Open House Update

With just having moved to Lake Shore Farms, I've been seeing some strange new things. There's been a lot of construction going on, barns being built, stalls being put up, and automatic waterers being put into some the paddocks. Now, that's not the strange part. The strange part is seeing these men who are building the barns. I've got a picture below. These guys arrive and leave in a small, what looks like, a school bus, they wear funny hats and clothes, and most of them have a beards, but only under their chins. When they talk, I hear stranges names like Graber, Schwartz, and Neuenschwander. These are really good builders, but I've never seen anyone like this before. I had to sneak taking pictures of them because it seemed they were afraid of my camera. I'm a horse and I know not to be afraid of a camera. Ha!

Also, having just moved, I wasn't sure about how many people would show up to see me yesterday. There were about 40 to 50 people at the My Open House. OK, maybe not "My Open House" per se, but everyone did come by to check me out. Quite a few people grabbed my main man Eddie and signed some papers. Many times I could overhear them talking about the mares I am going to get to meet in 2012.

However, the big talk that I overheard was about the breed development committee making recommendations to make the stakes program longer. Evidently, the two-year old stakes, the Indiana Futurity and the Miss Indiana, are going to be moved from six furlongs to a mile. Plus, the three-year old sprint stakes, the Snack and the Ellen's Lucky Star (I'd really like to meet her), are being moved to a mile too. What people were saying is that these longer stakes races at the younger ages would be perfect for my kids. I agree. Just check out what one of my two-year old fillies did in the $100,000 Brave Raj Stakes at a mile and 70 yards. A route of ground at two and three, no problem.