Stuck in the Grand Ol' Bluegrass

Made it to Kentucky alright. Now I'm just here, most likely waiting for my future boss to come up for one of the horse sales so I can go around with him there and then mosey on down to South Carolina. Unfortunately everyone is working, so I have had some unexciting days. A foal was born last night on the farm, first one of the season here on the farm. A little bay filly I guess. Let the foaling/breeding season begin!

Major Update

Ok, so I really promise to be better about updating this thing. I guess that's my New Year's Resolution. And I suppose I will be breaking that resolution for the first month because my computer has gone kaput.

Dead in the water as they say.

Anyways...
I successfully completed my second KEMI course. Yippie! All the yearlings were really good. Unfortunately our riding time was cut short b early cold, the ground just got too hard and we started to have some leg problems associated with hard ground (splint bone problems), nothing too serious, just leaves an unsightly bump on the leg.

To add to the unfortunate news, I believe I lost one of my memory cards that had all my pictures of the yearlings out in the snow while visiting the fam. Maybe it will be discoverd in August when the mini Himalayas of Snow are all gone.

However! Bad news is usually followed by good news right? The good news is I was awarded a scholarship through the internship. It is called the Kentucky Thoroughbred Farm Managers' Club Award Week. I got some money and then I got to spend a week doing something of my choice. I got to spend a week with the Darley training/rehab/recuperation/transfer/etc. barn at the Keeneland racetrack. I also got to go with the Darley horses and watch them get loaded on a plane destined for Dubai and spend a day with a track veterinarian and a day with a racehorse to see the typical going ons 'behind the scenes' at races. I had great fun learning from the trainer at Darley and the riders. Darley is owned by His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al Maktoum who is the prime minister and Vice President of the United Arab Emirates and the ruler of Dubai.

Ok now for the fun of this post!

White Tie, one of the Darley horses after a morning gallop


I like the blury background pictures

Got to love five o'clock in the morning!
The key to this picture is really
knowing how many horses are in it

There's just a taste of some other pictures I need to put up here. Just so everyone knows though, I am moving to South Carolina for a new job where I get to ride crazy two-year-olds in training. I will send another update from there when I can!

Hope everyone is enjoying the New Year!