bagel time

We traveled down to Fair Hill yesterday to visit with some bagels for the gang (and carrots for the horses). Weather was touch and go, but the rain wasn't too bad, so we did well enough. Took some photos of Veiled Reference that are posted here. She hasn't been back to the track since Sunday, so she got a little fired up when she caught those other horses in the distance. Tim indicated that she'd go back later this week. Overall, she looked good, not too tired and certainly plenty alert. It was funny to learn that her next door neighbor and new best friend in the barn is Nautical Agent's younger sister, Sailing Home. Nautical is a friendly type, so it's no surprise to find out that the sister is much the same. I was feeding them carrots and they seemed to be enjoying themselves. Veiled Reference would stick her neck out and around to meet Sailing Home and they would huddle up in the middle to chat. I think it was mostly just talk about how much fun it was playing the fool in front of them with the carrots, but maybe it was about allocation of their 401ks, I don't know.

Nautical Agent, the little devil, will enter today for a race down at Philadelphia Park on Sunday. Doug passed along that she's doing well. He worked her at a two-minute lick during the week and she picked it up nicely through the lane. She should be ready to fire off of this mini-break, so I hope that the race goes and she can pick up a decent piece of the pot. We'll need some cash coming in to cover gym memberships after the holiday.