Friday, 29 July 2011

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.

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