Is it Nearly Showtime?

We can see the light at the end of the tunnel. The tunnel we have found ourselves in is one that every small horse owner will be in on occasion. Bills keep coming every month. Training bills, vet bills, stake payments, but there are no races. No purse checks, just bills. In Over My Head will be on the shelf for quite awhile, so our attention has turned to the youngster. Our two year old, Showtime Shark (aka See-knee) is training down well and should be ready to make his first lifetime start in a little over a month. To date, he has shown some speed and willingness to race. Two good things, but you just don’t know for sure until he gets to the track. It is like that draft choice your favorite NFL team picks up in the 1st round and he is really having a good training camp. Training camp isn’t the real deal, but it sure is nice to get a good report.

As a background, the story of Seeknee can be found here by clicking on the link below. It is kind of a fun read. I had forgotten all of the interesting side stories about that horse. Also, for the record, he is no longer a ridgeling…gravity took its course and he is officially a colt now!

http://inovermyheadracehorse.blogspot.com/2009/10/new-addition-to-our-stable.html

Now that our boy Mo is out for awhile, I think this blog will morph into the story of Showtime…at least for awhile. I’ll also give some updates on Fox Valley Nala, a 2 year old filly that I’m am a smaller owner in. The thing is, both of these horses tie back to In Over My Head anyway. Greg and I bought Showtime down in Lexington mainly because of the success Mo was having. I purchased 25% of Nala after we won the Windy City. Actually, I don’t quite own 25% of Nala as I have gifted small percentages to some friends who also were in on the partnership that owned Mo when he was just 2 years old and also gave a percent to Laura. So she is now a horse owner too! Good timing now that we are engaged.

Lastly, I’ll provide updates on Danny, who is now getting some drives in qualifiers down at Maywood. He is now up to three qualifiers and if this keeps up, he could get his provisional license. Very exciting. Congrats Danny. Hopefully, the State of Illinois will realize the importance of horse racing in the state and approve the Slots at the Tracks bill that is currently waiting to be called to vote.