Inching Closer to the Start of the Season

Day by day we get closer to the start of In Over My Head’s racing season. We have officially reached the point where each day is starting to feel like 2. Next week each day will feel like 3…you can extrapolate the days from there. Last week was a great week of training, but this week was a bit tougher due to some winter weather coming back later in the week. We remain at the mercy of Mother Nature as we aren’t going to push Mo to train on a bad track. The good news is he is doing exceptionally well right now. He is feeling strong and is doing everything that is asked of him. We’ve heard a few more comments about what a great horse he is around the barn and how smart he is. Hearing those kinds of comments never gets old. It makes us more proud of him than ever (if that is even possible).

So what will this season bring? I was really thinking about that on Friday night before heading over to Danny’s to bet some races (or in my case, donate almost all of my bets to the race pool). Are the painful setbacks finally behind us? Can we just expect a ‘normal’ season with the regular ups and downs of a healthy horse? Is there a chance he could come back and reach a new level we haven’t even seen yet? As all of those questions floated around in my head I turned on the TV to kill about 10 minutes before leaving. The TV had been left on HBO and the movie playing when I turned it on was…Seabiscuit! In the past I’ve made references to Mo being our Seabiscuit and all I can say is if he has a season that in any way approaches what the ‘Biscuit’ did after he returned from his suspensory injury…well…we are in for one heck of a fun year.

In other horse racing news, I’d like to recommend a new show to blog readers. “Luck” is a new series on HBO that is four episodes into its first season. You may not like all angles, but it is good overall and there is one horse in particular who reminds me of Mo. I won’t give it away, but if you watch it is pretty easy to figure out which one he is.

Another short post, but we are just a few weeks from the start of our season. Stay tuned and Let’s Go Mo!

Not a Lot Going On...But a Quick Update

Well, I wish I had a little bit more to share with my loyal blog readers, but in a way no news is good news. In Over My Head had a great week of training last week due March-like weather. This week wasn’t quite as good, which is bound to happen with a Chicago area winter. Gary Rath is handling the training duties at the time with the Butenschoen’s down in Florida (lucky). It is kind of a fun reunion because the last time Gary worked with Mo was before his Windy City Pace victory. He thinks that Mo looks great and is training well, which means a lot given his past history with him.

In other news, I wanted to link an article about one of our past competitors (in the final race of last year). Last week, Well To Do Guru was named the Illinois Horse of the Year. Take a moment to read the linked article. Great story about a great horse and great people who take care of him. Hopefully we will get a few chances to race against him this year and even win a couple!

http://www.barntowire.com/2012/BPnotes120208.html

For the next few weeks, I’ll check in when I can and try to come up with a story or two. It is certainly harder to come up with high quality stuff during the off season, but we aren’t that far away from racing again. The target remains early to mid March.

Let's Go Mo!