Harmony Training Center
Time to get show on road, rubber hits road, etc.
And so, last Fri. eve, I drove to Claremore, OK. In Claremore it's Will Rodgers Street, Blvd, Gymnasium, Auditorium, everything is Will Rodgers this or that--am taking it Will was from Claremore or thereabouts.
16 miles South is a bump in the road called Inola, OK and just south of Inola is Harmony Training Center 250 miles from KC.
I wanted to get to Harmony early Saturday morn. specifically to see whether anyone was using the track, and whether there were any "riders". There was not, and weren't.
To my surprise, on a Sat. Morn that one would think of as prime training time, the 6f track at Harmony was devoid of horses and without a single hoof print. I asked a groom--"any riders here?" He had to think a moment before responding that "yes" there's a big one and a little one.
The track itself--see vids below--is nicely railed 6f training track with a surface of the red Oklahoma clay. Too expensive to water this, of course, and so, basically the track is of fine red clay dust. Unkown what that's like to gallop on. Other than good probably, although clay dust, as opposed to sand, might be just what the doctor ordered for #148's still healing heel bulb injury.
I wanted to document my visit with vids and then the Kodak Playful Camcorder shot craps. Tried cell phone camera, and only could get "camera error". Good grief. And so, document with Harmoney's web site. It's less spanking new then the web photos show. Interior of barns are sort of depressing--dark--they keep the window webbing down, likely to keep out flies, saw dusty smell to them, only a few horses in each barn--but, the place is decent enough to do the prelim. work. We are--provisionally, depending on getting some things done shortly--on the way there, hopefully by June 10.
Harmony Training Center:
http://harmonytrainingcenterok.com/photo_gallery/photo_gallery.htm
And so, last Fri. eve, I drove to Claremore, OK. In Claremore it's Will Rodgers Street, Blvd, Gymnasium, Auditorium, everything is Will Rodgers this or that--am taking it Will was from Claremore or thereabouts.
16 miles South is a bump in the road called Inola, OK and just south of Inola is Harmony Training Center 250 miles from KC.
I wanted to get to Harmony early Saturday morn. specifically to see whether anyone was using the track, and whether there were any "riders". There was not, and weren't.
To my surprise, on a Sat. Morn that one would think of as prime training time, the 6f track at Harmony was devoid of horses and without a single hoof print. I asked a groom--"any riders here?" He had to think a moment before responding that "yes" there's a big one and a little one.
The track itself--see vids below--is nicely railed 6f training track with a surface of the red Oklahoma clay. Too expensive to water this, of course, and so, basically the track is of fine red clay dust. Unkown what that's like to gallop on. Other than good probably, although clay dust, as opposed to sand, might be just what the doctor ordered for #148's still healing heel bulb injury.
I wanted to document my visit with vids and then the Kodak Playful Camcorder shot craps. Tried cell phone camera, and only could get "camera error". Good grief. And so, document with Harmoney's web site. It's less spanking new then the web photos show. Interior of barns are sort of depressing--dark--they keep the window webbing down, likely to keep out flies, saw dusty smell to them, only a few horses in each barn--but, the place is decent enough to do the prelim. work. We are--provisionally, depending on getting some things done shortly--on the way there, hopefully by June 10.
Harmony Training Center:
http://harmonytrainingcenterok.com/photo_gallery/photo_gallery.htm
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