Rehab isn't really a fun time for a horse or its owners, but each step is exciting in its own way. Last week, In Over My Head left Marrengo and headed back to Mineral Point for a few months of easy living and daily turnouts. A big paddock full of grass and a nice big stall at Greg's horsebarn awaited him. He was last in Point after the Windy City victory and before he headed out to the Meadowlands and he seemed to know where he was right away.
Danny and Greg have been taking care of him for the past week before I was able to make it down there today. It was great to see Big Mo. He was very full of himself and enjoys the attention. Watching him gallop around outside was both exciting and scary thinking about the stress being put on his leg, but it has been nearly 4 full months and we have followed the instructions of the vets to a T. And they all say the most important T stands for time. He just needs time. The best thing about this part of his rehab is that he can just kind of be a horse again. He isn't stuck in his stall all day with the only exercise being hand walking and equisizer work. He gets to run and play. We will get another scan of his leg in about a month, but for all
intents and purposes, he's healed. Now it is time to slowly strengthen the leg again over the next couple of months. We all said the same thing after seeing him again. He will get back to the track and when he does, there isn't a horse in the nation that will have an easy time beating him.
In other news, Showtime Shark is just a few days away from his first qualifier. He has been training down well and we are cautiously optimistic that he will be able to mix it up with some other 2 year olds this year.
The other ownership interest, Fox Valley Nala, is in a very similar spot to Showtime. She's trained down well and is set to qualify on Thursday. We will learn a lot more about them in the coming weeks so hopefully I'll have more to write about again! Keep checking in.
Danny and Greg have been taking care of him for the past week before I was able to make it down there today. It was great to see Big Mo. He was very full of himself and enjoys the attention. Watching him gallop around outside was both exciting and scary thinking about the stress being put on his leg, but it has been nearly 4 full months and we have followed the instructions of the vets to a T. And they all say the most important T stands for time. He just needs time. The best thing about this part of his rehab is that he can just kind of be a horse again. He isn't stuck in his stall all day with the only exercise being hand walking and equisizer work. He gets to run and play. We will get another scan of his leg in about a month, but for all
intents and purposes, he's healed. Now it is time to slowly strengthen the leg again over the next couple of months. We all said the same thing after seeing him again. He will get back to the track and when he does, there isn't a horse in the nation that will have an easy time beating him.In other news, Showtime Shark is just a few days away from his first qualifier. He has been training down well and we are cautiously optimistic that he will be able to mix it up with some other 2 year olds this year.
The other ownership interest, Fox Valley Nala, is in a very similar spot to Showtime. She's trained down well and is set to qualify on Thursday. We will learn a lot more about them in the coming weeks so hopefully I'll have more to write about again! Keep checking in.
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