After what seemed like a few months (it was actually 61 days), In Over My Head was back on the track today! He qualified at the Meadowlands this morning with our potential new driver, Tim Tetrick, in the sulky. After coasting to an easy first half of 60 seconds, he turned it up and came home in 55.3 with a last quarter of 27.1. It was the perfect first qualifier off a break and we plan to give him one more tune up next week before getting back into real races the first week of February.
As we quickly approach the start of Mo's four year old season, I have one more video to share from when In Over My Head was up in Mineral Point. The week before Christmas, Danny started to do some light jogging miles with him and one day I rode along with him and took a little video. Give it a look and you can see what it is like to ride along with In Over My Head. Enjoy (youtube link below):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RJ8xjx7wuHs
Thursday, January 21, 2010
Saturday, January 16, 2010
Racing Back on the Horizon
Welcome back to the life and times of In Over My Head. As I type, Mo is out in New Jersey, working his way back into racing shape. We expect to qualify him on January 28th and his first start back will be on February 5th at the Meadowlands. He will be competing in the Exit 16W series first, which consist of two legs for $25,000 a piece and a final of $74,000. Making the final will be based on points accumulated in the two legs. He hasn’t been in race since the Windy City on November 20th and he is literally chomping at the bit to get back.
As we are only a couple weeks away from the start to 2010, I wanted to link a highlight video that Danny put together in December. He did an incredible job. He had to break it into three parts to get it on youtube, but if you enjoyed reading about In Over My Head, take the time to watch. It is very cool. Enjoy!
Part 1 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JN6z2sa5FfY
Part 2 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Io1l4PZcR4&feature=related
Part 3 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9hT5_wn3-pI&feature=related
As we are only a couple weeks away from the start to 2010, I wanted to link a highlight video that Danny put together in December. He did an incredible job. He had to break it into three parts to get it on youtube, but if you enjoyed reading about In Over My Head, take the time to watch. It is very cool. Enjoy!
Part 1 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JN6z2sa5FfY
Part 2 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Io1l4PZcR4&feature=related
Part 3 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9hT5_wn3-pI&feature=related
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Many people have asked me what it's like to own a racehorse. This blog is a play by play of one horse in particular. A three year old colt named In Over My Head that I own with my uncle...and although he doesn't have any dollars invested, my cousin is about as emotionally invested as humanly possible. It could end up being a story of success or failure, but if he's like all the others I've owned, it will no doubt be a roller coaster ride.