5/8-9: Lloydobler Saturday/Redboard King Sunday!

[SuffolkGirl]

It was another beautiful DT day. The weather was sunny and warm, pretty windy though. A good group of DTers were on hand and Jonathan made a suprise visit from LA! Got to meet Nick's dad and Pat's father-in-law, Tony. Lloyd didn't finish as well as we had hoped, but it looked like he did all of the heavy lifting for the race also. He seemed keen to race during his warm up and it seemed that he was moving impatiently for Edgar during the warm up.

Thrilled that I got to meet Edgar and remembered to bring My Guy Barbaro which he graciously signed as I stuffed the book and a pen at him! Gary and his assistant trainer, Paul were very accomodating hosts. After watching Lloyd's race we watched Paul's horse, Crescent Moon Dr in the 4th race. CMD seems to be vying for most difficult horse in the paddock - wants to wrestle that mantle away from KNS.

After the races Jonathan and Dave and I went back to Gary's barn to see Lloyd and the NY filly, Aussable Chasm. Gary has quite a string of horses over there. It was good to see some old friends like Kittylicious and Loyal Shadow. Loyal Shadow is just so sweet - she was "hugging" my firmly to her side and I was starting to worry about bruising but Jonathan stepped in and gently asked her to hug me a little looser. Also got to meet some new friends, in particular the old white horse Grampy - I cannot remember what name he raced under but he is quite imperious. A few stalls down from Aussable Chasm is a Quiet American filly who is quite a looker and friendly as well. Paul said that Assauble Chasm and the Quiet American filly are going to the training track tomorrow - looking forward to the report on that outing.

We got to meet the NY filly - she is very sweet. Pretty big girl for such a youngster - she's got a fairly broad chest. Her ground manners are impeccable. Jonathan introduced her to a peppermint which she was not interested in at all. She has plenty of white hair and she looks like she could mature into a strawberry roan. Lloyd seemed fine back at the barn, his forelock was a bit frizzy from his race effort and he managed to bite his tongue and draw blood but aside from that, no worse for the wear. He was happy to have the extra attention and has matured a bit, he doesn't want to put everything in his mouth.

I took some pictures - the link is below. You'll notice the barn area - the best I can say about the existing structure is something out of a Lonely Planet guide - it exhibits faded grandeur. There are pigeons everwhere - flying all over the horses, who don't blink an eye. There was a rooster in the loft going on with the most pathetic crowing at 3 in the afternoon. Despite the "faded grandeur" of the structure everything in Gary's barn area was neat as a pin. Every single horse was soft and smooth as silk (and trust me, I touched every one of them, even the recently gelded one!)

Thanks to Steve, Gary and everyone else who helps keep the tent pole up in our little circus!

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[Heels1989]

Some more photos from today

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Another really fun day at the races. Michelle has provided a great summary. Special thanks to Gary, Paul, Javiar and the entire Sciacca staff for letting hang us around the barn this afternoon. Our NY bred filly was really digging all the added attention.

Ready for part 2 tomorrow at Philly.

[Hickory Hill Hoff]

Thanks for sharing the photos Michelle & Dave.....the description of the day made me felt like I was there!