Whew.....busy, busy......

The in-laws just came home from a Team Penning in Virginia. They say it is the last of their "away" shows for a while. With fuel prices sky rocketing it just isn't worth hauling all those miles to play with cows! I still can't believe they went. My FIL was in the hospital all last week because that foot he hurt because infected. He ended up having surgery and being put on IV antibiotics. Two hours after being released he was on his way out of town. MEN! Sheesh he's a stubborn one. If he loses his toes or foot to the infection they just got under control it's his own fault.
So while they were gone we ran two horses last night. One, Frazee's Folly won his race. Folly is 11 years old this year and has racked up lifetime earnings of over 500k. Last night was his 18th win. He sure doesn't act as old as he is. He definitely loves his job!
Tonight we are running two horses that are new to our barn. "Keystone Mountain" is a horse we claimed for 5k. He was a good 200 pounds underweight and a nervous wreck. Poor guy. He didn't let us touch his face and was very sky. With some TLC he has packed on weight and become quite the charactor. Tonight we ran him for $7500 and he won. I guess that was his way of saying "Thanks."
Later tonight we have another new one running named "Way to Oz." Another sad looking horse when he got here. His coat was dull and he was in desparate need of weight. Now he's shiney and looking good. He actually put more weight on than Keystone Mountain in a shorter amount of time. He's more laid back but is clueless about being handled with a gentle touch.
I can't understand how people can think they can starve a horse, not take care of their feet and never have a dentist work on them....and then expect the horse to perform well. It just boggles my mind. Ack...anyway he's doing well. All of our new horses always see a dentist within a week of being here. 9 times out of 10 they are in bad shape and have a horrible mouth. I say Shame on the previous trainers!

On another note I took Hannah to the doctor today. While her cradle cap seemed to be pretty much history, she developed a rash on her chest and tummy. Come to find out I didn't have the CC under control like I had thought. The rash was caused by what little was left on her head. So we went back for more creams and some head and shoulders shampoo. I hope this works. Poor baby! Not that she isn't doing fabulously. She now weighs 14 pounds and 12 ounces. The girl loves her food! Her nights of colic are fewer and fewer thank goodness. So it is nice to have qieter nights.

Let's see....oh! Today is Sealy's birthday! She's 4 years old and fat as a tick out in her pasture. It makes me sick to know she's going to sit around and not learn anyhting for a while. I was hoping to be ready so show her this spring but life isn't working out that way. *sigh*
If/when Blake sells down in VA I hope to send her to my friend for some training.

Well, I guess that's it for now. I'm off to watch Ozzie run!