Up and down

Gave Eros a pretty good workout yesterday. He started out great, soft, quiet and fairly responsive. When we stepped it up alittle he tensed up and got stiff as a board, especially working to the right. Had to take my foot of the pedal and worked on suppleness for quite awhile. Moving different body parts in different directions. We will take a little x-tra time to bring the softness with us when we move up in speed. We finished on a good note though and he pretty quickly got back into his comfort zone.

The Cattlemens open Derby and Classic are in the books and this is how the finals shook out:

5/6 yo Classic


Pounce and Phil Hanson claimed the 5/6 championships with a 221 over Cat Zahir, Boons A Dreaming and Tarins Ric & Miz Savannah Taz.

4 yo Derby


Bonanza Champ Pete Branch and Kit Kat Sugar dominated the Derby finals. The duo posted a great 223 (same as Bonanza) to win the event pulling away! They really stood out as the only exeptional run of the night. Cuts were good and the stallion by High Brow Cat x Sugar N Dulce worked without flaw.

Kit Kat Sugar

Reserve went to That Sly Bob & Tarin Rice scoring 218. Tarin had a great outing in Graham as he took reserve in the derby, won the gelding and placed split 3rd in the 5/6 classic, collecting a cool $26.000 total!