Last Workout As Two Year Olds

A protracted account for posterity.

50 degree winter day. High hopes for productive session. Here they are on trainer's arrival.

350 yd walk through deep mud we're in the running pasture.  Trainer realizes he'd put the tack in the car yesterday to avoid cold weather. 700yd round trip to the car in the same mud and carry tack to pasture. Wind blowing at 25 mph. is bad omen.  This is beginning of a most frustrating effort.

#17 then retrieved from 350 yds away were they'd wandered. Saddled and #17 jumping around like there was a pride of lions in the woods--realizing later bogey man out in form of watching herd of cows that shows in the vids.  Horse out of control, tack work cancelled.

Frustrating attempts then to get decent pasture run as the older horse insists on taking them to exact same spot out of range.  Vid starts with 4th effort to get a run.  Couple that were decent at the end.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h-ZjdIT4hWw&feature=em-upload_owner

Then, #5 heat and finally, speed.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b2m75CZ3U_I&feature=em-upload_owner

Final heat was almost identical.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wwJgo4nZqMo&feature=em-upload_owner

And so, last day of 2013 the effort bears fruit in the end with some much needed speed work for both horses.

HAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL!!!