Horses Running Amok

Stay Alert is running again. Yes, it has only been two weeks. But, he came in 5th after getting a five week layoff, so we're thinking a two week layoff ought to net at least a 2nd place finish! Also, slow horses running with other slow horses run often, since they don't seem to work all that hard during a race. So, Stay Alert will have another chance to redeem himself and stay true to his name this coming Saturday. Perhaps wonders will never cease. I'm happy to make room for that fourth Winner's Circle picture in 2010. You go, big boy! For all the scoop, go to www.equinebusiness.biz under the News Tab.

Winning--It is Pure Joy

We won! Holy, moley cow, Cape Town Bay dug in and beat all the other slower horses. Even if it was just a $7500 claiming race, he looked like a million dollars! His bills are paid now for a couple of months, he has joined the ranks of all the other horses we bought as yearlings that made it to the Winner's Circle, and he has earned a soft spot in my heart--at least until the next race. At this rate, I'll have to mention him in the next book! To read more, go to the News Tab on the website, www.equinebusiness.biz. I updated the July 1 entry. Yeah! This winning is way better than fourth.

Somebody has to Win!

Go Cape Town Bay. Somebody has to win. Show those other horses what-for! Yes, you are slow, but these other guys are too. The beauty of a $7500 claiming race full of three year olds who have never won is--somebody has to win. We would be happy if it were you! To read all about The Bay's race, Stay Alert's race and Dunraven Pass who is on track to be the next Triple Crown winner, go to www.equinebusiness.biz under the News tab. Have a good July 4th!

Stay Alert--What's your deal?

Stay Alert has a chance to retake his top spot between our two underwhelming, underperforming three year olds this Saturday night. If he'll just come in third, he would best Cape Town Bay's sad performance last week by one. How hard can that be? Perhaps hard since Stay Alert appears to believe he has options other than being a race horse. He is right, actually. He could be volunteered for the Afghan Calvary. I doubt that is what he has in mind. To prevent such an outcome, he needs to buck up, stay alert, get it done and hit the board. I promise to think more positive thoughts if he does!

There is positive news, though. The book is done; a publisher would be nice. And Dunraven Pass, our two year old, still thinks he is the next Triple Crown Winner. So do we--at least until that first breeze. You heard it hear first! For more details about Stay Alert's race on Saturday night, go to www.equinebusiness.biz under the News Tab. Here's hoping for fun updates by noon Monday!

The Bay Runs Again!

Cape Town Bay is running--and with luck, we just may hit the board. It is 2010, after all. If he wins Friday night at Penn National, I'll say nice things about him on June 21st--the last diary entry for my book. If he doesn't, I just may call my friends in high places and volunteer him for the Afghanstan Calvary. After a horse is gelded, that's about the only good threat left.

This is a rather sorry group of horses, so if the stars are aligned, The Bay actually decides to run--and all the "ifs" that I talk about on the website come true, we have as good a chance to win as anybody. On the other hand, since there are 8 horses in the race, there are 7 reasons he might not. We'll know for sure by 10:00 p.m. Friday night. If you want all the details, go out to the web at www.equinebusiness.biz and look under the News tab. In the meantime, positive thoughts are always appreciated!!

Hitting the Board is better than Not!!

Cape Town Bay hit the board--barely--but he hit the board! And since he was actually surging--instead of dying--at the end, there is some hope he just may come in second, perhaps even first some day. We'll have to wait another three weeks to find out, but it will be nice to have hope during those three weeks. Better still, with his winnings, he has paid his expenses for those three weeks, and he has provided at least two pages worth of optimistic musings for the book. Have I said recently that hope springs eternal?

Two horses have run and lost since I've last blogged--but who really wants to hear about that? Blessedly, hope always springs eternal; therefore, another horse is running this Thursday, May 20--this time Cape Town Bay. I've learned in my near two months abscence from this blog that it is bad luck not to write about my horses before they run. Perhaps Cape Town Bay's flipping palate played a part in his last race when he came in 7th--apparently ahead of other horses with similar maladies; and may be Stay Alert simply is not an allowance horse. But it is clear that both like for their fan base to know they are running before they run--otherwise they just can't be bothered.

I've have great excuses as to why I've been so quiet--a complete crash of my system in April and a seven day road trip with my sister, Jeanie, from Houston to Maine just last week. While I lost 15 pages of my book when my system crashed, both experiences have provided lots of good book material. With luck, I will wrap up the book on June 21--exactly a year after I started. With additional luck, I'll have at least two more wins to talk about, while looking to the future with our newest horse, Dunraven Pass. He is two--and is officially our Derby 2011 hopeful. You heard it hear first!

To read more about tomorrow night's race--and the seven day road trip, which was clearly the most interesting yet, go out to our website at www.equinebusiness.biz under the news tab.

If Cape Town Bay is the horse we hope he is, there'll be update before noon Friday!!