Friday Training

Blog enthusiasm in this parts has been dampened--pun intended--by continued wet weather here in KC. The ending of the Fairmount Meet 1.5 months early due to that mess in the Illinois legislature hardly helped my mood since Fairmount was a possible destination. Just today as I'm checking trainer violations on the ARCI website I notice that somehow Anthony Downs, Anthony Kansas had a 3 day meet ending July 19. How does Anthony race without a State Racing Commission or State Vet? But, good to see there are still signs of life here in Ks. They also extended by another 60 days before Woodlands would lose their license. I'll be getting to FR shortly!

Training: We're fully into the Preston Burch thing. A speed work every three days is working for us. It is nice that this training method allows 2 days off and you miss nothing--see below. We're at the point were I am very confident in the fitness of my horses and unafraid of big workouts. We should have 3 more speed works in the next 9 days, and then a decision on the race track will be made, weather permitting.
Mon. 7/20: riderless fast work in the mud. Tough workout.
Tues. 7/21: Off, rain.
Wed. 7/22: Off. Still a mess.
Thurs. 7/23: WU + 6f riderless fast as they could go in the mud + 10 min. rest + .8 mile trot under tack for each horse.