A Unique look into the Kimmel barn

Run2Win · #1 05-11-2007, 08:41 AM

Mornin' Trailers,

A few months back my buddy Mitch Greenwald (freelance photographer) visited me at Payson Park from Saratoga NY. He took tons of nice photos of the people and horses at our barn and set them all into a nice slide show on a very nice photo-share website.

If you've got a few minutes, it's worth a look.

here is the link:

http://mitch.smugmug.com/gallery/2459449

click the "Slideshow" button (top right)

sit back and relax...

Storm Cadet · #2 05-11-2007, 09:58 AM

Question, I've noticed many of his horses with a circular piece on their mouth bits (pix 6-9) what are they and why do some have them and some don't.

At Belmont last week I saw a horse in the paddock who I liked prerace, but in the paddock this horse had on 3 different appliances around his mouth and head and I threw him out. One of them was the circular patch. I've never had them on any horses I've owned in training or racing?

PS the horse ran like crap

Cannon Shell · #3 05-11-2007, 11:15 AM

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Originally Posted by Storm Cadet

Question, I've noticed many of his horses with a circular piece on their mouth bits (pix 6-9) what are they and why do some have them and some don't.

At Belmont last week I saw a horse in the paddock who I liked prerace, but in the paddock this horse had on 3 different appliances around his mouth and head and I threw him out. One of them was the circular patch. I've never had them on any horses I've owned in training or racing?

PS the horse ran like crap

bit guard. they are to keep bit from rubbing side of the mouth. Fairly insignifigant piece of equiptment.

Storm Cadet · #4 05-11-2007, 11:41 AM

Thanks!

PPerfectfan · #5 05-11-2007, 11:16 PM

I see Kimmel uses wood shavings, I like those alot more than hay. I know Baffert used to use them, must be from his old QH days. The TB barns are too good for shavings they gotta use hay.lol They cant used the same thing as us lower class QH's.

Run2Win · #6 05-12-2007, 06:47 AM

Yeah, I think shavings is easier all the way around but I also think they are more expensive. In any case, if you stable at Payson Park in the winter, you are compelled to BUY and USE shavings from "Mrs. Payson's Hay and Feed Company". If you don't like it... hit the road Jack. The stall rent is $2,800 for the meet. Multiply that by 30 stalls to a barn, and you got a hefty chunk of change. Getting back to the subject of "bedding", thank GOD we don't have to use that Strew-Flex garbage. MAHHHN is that ever a poor excuse for bedding. It appears to come WITH the horse **** ALREADY MIXED IN IT when you open a new bag. I wouldn't bed my donkey in it. The poor people at Gulfstream Park have to deal with it since they are compelled to use that.

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Originally Posted by PPerfectfan

I see Kimmel uses wood shavings, I like those alot more than hay. I know Baffert used to use them, must be from his old QH days. The TB barns are too good for shavings they gotta use hay.lol They cant used the same thing as us lower class QH's.