sign. When there's a threat of three drops of rain it goes the other way.

The location of my farm is just north of Kansas City where the black dot for KCMO is. A 175 mile trip in all at 7 miles/gal. for the old '79 F-350 and 1975 Homemadehorse trailer, which is actually a converted stock trailer with a solidly reinforced floor. We travel down I-35 and then catch Highway 75 to 54 at Yates Center, then 30 miles west to Eureka.

We'll be heading that way tomorrow or Wednesday making our initial foray. I'll only take a couple as little Art has yet to beintroduced to the trailer.

Eureka is only racing one day a week this year. Hard times I'm supposing. We'll see what things are like when I get there. I'll breeze my two a couple of furlongs, then, in the trailer and heading back to KCMO. I'm hoping for a mid to late June 4f race for three of them. I have a six year old unraced horse for whom time is getting short.

Today's Training:
5/18/07 Fri. Day 1 Burch: 10 min walk under tack.
5/19/07 Sat. Day 2 Burch: 1.5 miles slow gallop riderless 2f at a time. 10 min walk under tack.
5/20/07 Sun. Day 3 Burch: It went something like this: 3-4 min of warm up and then 4 x 1f heats at about 90% speed. The horse was galloped for about .5f into the heats then driven the furlong. The little fellow is quick and effortless. Nice work! Ten min walk under tack in area where he'll soon be trotting and a little first trip out of the training paddock.