An interview and poll results

Paola from Paola's Horse Blog interviewed me about what it's like to work with race horses and OTTBs. She has an awesome blog that she obviously puts a lot of work and research into. If you aren't already following her, check it out!

Here are the results from the poll I did on Steve Coburn. In short, he doesn't have a whole lot of supporters. On a good note, he did apologize.

No matter what, he has an amazing horse!

Rantin' and a ravin'

We've all heard about Coburn's cries of injustice after California Chrome's loss. Maybe he was/is just THAT disappointed. Maybe it has been a whiskey binged last few days. Maybe he's just a jerk. I'm really interested to hear what you guys think, so Poll Time!

What do you guys think of Coburn's comments after California Chrome's loss in the Belmont?
	He just had experienced the largest dissapointment in his life and the anger is understandable.
	He was an ignorant jack ass.
	He was an ass, but maybe he has some legitimate points.
	I completely agree with him.
	Who cares? The horse is amazing and I will always be a Chromie!
	I knew he wasn't going to win anyway.
	I can understand the ranting right after the race, but he really needs to shut up now.
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Please feel free to post any other thoughts or opinions you may have.

VC Magical Blog Hop:Is there an app for that?

L at Viva Carlos always does the best blog hops! I've been meaning to do this one for some time and just haven't gotten to it. The timeline is almost over, so I figured I better get on it.

What is your favorite horse or horse related App for the iPhone or Android device? Don't have one.. what about a favorite horse related or riding website?

As far as apps go, I mostly use Equibase.

 
  It's not the greatest in the world, but provides the quick information I need for horse racing. If I see a horse that I am interested in, this makes it easy to add them to my stable watch. I probably use this any where from five to ten times a day.

 The Daily Racing Form doesn't have an app, at least not one that works for anything other than Blackberries and pocket devices (WTF?!!!), so I'm constantly on their website. Seriously though, how can they not have an app? They are the go to place for forms, news, and tons of other information. In the case of DRF, no there is not an app for that! At least their website is good, I guess.

 Anyway, now that I'm done ranting, those are my most used app and website. I guess it makes sense being that they are a necessity for my job.

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Foot inserted

I guess I have to put my foot in my mouth about complaining over not being able to get a horse into the right race here. Princess ended up winning even with having to run her at a higher level than I wanted to. Like the jockey's agent said, it's a good thing the $5,000 didn't go.

This is a video of Arapahoe Park announcer, Jonathan Horowitz calling Princess's race. It was taken by Denver Post photographer, Karl Gehring.

I'm so proud of my girl! She's improved so much in the last sixty days. I think she's pretty proud of herself too. Adrian Ramos, the jockey, rode her perfectly!

I'm glad I bought her. Her previous owner was going to sell her for a recipient mare. She is too nice for that!

Also, Bit by Bit is doing a bridle giveaway. Check it out! http://www.talesofanewbiehorsebackrider.com/2014/06/contest-two-horse-tack-bridle-giveaway.html?m=1

We're rolling now...never mind

Two days ago: It's hot, sunny, and then it's pouring rain, then the hail comes. Along with extreme wind. Oh yeah, don't forget the tornado watches. Yesterday, same thing. Today, it's already windy. You know, so the wind can dry things out before the weather pisses rain, pelts us with hail, and then brings a tornado along to carry us all away to Oz.

Needless to say this weather is not conducive to the horses' training schedules (both racehorses and dressage). I did manage to get Beefs ridden yesterday before the weather got bad. However, it was too slick to do anything other than walk. I'd thought it'd be good for Beefs to just go for a walk and relax. Bahaha! He didn't do anything bad, but he was all like "This walking crap sucks!". Then he was bored. Then he saw the guy using his four wheeler to exercise a horse up on the hill (I'm kind of surprised the horse didn't bif it) and decided that he must not move or turn his back to them until until they were gone, lest they fly off of the hill and attack the moment he wasn't paying attention. After that he decided that his mane and forelock were attacking his ears and shaking his head was the only possible defense to the horror. Finally, he was just flat out pissed off over all of the injustices served to him that day. So much for my bright ideas.

*BTW- I'm ordering Beefs a bonnet. I was thinking about the KL Select ones. Any thoughts on the quality and fit of these? He is closer to a cob size than a full in bridles, so I'm not sure which size to go with. Also, what color do you guys like for him?

Mud/Ecru/Ice Blue

Not sure I love this one.. 

I wanted to ride Indy, but not particularly in the mud. She's the type that will go to hogging it if she slips. Thanks crappy weather! Indy is starting to look so good, like a real dressage horse, but the mental development doesn't seem to be coming along as well as the physical. Whatever, we'll get there eventually. Maybe.

Now I know how my family must have felt when I was about sixteen. "She's grown out of that awkward stage and is starting to look prettier and more fit. She has a ton of potential, but she is damn hard headed and a little wild..."

Other than that, the Princess runs tomorrow. We've entered her twice for $5,000, but the races didn't fill. So the only other non-two that came up was an allowance. Another joy of Denver A) If the perfect race is coming up, they will write an extra that kills it (like having a F&M $5,000 N2L in the book going six furlongs and then writing a F&M $5,000 N2L going five furlongs as an extra for the same day) B) if you can get into a race even close to the condition and distance you want, you damn well better enter because who knows when you'll get another chance to run. Therefore, she's in a little tougher than I want, but she is training like a monster and doesn't look terrible in the race. I guess it's a good time to take a shot. Hopefully.

She so knows she's a princess