A jock's race indeed

As I had opined earlier, Wild Adventure's race last Wednesday indeed came down to a jock's decision. Although it wasn't quite how I had envisioned the race unfolding, W.A. was in a perfect spot as they entered the far turn (a length or so behind the pacesetter). However, for some reason, the jock decided to swing her to the outside even though he won 3 races with her at Tampa by riding the rail. That decision left the rail wide open for the eventual winner to get up and beat us by about 6 inches. In this game, an inch is as good as a yard and we were left with a second place check (about $11k less than the winner's share) - Ouch!

For those who follow Canterbury results or still have Lumpy in your stable mail, you know that he won his race yesterday. Despite the victory, I will stand by my decision to sell as it had more to do with factors beyond my opinion of the horse. Regardless, the sale still accomplishes the goal of increasing liquidity in the second half of 2009.

Happy Father's Day to all the Dads - Enjoy your day!!