Well my placement has finished with D. Wayne Lukas and I can’t say enough about the man or his operation. The barn is run in such a professional way that it doesn’t even feel like a barn. The example that Wayne sets makes you want to improve your own performance each and every day. His staff also makes the operation a fun environment to work in. Things are taken seriously but everybody always seems to be in a good mood because they enjoy what they’re doing and on the other hand they’re very good at what they do as well. I had a fantastic time learning from “the coach” and his staff.
After finishing up at Wayne’s, I went to Montana over the 4th of July weekend and met my girlfriend’s family. They were so great. I really had a great weekend with Elizabeth and her family. Montana is so gorgeous with all the trees, mountains, open grass fields, and lakes. We spent our time playing board games, badminton, and bocce ball. It was nice to be able to sit back and relax.
Now I’m back in Lexington and the course has picked up again. We’ve got our presentations next Thursday and we’ve all been working frantically to make them the best they can be, or maybe I just have because everybody else’s are fantastic and mine is still sub-par. It probably won’t change much on the day of, we’ve got some very talented people in the group, so I won’t get my hopes up too much. We all start inspecting yearling tomorrow for the Fasig Tipton July sale and then tomorrow night is the Darley Stallion Parade, so it will be a very busy day but it should be fun nonetheless.
Congrats on the the DWL placement. That's a nice coup for you given your ambitions.
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Sounds like you continue to have much success with your program! Will we see you at Del Mar at all this summer?
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