Archive for December, 2008

For the futurity,

I took a big swing and went for a home run…. I had a horse that could play pretty hard and it looked good, but we fumbled.
Oh well, we’ll play again in the derbies. But the good news is that I made the finals, and so did Sarah!
I have to say that having achieved the Million [...]

“The Look”

Some readers have had questions about “the look” I’m after in a top prospect, or for that matter any age horse. As I mentioned the look is hard to find but easy to see. It’s that extra thing some have. One of the factors is movement. Are they cool movers? The best way to describe [...]

At the Futurity…

The first go of the futurity is over. I’m happy about how my 2 horses showed against a lot of great horses. The judges are tough across the board. We’ve gotten used to seeing much higher scores in past years, but the horses competing this year in the open are very fancy, and certainly even [...]