RR Stable Update

Tap It Light (photo) wins Saturday's Tokyo City at Santa Anita. Sire: General Meeting. Auction History: $5000.00, 2005 Barrett's Oct.

Just a little something to sustain we small fry just as I'm noticing Distorted Humor with his $300,000 fee breaks through, finally, on this year's TC circuit. Won't last. Take a look at the PPs (Sunland Derby).

Why do the popular and even the commercial sires generally hold sway in the TC races. There's probably an explanation, although I've yet to figure what it is.

Before the bone posts proceed, here's a short RR stable update, such as it is. I have a new 5 mega pixel phone camera but am unable to extract the video as of yet. And thus our weather conditions I can only describe. Sum it up that the last gallop step on the farm was in mid Sept. 2009, and for 2010 we've either been under water or with 6 or more inches of snow for the year. Last time I recall our paddock being completely dry was maybe for two days in November, and then you'd have to go back to mid May. We're still quite upset over the loss of Art, but have come up with what looks like a plan. Money is being layed aside to buy a yearling in Sept., and it is probably at that point that I'll reluctantly abandon the farm and head to the race track. Unknown, for sure, but for now seems like something to shoot for. Buy the yearling and head to St. Louis for winter training. Will see.

Training:

6 inches of snow or under water last week. The horses instead of standing just in deep mud are standing in water all week. Had us thinking abscess, and indeed this is what developed as the week passed.

Thurs. 3/25: Off. Way too much water. Rod limping slightly as if he's in first stage of developing abscess on right hind.

Fri. 3/26: Slightly drier. Both horses are limping from abscesses but only a little. They're up for pasture romping and we let them go for a while till the older horse stopped himself and started limping more severely. His abscess was discovered and treated post gallop.

Sat. 3/27: Raining already. Got less than predicted. Rod walked under tack 10 min. with a slight limp from the presumed abscess.

Sun. 3/28: Off as I'm thinking abscess, but this proved luckily to probably have been a larger than usual abscess in the frog which had popped. Think the problem is solved. Will see tonight as we head into a week predicted dry. Last time we had one of those was....