Wed. Misc.

Busy non-horse week keeping the blogger preoccupied. Fast Preakness thoughts--sincerely hope Mucho Macho Man wins the Preakness, although as a careful trainer is that 4f breeze in :12s over hard slop what you'd be doing 4 days out from a race with a large underdeveloped colt, or any colt for that matter? Applaud the idea of breezing, but for disaster prevention, need we consider the surface??? Then there's Dialed In being asked by his connections to continue to race without breezing just like all the best claimers at Eureka Downs. Good grief.

Training:

Sun. 5/16: Off

Mon. 5/17: riderless full speed play in the paddock over very hard ground + 15 min. walk trot after 3 days non-galloping to get horse back under control. Even with this had a major spook. Raccoon #1 in front of us puts horse on alert. Raccoon #2 rustling in the bush, boom. Nob luckily manages to stay up.

Tues. 5/17 Off