KNS 7/24 pics and Simon Barn at AP
 

Well, another beautiful day at Arlington Park - I am almost ready to believe that it is never anything but sunny and warm in the Chicago area! I was very happy to leave Boston yesterday morning, the weather has been hideous.

Our girl did a great job and was ultra professional in the paddock. TC really has taken an extra amount of time to her and during the saddling put one piece of tack on, had her walk around, then another piece of tack on etc. etc. This seemed to keep all 4 feet on the ground.

After the races were over AeWingunt and I went over to the stable to see the rest of the Simon string-as always, the area was neat as a pin and the horses were very well cared for. KNS was doing her usual frantic pacing - you'll notice a jolly ball hanging from her stall (in DT lime green nonetheless) I confirmed with TC that she doesn't actually play with this but it is used as a buffer so she does not knock herself out during her pacing. Before we left she did finally settle down.

The abrasions on her left shoulder from her July 3rd antics are healing really well. There is a picture of it buried in the pile I have attached. TC said that others on the backside who saw/knew what happened and saw her immediately afterwards were quite impressed with the healing.

Got to meet some of GBBobs horses - check out the pictures of Colonel Klink - he is enormous. On the other end of the string is Albin, a sweet, compact Johar colt. He could not have been sweeter. I have not been around many 2 year old intact colts, but I was suprised with his sweet disposition.

I included pictures of all the Simon horses and of course the favorite Hacker Craft is in the pictures.

I got to meet some new DT members and hats off to Danzig for making the ride from Arkansas with a carfull of family members!!!

Hope everyone had a safe trip home.

Here is a link to all of the pictures - I was not judicious and just uploaded everything.....


http://www.kodakgallery.com/ShareLan...localeid=en_US

tx for the 187 photos.

Wow


Very very nice

great job as usual! thanks for showing all the AP string.

great pics!

wow that's like a miniature day at the Dee Tee Races and a study of DAPPLES - what a well-kept group of lucky horses - that KNS is really a handful eh??? think she secretly likes TC though lol - you can kind of gauge what her next move is gonna be by those ears - front back and even sideways!!!

gonna have to look at them again - and again - MANY THANKS!

I love Albin so much I can barely stand it. I saw him in Ocala a few months back and couldn't get over how well put together he is. :{>:

Great pics!

Klink 8/9
Albin 8/17

maybe..

Bob, are you guys going to run Albin on the turf?

Sorry, I've been out of the loop if this has already been discussed. :o

Thank you very much to you and AE Wingnut. They are great as always...very nice for those of us who can't attend.

I think so..was planning 8/3poly, but he's not quite there yet so this race makes sense

Thanks for the pictures Michelle, glad you had a nice day.

I'm sure there will be more pictures to share when some others get around to it. I think 5 people had cameras. not certain Danzig at least might add some

not sure how many pics i got-a few in the paddock, some back at the barn. i'll put up any worth seeing (hard to get pics of kickin in her stall, she's constantly on the move) soon as i get them downloaded. not gonna happen tonite.

As always, great pix Michelle. Thanks for sharing.

Besides breathing and snapping picks did you make time for anythiing else? Great job!

Spyder

Great pictures! Thanks for sharing. Especially for those of us who can't make it up there .

Hey you are in a pennant race, we understand...

poor excuse.:D

Thanks for the pics of the Colonel, Suffolk!

He is a BEAST. Tries to eat me every time I visit him. We are definitely cautiously optimistic at this point though.

...I'd be there but they (Rays) still pay minimally and you KNOW the P.D. dont pay squat.

I fully intended to attend a KnS race up there when I heard that she was going there. I'd LOVE to catch a game at Wrigley. Just that the FUNds are tight.

If we dont make a deal for a right fielder and relief pitcher then we're done.
Hmmm.....didn't the Yanks just do that? There is STILL a difference and I hope people dont think that the balance of power has changed. We'll be in the hunt but the season is SO long. I personally think that we shot the wad right before the All Star break. We'll see.

I DO hope to get to Churchill this fall. Hopefully our gal will be running there then.

I was there with FCC all day.

Glad you got to see the Klink...he is such a handsome big boy, one of my favorites to ride...he's like riding a big smooth wave. Such a cool guy.

Did you get to spend some time with Ships' Cabin? That's my special kiddo...and I miss him more than you could imagine....how'd he look? :)

Klink worked today as his last work until his debut, he worked real good and wanted more

I saw Ship today and he was being hilarious, wanting mints and some love. Looking forward to his run tomorrow

Thanks for the update Scav!! I'm glad you got to see him. Hope you gave him plenty of candy...I can't wait to see how he likes the grass tomorrow!

Ships Cabin bolted and pulled up....need to back off on the sweets Scavs.

Spyder

I love my big horse, I really do.

Wonder if his exercise rider in KY taught him how to do that?

Hey, he looks ready to race in Europe. Looks like he wanted to make a right turn rather than left. Arc de Triomphe next? I think he has a better chance than Curlin....:p

:zz: Yeah, I'm just being stupid....