The Day It All Became Real
I grew up in Lexington, fell in love with horses at an early age, fell in love with Keeneland about the same time. Placed my first bet there at 7, and I do mean the first I handicapped myself, not just...
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Decisions, Decisions!
One subject we thought might be interesting for the blog is, just how are certain decisions made, in the day-today training of the horse? The first topic up, blinkers! Blinkers are a sort of “cap” that...
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The Evolution of Colors
From the title of this post you might be expecting a primer on the genetics of bays, chestnuts and greys. While I am a biologist by training, and equine color genetics is indeed fascinating, in this...
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What’s in The Book?
Taxi has now officially been entered in his first race, the 6th at Hawthorne on Wednesday, December 26th! As we have worked toward this milestone, all of us have been asked anxiously and repeatedly by...
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Taxi Update; Misc. Thrills of Ownership
First and foremost, Taxi is doing great! Here’s a report from Laura, from her visit, with Colleen, this morning: —–Original Message—– From: Laura To: Sent: Sat, Jan 5, 2013 3:47 pm Subject: Taxi! Hi...
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Taxi and Lulu featured on WGN News!
Great job by reporter Sean Lewis! wgntv.com/2013/02/05/pregnant-horse-headed-to-slaughter-saved-race-horse-born/ Pin It
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Lesson Two: Taxi’s Continuing Education!
Taxi had his second start Friday, February 15th, in a 6 furlong race for 3 year olds and up at Hawthorne. We were disappointed there were no straight three year old maiden races in the condition book,...
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Someone Pinch Me (Subtitle: Third Time’s a Charm!)
Where to even begin. All I have is stream of consciousness… We KNEW he could do it. Oh My Gosh, DID HE REALLY DO IT??? Look HOW He Did It! I can’t come up with anything other than a random jumble of...
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… And Many More!
It’s a bummer to be the only Kentucky owner as Taxi’s birthday approaches… so I had to get a little creative. My first thought was to contact one of those fruit basket delivery places in Chicago, to...
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Lay-up: A Time to Recharge! An Interview with Trainer Michele Boyce
Trainer Michele Boyce after Taxi’s first win all photos by Julie Smoak 2013 How do you decide to give a horse time off? There are several reasons to turn a horse out. Primarily, they need a physical...
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