I told you not to turn left at Albuquerque

So Michel Simard and I are meeting some of the other owners for breakfast on  Friday morning.  We enter the stable grounds and decide to drive to Rob's stable . We figure that with Michel's pick up truck we'll fit right in . So I tell Michel to hang a left and we find ourselves on a bumpy potholed filled road . No, it wasn't Portage Ave , it was exactly the type of road Michel's pick up truck should be driving at the Assiniboia Down's stable area.  I see a jockey on a horse and I give a friendly wave...no response. As we keep driving we notice angry glares from whomever we pass. It dawns on us that we shouldn't be driving this road at this time as trainers are taking their horses out for workouts.  More angry glares as I slump in my seat leaving Michel as the only visible person in the truck.

Yes , another honest yet rookie mistake , as Bill explained the nuances of stable road driving.  It seems that horses take priority, as well they should.

It's post time !

Saturday July 30

Second race

Number 7

Time for her to show us what's she's got...

Last workout before she runs ?

It's looking like she may run sometime on the last weekend of July . She ran well Saturday morning ( July 23) and looked great breezing down the stretch . We'll know for sure later this week...stay tuned !

Some info on Northern Cotton's trainer , Rob Atras

Rob is also a co-owner, check out this story in the Winnipeg FP

http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/sports/horseracing/hey-atras-were-you-born-in-a-barn-123602934.html

Is it possible....yes ! more pictures !

These were taken by my son Martin , a very talented phorseographer

Ummm Joc...I think there's something odd about our daughter

Beautiful shot

Pictures from a workout...

Here are some early Saturday morning pictures

Joc appears to be wearing her "lucky bunny" hat

I love this shot !

Jockey David Lopez aboard

Proof that she's for real !

We brought our camcorder to her latest workout . Jocelyne was able to record a good chunk of it. It's a little wobbly at first ( the video, not the horse) . She  looks great as she's coming around the turn ( the horse, not Joc...OK I'm done with that joke)  .
Enjoy !

Official Owner

Another workout on Thursday and all went well.  She's getting some positive comments from others at the track ( other people not horses...well, maybe horses too )  so that's always encouraging.

I received  my official "horse owner" badge  complete with my  picture...and I look pretty good too. At least that's what Northern Cotton said when I showed it to her...I can now do the "badge wave" as I drive up to the security gates . Even more I can now mingle  with  multimillion dollar horse owners and say "Why yes, I'm an owner too ! "

Rob will work her out again this week and then we'll get serious about picking a race for her.