Tuesday, May 24, 2011

Saturday's Preakness lineup - USATODAY.com

Astrology Jockey: Mike Smith. Sire: A.P. Indy (Seattle Slew). Dam: Quiet Eclipse (Quiet American). Shackleford : Jockey: Jesus Castanon. Sway Away Sire: Afleet Alex (Northern Afleet). Dam: Seattle Shimmer (Seattle Slew). Animal Kingdom, Odds: 2-1.

http://www.usatoday.com/sports/horses/triple/preakness/2011-05-20-preakness-capsules_N.htm?sms_ss=email&at_xt=4ddc73f973cf65ab%2C0

Crewing

A book by MarcyPavord - "Endurance Start To Finish" the subject of "All Around Endurance Riding", she makes a note on Crewing and follows with Competition Endurance Riding; "Competition Endurance Riding is about riding your horse in testing conditions, applying the priciples of good horsemanship to ensure that the horse completes the test sound and in good condition. .." . Just thought it interesting enough to note that.
Reasoning, nothing specific and about everthing special.
From author Marcy Pavord's Halebooks Biography- "..born and raised in Dartmoor, where she rode shepherding ponies, Marcy then lived with her husband Tony Pavord, an international endurance vet, in the Black Mountains of Wales. Marcy Pavord died in 2007.."


Books, magazines(EQUES MAGAZINE, May 2011 issue, image links at right), newspapers; where is it today that we need to assume that we have a good horse trained well and dependable, and can add hope that our not so novice or intermediate riders will make their journey and complete their tests; to hope, for the good condition and to endure in good faith and reason.


Black Horse Western - Black Horse Extra
Black Horse Western readers who are also Sherlockians will recognize..

..If you happen to live outside Britain, if you happen never to visit a public library, you will have been lucky to come across the Black Horse Western novels ...
Hoofprints - The Ballad of Jack Martin - Begin at the Beginning