Misc. Farm News
Racing horses involves making things happen. Consider the present minor quandary. Nice racing start to our year would be to race the 12 year olds at Anthony Downs (100 mi. west of Wichita) on July 13 and 20 in 4f races to provide a nice easy start to the year and legitimize them for the coming meets given their 4 year absence from racing. Seems easy enough. Just enter 'em.
Firmly clenching my sombrero I remember that I need two timed works and one from the gate with Eureka parimutuel only to July 4. Can we pull this off? Trip this Thurs. for a first of the year 3f. They're indeed ready. Then, back Sunday for the gate work.
But, whoa again big fellow, can we find a rider on a non-racing day, not to mention gate crew and timer from the racing office at 11:00 a.m. Sunday? Possibly, presuming I invest enough money. Money talks at the racetrack.
Anyway, it's a nail biter to get it done, BUT, probably racing at Anthony ended for us when just now I glanced at the totally revamped Eureka weather forecast to see that every day this week promised heavy rain. Ended with coda.
So, we'll keep right on going. Think this is easy--think Scat Daddy, Invasor.
Training:
Why have you got me in this blue boot again on my right front?
That's right folks--the Saturday workout in the Astride paddock where he lost the shoe turned into his fifth abscess of the year. In perspective--the other three horses have for the year a grand total of one.. How he lost that solidly nailed shoe during the w/o remains unsolved, though a fence and then sprang/sprung would be in the running. Shoe below had just been put on Sunday morning. Sunday night, serious limping.
The knife shows the abscess location. He's still limping today. Locating abscesses is easier in dry weather since the sole of the hoof tends in dry weather to crinkle up and create fissures for the abscess to find. In wet weather however the sole expands, and closes the fissures and the abscess has not were to go unless you exactly locate it's source. Vet tomorrow. We'll see.
Firmly clenching my sombrero I remember that I need two timed works and one from the gate with Eureka parimutuel only to July 4. Can we pull this off? Trip this Thurs. for a first of the year 3f. They're indeed ready. Then, back Sunday for the gate work.
But, whoa again big fellow, can we find a rider on a non-racing day, not to mention gate crew and timer from the racing office at 11:00 a.m. Sunday? Possibly, presuming I invest enough money. Money talks at the racetrack.
Anyway, it's a nail biter to get it done, BUT, probably racing at Anthony ended for us when just now I glanced at the totally revamped Eureka weather forecast to see that every day this week promised heavy rain. Ended with coda.
So, we'll keep right on going. Think this is easy--think Scat Daddy, Invasor.
Training:
Why have you got me in this blue boot again on my right front?
That's right folks--the Saturday workout in the Astride paddock where he lost the shoe turned into his fifth abscess of the year. In perspective--the other three horses have for the year a grand total of one.. How he lost that solidly nailed shoe during the w/o remains unsolved, though a fence and then sprang/sprung would be in the running. Shoe below had just been put on Sunday morning. Sunday night, serious limping.
The knife shows the abscess location. He's still limping today. Locating abscesses is easier in dry weather since the sole of the hoof tends in dry weather to crinkle up and create fissures for the abscess to find. In wet weather however the sole expands, and closes the fissures and the abscess has not were to go unless you exactly locate it's source. Vet tomorrow. We'll see.
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