{"id":7334,"date":"2009-03-01T11:41:41","date_gmt":"2009-03-01T11:41:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blacktypebugler.com\/?p=7334"},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","slug":"oldbtb_99","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/?p=7334","title":{"rendered":"There&#8217;s No Place Like Home"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center\" align=center><B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\"><SPAN style=\"FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Bookman Old Style'\">There&#8217;s <\/SPAN><\/B><?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\" \/><st1:Street><st1:address><B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\"><SPAN style=\"FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Bookman Old Style'\">No Place<\/SPAN><\/B><\/st1:address><\/st1:Street><B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\"><SPAN style=\"FONT-SIZE: 14pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Bookman Old Style'\"> Like Home<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office\" \/><o:p><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/B><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\"><SPAN style=\"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Bookman Old Style'\"><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/B><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\"><SPAN style=\"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Bookman Old Style'\">Auction 3875:<\/SPAN><\/B><SPAN style=\"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Bookman Old Style'\"><SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>There were 14 horses that sold for a lot of money this week.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN><B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\"><I style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal\">Kingab<\/I><\/B> and <B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\"><I style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal\">Trotter<\/I><\/B> were having quite a dispersal sale and between the two of them accounted for all but one of the top five selling horses and I think the fifth is probably one of Larry&#8217;s stables also.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Aside from the top 14 top sellers there were 34 senior horses and eight sold for more than a dollar.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>The top seller among the 8 and up crowd was a nice looking 8 YO bay stallion called <B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\">Clever<\/B> <B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\">Miner<\/B> # 64024.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>He hasn&#8217;t won in over six months but a change of scenery might help.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN><B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\"><I style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal\">Kittycats<\/I><\/B> paid $123,457.00 for the stake&#8217;s winning son of <\/SPAN><st1:City><st1:place><SPAN style=\"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Bookman Old Style'\">Pine Bluff<\/SPAN><\/st1:place><\/st1:City><SPAN style=\"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Bookman Old Style'\"> who has 11 notches on his stall door from 49 starts.<o:p><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><SPAN style=\"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Bookman Old Style'\"><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><SPAN style=\"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Bookman Old Style'\">In looking over the auction stats for this week, the Computer stable took home a few less and the average was up due to all the million plus horses.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Three more horses were entered this week, including 39 by Trotter and all of his sub barns.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>All the 2 YO&#8217;s that were entered sold and there looked to be some nice ones among them including a winning son of Septieme Ciel, <B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\">Light Dawn<\/B> purchased by <B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\"><I style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal\">Cwhisper<\/I><\/B>.<o:p><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><SPAN style=\"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Bookman Old Style'\"><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\"><SPAN style=\"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Bookman Old Style'\">Auction Stats:<o:p><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/B><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\"><SPAN style=\"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Bookman Old Style'\"><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/B><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\"><SPAN style=\"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Bookman Old Style'\">Total Sales &#8211; $43,575,145.00 <\/SPAN><\/B><SPAN style=\"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Bookman Old Style'\">(last week $29,827,984.00)<B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\"> <o:p><\/o:p><\/B><\/SPAN><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\"><SPAN style=\"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Bookman Old Style'\">Average <\/SPAN><\/B><st1:City><st1:place><B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\"><SPAN style=\"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Bookman Old Style'\">Sale<\/SPAN><\/B><\/st1:place><\/st1:City><B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\"><SPAN style=\"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Bookman Old Style'\"> Price &#8211; $144,289.00 <\/SPAN><\/B><SPAN style=\"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Bookman Old Style'\">(last week &#8211; $107,295.00) <B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\"><o:p><\/o:p><\/B><\/SPAN><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\"><SPAN style=\"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Bookman Old Style'\">Leading Buyer &#8211; Computer Stable -143 <\/SPAN><\/B><SPAN style=\"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Bookman Old Style'\">(last week 161)<o:p><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><st1:City><st1:place><B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\"><SPAN style=\"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Bookman Old Style'\">Sale<\/SPAN><\/B><\/st1:place><\/st1:City><B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\"><SPAN style=\"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Bookman Old Style'\"> Topper &#8211; # 146480 Renius $4,501,021.00<o:p><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/B><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\"><SPAN style=\"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Bookman Old Style'\"><SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0<\/SPAN><o:p><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/B><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; tab-stops: 62.8pt\"><B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\"><SPAN style=\"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Bookman Old Style'\">Horses Entered &#8211; 481 <\/SPAN><\/B><SPAN style=\"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Bookman Old Style'\">(last week &#8211; 479)<B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\"> <o:p><\/o:p><\/B><\/SPAN><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\"><SPAN style=\"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Bookman Old Style'\">Horses Sold For More Than $1.00 &#8211; 207 <\/SPAN><\/B><SPAN style=\"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Bookman Old Style'\">(last week &#8211; 