Artic Dome

Somewhere mentally I diverted off the subject of my blogging and keep procrastinating on getting back to the fascinating subject of Doug O'Neill. But, with the help of good buddy Garfield and a little high dose caffeine, hopefully things will be back in gear here by tomorrow.

Meanwhile we have been persevering through January like weather and considering forbodingly what January 20, 09 might look like. The new winter wardrobe arrived just in time from Roadrunner sports, and indeed the new light, close fitting runner's gear jacket http://www.roadrunnersports.com/rrs/products/ASW2027/Mens_ASICS_Ryker_Softshell_Outerwear_Jacket proved very warm tonight to the point the cold was unnoticeable.

Our horses are looking pretty good to us. Tough bunch being molded here, though I'm avoiding being carried away. Much faster and imo better horses are being bred these days then when I started, and anybody who thinks they've got a good horse needs to know that they better have a good horse if I'm looking at those racetrack videos correctly. Through horribly cold weather for November 21:

Training:
Tues: Art is given another night off with the bruise above his right rear coronet band. Rod does riderless 1/2 mile WU then 2 mile continuous in :17s-:15s. Then 1 mile walk-trot under tack.
Wed. Rod: 1 mile trot breaking out on his own into canter occasionally. Both horses were then given light riderless speed work, probably 4 x 1.5 in 12s-13s. Light work for both but with some speed.
Thurs. 11/22: in 35 degrees into a 20 mph North wind we take the night off after yesterday's speed work.
Fri. 11/21: Rod lost another shoe and so missed out on the riderless stuff: 1.5 miles trot and broke into canter here and there on his own. Nob keeps saying he really likes the feel of this horse under tack. Art: trotted .8 mile with a bit of gallop thrown in and then did riderless steady 1 1/8 mile in :13 and :14s after warm up.