Today might have been the perfect weather for horses—70 degrees, sunny, a nice, fresh breeze. It wasn’t too shabby for people either! The grass is still green and the ground is dry but not hard. It was a slow visitor day, only two tours, but there was a lot of action to see. This morning [...]
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November 2, 2009
Sunday November 1, 2009
Today, on a lovely bright fall day, Old Friends began moving horses onto our new annex adjacent to the existing farm. The new place is lovely, peaceful and green with a great view across the hill to the main farm. Most of the horses who will reside at the new place have been boarded off the [...]
October 25, 2009
Sunday October 25, 2009
Autumn has definitely arrived in central Kentucky. Today was the kind of crisp, bright day that defines the fall season, making you think of apple pie and pumpkins. Or, if you are a horse, carrots and peppermints. Of course for a horse, every season reminds you of carrots and peppermints…
We had a busy day of [...]
October 22, 2009
Thursday October 22, 2009
Invigorate 1992-2009
Invigorate passed away this week. Apparently he decided it was time and lay down, surrounded by his buddies, on a fine fall day in Kentucky. He was only 17. Viggie was Michael’s racehorse and there was a special bond between the two of them. I suspect that Diane is even more devastated by Viggie’s loss.
Invigorate [...]
October 21, 2009
Tuesday October 20, 2009
Jockey Palooza Day! And Secretariat himself could not have ordered up better weather. It was sunny and warm, topped with trees turning color, happy horses and fun people. Bobby Ussery, Jean Cruguet, Patty Cooksey and Chris McCarron represented the retired jockey colony. Kent Desormeaux was everywhere, talking, laughing and posing for photos. Chris brought his [...]
October 19, 2009
Sunday October 18, 2009
After a long week of rain and cold weather, today was a beautiful, if still somewhat cool day in Kentucky. I took the day off from tour guiding duties to spend the day ay Keeneland. The highlight? A maternal grandson of Kiri’s Clown named Get Stormy won the Grade IIIT Bryan Station Stakes. There was [...]
October 12, 2009
Sunday October 11, 2009
There was no better way to spend a weekend, if you are a racing fan, than this one. There was the Keeneland Fall Meet, a visit to Three Chimneys, another Zenyatta win , and it all ended with a great day at Old Friends. What more could anyone ask?
After a cool and rainy start on [...]
October 5, 2009
Monday October 5, 2009
Appygolucky 1997-2009
In the midst of the celebration of our new residents yesterday, joy was tempered by the knowledge that one of our own was suffering. This morning, Appygolucky was euthanized. A rapidly-worsening spinal condition was making it hard for him to stand, let alone move freely, and he had been stall-bound as a result.
Appy wasn’t [...]
October 4, 2009
Sunday October 4, 2009
There was a palpable buzz in the air at Old Friends this morning; if you didn’t know what was happening, you’d assume the imminent arrival of a member of some royal family. And, in truth, that’s what was happening; Commentator arrived at Old Friends today. His limo (a Sallee horse van) pulled up at about [...]
September 28, 2009
Sunday September 27, 2009
Here in central Kentucky, after a week of flooding rain, the clouds and rain finally cleared out. Today we enjoyed a nice breeze, plenty of sunshine and those big puffy white clouds, with temperatures maybe around 70 degrees. And what began as a lightly scheduled day of tours turned into a non-stop day of people, horses [...]
