How did I wind up buying part of a horse ?

My father and I always joked about buying a thoroughbred . Being fairly unsuccessful at picking winners at the race track we shuddered at what kind of a horse we'd actually wind up buying . So we tucked  the dream away and focused on our betting , which usually involved staring thoughtfully at the program for long periods of time and then picking a horse because the name "sounded good" .  By the way, we never bet on favorites, grey horses or any horse that won their last time out.  Don't ask me how our strategy worked out.

My father passed away in June of 2010  and I lost my racing partner. At the same time I had introduced my sons and some of my  friends , much to their chagrin, to  the wonderful sport of horse racing. One of  them, Michel, had a contact named Bill  who was going to a horse auction in Florida with a particular filly in mind.  Bill  asked if Michel and me were interested in sharing the cost , along with 3 others and we both said yes.  He grabbed her at a good price and I'm now the proud part owner of a 2 year old filly called ...ummm....she's not quite named yet..

And here she is :

 

I'm not sure I can see the part I  own

I want to document and share this experience. Maybe it'll be a quick story, race her once and  find out she can't run...maybe it'll be a glorious tale of winning race after race , allowing me the chance to brag about a wise decision I more or less lucked out on. I'm guessing it will be somewhere in between leaning towards the former . Who cares, I own part of a  horse so come along for the ride....