Foal Watch

I’m glad that I went in to foal watch with an open mind because it’s been a lot of fun. I went in a little nervous because I’d never foaled out a mare before but the staff has been great and within several nights, after assisting a few times, I was able to foal out a mare. It hasn’t been easy making the switch to nocturnal life, working from 8pm-5am, and now that I’m finally adjusted my foal watch experience has come to an end. I guess that’s life though. On the other hand, I don’t think I’ve ever consumed this many Red Bull’s and 5 Hour energy shots in a span of two weeks before or hopefully will ever have to again, haha. My time hear in the evening’s at Gainsborough has been great. I’ve had the opportunity to foal out two A.P. Indy’s, each one being out of a Gr.1 winning mare. I have really learned a lot while I’ve been out here. It’s also been a great way for me to catch up on old episodes of Cops, it’s almost inspired me to grow a mullet and a moustache.

Last week was pretty busy with foal watch and everything happening at Keeneland. The meet started on Friday and I also spent from Thursday onward looking at the two-year-olds for the sale every morning. The crowd for the races at Keeneland have been great. I don’t think I’ve ever seen so many gorgeous women in one place at one time. It makes it really difficult to watch the races, haha. The two-year-old in training sale just ended on Monday and the results were pretty interesting. Though there weren’t any horses that sold in the millions there were a lot of nice horses that sold for $250K plus. I thought that there were several really nice horses and a few diamonds in the rough.

The Derby preps last weekend, helped create a clearer picture for the Derby and at the same time made things a lot more interesting. Though Lookin at Lucky is still my pick and Eskendereya proved that he’s for real there’s another horse that I think people should watch out for on the Triple Crown trail. That horse is none other than Richard Mandella’s Derby hopeful Setsuko. This horse can close like a freight train and might really move up on dirt. People should be watching for this son of Pleasantly Perfect to be making a big move in the stretch. If he doesn’t do it in the Derby I think this horse will win the Belmont.