The Evening After A Big Race
About 4:00 pm yesterday as the horses came out on the track there was a lot of anticipation. Zoominthe wind had looked good while being saddled. The jockey had already had a winner on the program and I was on my way to the window to bet on the race. The owners of the horse were watching the race on their computer and a young couple had their hopes up. A live horse in an big race that would be almost $39,000 to the winner would be very good for business.
I had high hopes also for Randy and Lindsey in this race. Six months ago escaping the Moore, Oklahoma Tornado with the clothes on their back to winning this race would have been quite a journey. In hindsight just getting into the race is a big deal of sorts.
And they're racing. 350 yards is not a long race, it's over in a little over 17 seconds. For Zoominthewind, sadly the race was almost over with the first step she took out of the starting gate where she stumbled slightly and then took a decidedly right turn which lengthened the race a little bit. She ran her eyeballs out and finished 4th, good enough to win about $8,000.
Respectable, the owner would earn enough to cover the money he spent entering the horse in the FQHA Florida Stallion Futurity and maybe enough to keep entering the horse in big races for three year olds. (All race horses have a birthday on January 1,2014).
I left the track with almost empty pockets. Woulda and Coulda were adjectives dancing in my head. The third adjective Shoulda as in Dave Feldman talk was absent. #$% happens and sometimes there is nothing you can do about the outcome. The horse was ready and the jockey had a good nights sleep.
Stolicknaya, winner in his last race, goes Friday in a 550 yard race, he is making a big jump up in class and will need a big effort and some luck. In preparation I watched the last race of Apollo Ono, Charleston, Call Me Sundown, Perry Got Cash and Bucket List.
I had high hopes also for Randy and Lindsey in this race. Six months ago escaping the Moore, Oklahoma Tornado with the clothes on their back to winning this race would have been quite a journey. In hindsight just getting into the race is a big deal of sorts.
And they're racing. 350 yards is not a long race, it's over in a little over 17 seconds. For Zoominthewind, sadly the race was almost over with the first step she took out of the starting gate where she stumbled slightly and then took a decidedly right turn which lengthened the race a little bit. She ran her eyeballs out and finished 4th, good enough to win about $8,000.
Respectable, the owner would earn enough to cover the money he spent entering the horse in the FQHA Florida Stallion Futurity and maybe enough to keep entering the horse in big races for three year olds. (All race horses have a birthday on January 1,2014).
I left the track with almost empty pockets. Woulda and Coulda were adjectives dancing in my head. The third adjective Shoulda as in Dave Feldman talk was absent. #$% happens and sometimes there is nothing you can do about the outcome. The horse was ready and the jockey had a good nights sleep.
Stolicknaya, winner in his last race, goes Friday in a 550 yard race, he is making a big jump up in class and will need a big effort and some luck. In preparation I watched the last race of Apollo Ono, Charleston, Call Me Sundown, Perry Got Cash and Bucket List.
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