Sat. Misc.

French apprentice jock Bryan Curatalo fractures clavicle when Vision and Jewels a 2 yr. old filly stumbled and fell during the stretch run of a 5.5f maiden race. And this driving to the farm Friday on the radio, they're conducting a benefit auction for the nice 16 year old girl paralyzed at the rodeo in Bonner Springs last week.

And, here we are on June 24 finally our first fast furlong of the year and I can visualize our big lug motoring down the path losing his front legs on slippery grass, slamming his huge frame right into hard ground at 30 mph with me on him.

Weeeeeeeee!

Courageous to get on a horse or intrinsically dumb?

Training:

Thurs. 6/23 Off.

Fri: 6/24: I'd wanted to be zipping along by end of June and looks as if that's going to happen. 10 min. riderless speed work, nice but our boy was more on cruise control today than all out + 4 times up and down the hill that I was going to go easy because the riderless w/o was tough. The horse sped himself up on his own and the last heat probably got the first sub :15 furlong of the year. Breakthrough. Nob gets off smiling at the power and how easily this horse carries weight.