145)<B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\"> <\/B><o:p><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\"><SPAN style=\"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Bookman Old Style'\">Horses Not Sold or RNA (Reserve Not Attained) &#8211; 36 <\/SPAN><\/B><SPAN style=\"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Bookman Old Style'\">(last week &#8211; 40) <o:p><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\"><SPAN style=\"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Bookman Old Style'\">Horses Sold For $1.00 &#8211; 95 <\/SPAN><\/B><SPAN style=\"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Bookman Old Style'\">(last week &#8211; 133)<B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\"> <o:p><\/o:p><\/B><\/SPAN><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\"><SPAN style=\"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Bookman Old Style'\">Two Year-olds &#8211; Entered &#8211; 10 <\/SPAN><\/B><SPAN style=\"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Bookman Old Style'\">(last week 2)<B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\"> <\/B><o:p><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\"><SPAN style=\"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Bookman Old Style'\">Two Year-olds &#8211; Sold &#8211; 10 <\/SPAN><\/B><SPAN style=\"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Bookman Old Style'\">(last week &#8211; 2)<B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\"> <o:p><\/o:p><\/B><\/SPAN><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\"><SPAN style=\"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Bookman Old Style'\">Two year-olds &#8211; Not Sold or RNA &#8211; 0 <\/SPAN><\/B><SPAN style=\"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Bookman Old Style'\">(last week &#8211; 0)<o:p><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><SPAN style=\"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Bookman Old Style'\"><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><SPAN style=\"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Bookman Old Style'\"><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\"><SPAN style=\"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Bookman Old Style'\">The Millionaires:<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN><o:p><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/B><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><SPAN style=\"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Bookman Old Style'\"><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><SPAN style=\"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Bookman Old Style'\">The top selling horse this week was #146480 <B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\">Renius<\/B> a well-bred son of Storm Cat.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>The handsome chestnut 4YO colt is out of a Seattle Slew mare and has won two of his 11 starts.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN><B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\"><I style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal\">Princeab<\/I><\/B> sold this fine individual to <B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\"><I style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal\">Chloedawg2<\/I><\/B> for $4,501,021.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>The colt comes with some nice conditions especially non-winners of the year and I am sure the new owner will take advantage of them.<o:p><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><SPAN style=\"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Bookman Old Style'\"><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><SPAN style=\"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Bookman Old Style'\">Reserve honors went to # 3126 <B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\">Westburg<\/B>, a maiden 3YO dark bay colt by Tufflesburg.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN><B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\"><I style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal\">Trotter<\/I><\/B> sold this colt to <B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\"><I style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal\">Alagou<\/I><\/B> (Jacklad) for a hefty $3,895,738.00 and I think Jacklad may be pleasantly surprised by this colt.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>While he has never won a race, he is 3\/5 in the money and he has never tried the turf.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Westy is the only foal of the three time winning mare Nine Volt Heart by Gone West and he has improving speed figures and has closed in every race which will hopefully mean that with a little more distance he will improve by leaps and bounds.<o:p><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><SPAN style=\"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Bookman Old Style'\"><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\"><SPAN style=\"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Bookman Old Style'\">Probable Coz<\/SPAN><\/B><SPAN style=\"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Bookman Old Style'\"> # 27686 sold for $3,000,001.00 to <B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\"><I style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal\">Tejanorun<\/I><\/B> and is a two time winning filly by Cozzene.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>The big gray filly has started ten times and won her last out at the allowance level but better than that, she has not been worse than third in her last six outs.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>She is from the Gone West he\/mare Rainslicker and <B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\"><I style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal\">Trotter<\/I><\/B> consigned this lightly raced, 4 YO.<o:p><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><SPAN style=\"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Bookman Old Style'\"><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\"><I style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal\"><SPAN style=\"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Bookman Old Style'\">Auror<\/SPAN><\/I><\/B><SPAN style=\"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Bookman Old Style'\"> signed the ticket to take home #165761 <B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\">Lightning Wave<\/B> for $2,215,004.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Consigned by <B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\"><I style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal\">Bobcat<\/I><\/B>, the 3YO light chestnut colt is by Storm Cat and out of an Alydar mare.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>He went wire to wire in both of his winning efforts but stopped badly in his other five starts and might need lasix.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>However, if anyone can improve this colt it is Fernando who is one of the top trainers in the sim world by anybody&#8217;s standards.<o:p><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><SPAN style=\"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Bookman Old Style'\"><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><SPAN style=\"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Bookman Old Style'\">The last of the top five horses was <B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\">Top Forty<\/B> #150950.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Top Forty is a lovely roan filly by Unbridled Song out of the Forty Niner mare Nine Rae. Top Forty has not won in some time but seems to close well and may want more distance.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>She has only won one of her eight races but she is out of a nine time stakes winning mare and those include two graded wins.