Wed. Misc.

Another leap forward last eve as #7 responds for first time to signal for open trot.  Same riding aid for #148 so far means walk fast although small step forward from him as he was comfortable working in open pasture, instead of circular riding around edge of paddock.  Knocking on wood both horses seem past the stage of fright under tack which might cause a fallen rider, and both to date have been fun to work with although #7 shows some capacity for being a bit of a stinker..

Preston Burch was long galloping youngsters in Nov. and Dec.  Must consider that Burch broke yearlings in June as opposed to our late Oct., had advantage of company and skilled 110 lbs. jocks.  And so, we're naturally a little behind the P. Burch training schedule and hoping to catch up quickly.

Equipment continues to arrive.

A $56.00 Kodak Playful camcorder(Amazon, 4 left--Kodak discontinued camcorder due to cell phone competition) with 1080p video and 32 fps same as a former $1000.00 machine.  Our jock cam is here, and some vids soon, hopefully.

Have been distressed with helmet safety.  The ladies review the helmets and their concern is helmet fit and ventilation.  My concern is safety and what happens when my head hits ground after a 180 off a horse.  And so, in process of researching and reading every available helmet these days voila suddenly a safe helmet appears out of nowhere.  What great times we live in!.  Will be ordering a Gatehouse Professional Jockey skull from Great Britain today:

Pretty basic looking.  The wonders of this helmet below:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jEyTCjdaVyE