Entries for October 2009

We awoke at 4.30am eager to see Cody and Little Cody, so without even stopping for breakfast, I went to the stables to make up Cody's feed and Michael went towards the paddock.

My pleadings of "wait for me" went ignored and he raced up to the paddock.

The next thing I heard over and over was... "PATTI!!!!!!" and he sounded so distressed.

I yelled back "WHAT!!! WHAT'S WRONG!!! IS IT THE FOAL??!" and immediately panicked...

OzCowgirl

Cody went into labor around 3pm. I called Michael at work and he was so excited he cancelled all his afternoon clients and raced home. She had waxed up with candle wax and her legs were coated with sticky colostrum.

She was in the foaling yard/box but let me know in no uncertain terms she wanted to foal in the foal paddock... so opened the gate for her and she went up the alleyway into the foaling yard.

She pinned her ears at the grey thoroughbred broodie in the next...

OzCowgirl

Lael Stables' Lentenor, the full brother to 2006 Kentucky Derby (gr. I) winner Barbaro, finished third in his career debut on closing day at Keeneland Oct. 31, a race won by the favored Positive Split

Ridden by Julien Leparoux for trainer Michael Matz, who also conditioned Barbaro, Lentenor waited in traffic along the inside on the turn of the seven-furlong maiden special weight Polytrack event for 11 2-year-olds. Leparoux worked Lentenor out and around rivals while four...

jiblethead

First of all. My english isn´t really good, cause it´s not my native language. So, sorry about my coming mistakes. I only have blogged on my own language.
To introduction I have been riding about 12 years. (Since I was 5).
I don´t have my own horse, but I´ve mostly trained & competed with private owner horses.
Right now I have them two. One is 8 years old ESH (estonian sport horse) gelding Love Story. Second one is 6yrs old Hanoverian mare Sicandra.
They are those,...

Unfaithful

Here is how my horses name are said in different langauges. Havana- French: La Havane Itilian: L' Avana Spanish: La Habana Romainian: Acesti. Shelly- Itilian: Cascudo Spanish: Ble

jiblethead