Acceptance

Not to sound overly dramatic about the govt. shutdown, but I have come to terms with the likelihood that the remainder of the Canterbury meet will soon be canceled. As textbooks would suggest, this follows stages of anger and denial. That said, we are making plans to relocate the stable – most likely scenario is St. Louis. From there, we’ll be within shipping distance to a handful of tracks including those in Illinois, Nebraska, Ohio, Indiana, and Kentucky. It is a sad reality, but it is one that I now accept and will try to make the best of. Additionally, on Monday night, we’ll be picking up No Lip from Tom in Indiana and transfer him to Kenny’s barn thus concluding our 2+ year relationship. It was not a good move financially to go with Tom, but I don’t regret taking a swing with him in hopes of landing the “big one”. For now, it makes sense to go with a more economically-feasible model by keeping the horses we have with Kenny and running at lesser-quality tracks. Watch out Omaha – here we come.

Note: all this changes if by some chance a local resolution comes about within the next week or so.