Wednesday Roundup

TS Faye had a good trot and gallop on the field to keep her ready for a race on Sunday

TS Fay still doesn't look tucked up...maybe by next race.

Tiny Tune also did an easy gallop in the field ...her race is five furlongs on Sunday.

Wednesday at the Farm. No OBS, but Video Goodness!

July 27th Morning Works at the Farm

Spitfire Red is galloping easy and seems fresh.




Intrestingly he came back dripping with sweat and it started almost immediately. That is a point of reference because it was still fairly cool for Florida in the early morn.

Irish eagle has been off with bucked shins and is doing a trail ride today. That should not hurt him and will help him keep some fitness.








Here is the way his shins look today after the light ride (walk trot two miles).

Here is what they looked like a few weeks back.

They do look better today.

It is cooler early this morn and we are giving Stack Bali a gallop to see how he is doing. (he is the non-sweater).

He trotted and galloped a total of two miles and breathed well and felt good. But...dry as a bone-no sweat breaking out. We hosed him much and put him under the fan. I am trying green papaya chopped up in his feed. At first he wouldn't eat it but now I pour molasses on it!

I showed this injury a while back on Stack. You can now see how the cornet band is growing out.

Here is another angle that shows the severe trauma to hoof wall.

He seems to be going soundly on it anyway...

22 July Calder Trip

Since it is five hours each way we like to make our trips count. This time we have T.S. Faye in another race and will be taking Tiny and Phontiff down for a gate break and five or six furlongs of work, depending how they feel. Here is some video from that:

T.S. Faye is in the 3rd with a bug rider. We are hoping for an improvement from her second lifetime race and this will be her third lifetime experience actually on the Calder race track. She has had about 30 minutes in her life on this surface. So you can see why we need to be patient and use races to help train the ship ins.

Faye beats two horses in this race but breaks well and lays third for a while before ending up eighth. She finishes closer and better. So I consider it a good work and a positive move.
We haul home and everybody seems to be okay.

Fence building and Travel Preparations

Saving the wood....

Fence building gang!

The brains of the crew.

Tiny had her trot and is getting more muscular in her body. She will breeze one more time and,if all goes well we will look for a race.

Phontiff's shin looks pretty good and we will breeze him also in Miami.

We are checking tire pressure for the trip...a stitch in time... I hope will help!

Landscaping, Building Fences, and Commonsense Recycling

This is a tree that fell during the last hurricaine. A good neighbor is moving it to the burn pile.

We will clean up the area and plant a new tree!

What luck! Our neighbors put in new fencing and asked if I would mind having my fence replaced. Would I?...

This was my old fence, definitely long in the tooth. But it served well considering what it cost and what it put up with.

The new fence will go here.

Anything from the old stuff worth saving, we will recycle. Not just because we are "green" but because we are cheap when we can be. A penny saved really is a penny earned when it is your own Backyard Racehorse business!

Here is my grandson trimming the ends off the old boards so we can use them for repairs.

We will probably have a new fence by tomorrow night.

Eurocizer Action, Stack Bali's Anhydrosis, Wax Poetic's Feet, and Another Race for Faye

The PVC pipe with holes drilled in works as a good coolant for the horse.

Let's compare the healing of Irish Eagle's shins. This was a few weeks ago...

His right front was the worst and it still is pretty obvious. His bloodlines are with european breeding and they are traditionally slower to develop. As he heals it should flatten down.

Stack is not sweating and I am giving him a supplement from tack shop in Miami, pretty much the capital of non sweaters....they say money back if it doesn't work...we'll see.
Meanwhile he is put in a stall with a fan while it is so hot. The real solution is to go up north. The day after I arrived a non sweater I had -started to sweat immediately.

He feels special with his own fan.

Wax Poetic's injury on right front is healing nicely and cleanly (sorry photo is not too good).

This injury needs more time. She is very tender if we touch it and she is slightly and subtly lame when jogged on the concrete. The hoof wall has been crushed at the cornet band and needs to grow out a little and strengthen.

Entered TS Faye right back for Sunday as I like the timing for her since she comes back so soundly and sanely. Unfortunately the race was not used. Perhaps we can get into a similar race on Thursday . We will know by tomorrow night!