There's a new stable in town

And the name is  Quest D'or Stables !

Bill can neither spell nor pronounce it  and yes it only has one horse but  it  will be a name on everyone's lips ( for all the right reasons we hope )  .

Northern Cotton ( of the Quest d'Or Stables ! )  is still working out and making progress.  Exciting times ahead...

Decisions, decisions...

This horse ownership thing is harder than it seems. As an ownership group we , with the sage counsel of trainer Rob , will have to decide  on a few things. Do we run her this year ? If so , when ?  How will we know that she's ready ? Maybe we don't know until we race her . Maybe she does great, maybe she doesn't come out of the gate . What  if she does well, what do we do with her during the winter ? And we haven't even reached year 3 ! Keep in mind that the toughest horse decision I previously made  was "do I bet on the black horse or the brown horse ? "

Soon she'll be doing workouts with  other horses, stay tuned .

You've begged, you've pleaded, you've bribed me...but despite that, I'm going to do more posting

We went to see Northern Cotton last Sunday morning .  Or better known as 'Cotton'. Or better known as 'NC'.

She looks great , a little taller than last time I saw her . She's  feisty and is not one to be pushed around . On the track she wants to go hard  and show us what she can do. Here's a few photos  courtesy of co-owner Dean :

The owners met as a group for the first time with the exception of Rob who was away in Saskatoon . Much deliberation and deep thinking was going on....and that was just deciding what to have for breakfast . Looks like we make a good group , we tossed a few suggestions regarding  a stable name . Not quite the drama as picking the new NHL  hockey team name but hopefully we'll have an announcement soon !

Progress

Training is ongoing and all signs are positive. Rob took her out of the gate last week and let her run down the lane a little bit. She had her knees x-rayed to make sure they were mature enough to work her harder and all looks good . By the way, I had my knees x-rayed and they look very mature...

Slow but steady wins the race...right ?

You want me to prove I'm honest !?!?

One of the requirements for being a horse owner at ASD is to present  a criminal  record check, presumably with no records to check .  I went twice to the Winnipeg Police  Dept and on both occasions found myself in a long lineup (no pun intended) . In fact the second time , I had ticket 71 (again, no pun intended) and they were serving ticket 50...I left . So I've sent in the request by mail, and now Canada Post is threatening to strike. I was hoping my honest looking face would be a suitable replacement for the records check but apparently not.