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Nine Rae has had six foals to race and five of them are winners including one stakes winner and one that is stakes placed.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN><B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\"><I style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal\">Dshock<\/I><\/B> sold this 4 YO filly to <B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\"><I style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal\">Seedly2<\/I><\/B>.<o:p><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><SPAN style=\"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Bookman Old Style'\"><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\"><SPAN style=\"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Bookman Old Style'\">The Auction Seen:<\/SPAN><\/B><SPAN style=\"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Bookman Old Style'\"><SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>I did not see anyone at the auction this week and it wasn&#8217;t the snow or the cold weather that kept me home in sunny <\/SPAN><st1:State><st1:place><SPAN style=\"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Bookman Old Style'\">Arizona<\/SPAN><\/st1:place><\/st1:State><SPAN style=\"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Bookman Old Style'\">.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Most of you know that I have a small (very) farm here in northern <\/SPAN><st1:State><st1:place><SPAN style=\"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Bookman Old Style'\">Arizona<\/SPAN><\/st1:place><\/st1:State><SPAN style=\"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Bookman Old Style'\"> and I raise a few horses.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>It is the time of year that horses needed to be moved around.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>I had three to go this weekend.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Two were in foal mares that needed to go to the place where they will be foaled out. <SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0<\/SPAN>I do not do things like this as I do not have a barn or foaling stall, just shelters for the horses.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>I usually send the mares to the stallion&#8217;s farm and have them foaled out there but I am not breeding them back this year so although they would probably be fine on their own, I have a very good friend who is a veterinarian and she offered to take them to her place.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>I thought that was a really good idea.<o:p><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><SPAN style=\"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Bookman Old Style'\"><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><SPAN style=\"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Bookman Old Style'\">She wanted me to bring them on Saturday and as she was busy all morning we planned on early afternoon.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>I always try to take them when they are 15 to 30 days out from foaling as that gives them time to settle into their new home.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>So I sat and waited, after giving one some banamine so she could travel (she has a badly deformed foot from an old suspensory injury at the racetrack) and waited and waited.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>She finally called and told me she wouldn&#8217;t be home until about three, so I kept waiting and finally she called and said she was home so I could bring the horses.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>By now, it was almost five in the evening and so Matt and I loaded up the first one to run her over to the vet&#8217;s place about 15 miles away.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>I have to take them one at a time as they are too fat to both fit in my trailer at the same time.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN><o:p><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><SPAN style=\"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Bookman Old Style'\"><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><SPAN style=\"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Bookman Old Style'\">The vet lives on a ranch!<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Most of the road was paved but the last 3\/4 of a mile was dirt and we bumped and jolted our way in, crossed the stream, went up the mountain and then back down to a wonderful oasis of springs, trees and grass.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Also, a lot of snakes, coyotes, bobcats as well as numerous other wild critters.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>However, the place is pretty darn nice, I would love to live there, and I think the girls will be fine.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Best of all I will have the peace of mind of having a vet in attendance with a baby cam on the foaling stall. <o:p><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><SPAN style=\"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Bookman Old Style'\"><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><SPAN style=\"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Bookman Old Style'\">We unloaded the first mare and then bumped and jolted our way back to the highway, headed home to get the second one.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>The second trip didn&#8217;t take nearly as long and we soon had her in with her friend as they will share a large paddock until they get ready to foal.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Hopefully all will go well and I will have two new healthy baby horses towards the end of March.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>The point of all this is that I wasted all day waiting to take the horses and by the time I got home, it was after dark and I was too tired to write this.<o:p><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><SPAN style=\"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Bookman Old Style'\"><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><SPAN style=\"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Bookman Old Style'\">The second horse goes today (Sunday) and he is just going to the neighbor down the road where I already have a 2 YO filly learning her lessons.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Newtons Theory has been laid up since October with a mild tendon injury and is going to the training farm to start getting legged up for racing at Yavapai this summer.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Broke as I am, the farm is less expensive than sending him to <\/SPAN><st1:City><st1:place><SPAN style=\"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Bookman Old Style'\">Phoenix<\/SPAN><\/st1:place><\/st1:City><SPAN style=\"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Bookman Old Style'\"> and it will probably help him make the transition from farm paddock to racetrack stall less stressful.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>He is that kind of a horse and worries himself silly.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>I will sedate him to make the trip easier even though it is less than two miles away.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>When he leaves I will only have seven horses left here and it will be like a vacation for me. <SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0<\/SPAN>So I better get on my way and get that horse over there.<o:p><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><SPAN style=\"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; 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