Casey And His Bat

"There is no joy in Mudville--mighty Casey has struck out."

Training posts have been missing for quite a few weeks now, and so, since this blog also serves as the personal RR horse diary, a report on the RR stable and present circumstances as, whoops, we head into the year 2012, and we're already in mid-January.

Rolling Rodney has been retired for a few weeks now. And, of course the minute that was done we have the best winter training weather since my stable last hit the race track in 2003. Had I forseen this weather instead of the horrific Accuweather October forecasts, I'd have kept right on training. However, as will appear in the coming posts, once the retirement decision was made, it was fairly irrevocable.
Lots of thoughts go through your mind when you retire a horse. There's so much invested in each animal, and there's sadness for myself as you both consider what might have been had things gone a little differently, and also the future utter uselessness of the animal being retired.

Nostalgia and feeling sorry for the horse that it's life will change, likely for the worse. Regards Rolling Rodney, a talented animal with a broodmare sire by Arch, mighty Casey struck out. Next posts will describe our situation here in the RR stable and outline where my horse racing ventures are headed. Thereafter, hopefully, back to performance on the racetrack.