Honestly after last year, I did not think it could get much worse. I missed like the first four months of running, and then finally got around to training in June, but I still pulled it all together for a great Fall racing season, and this year seemed like it was going to be the same except nothing came out of it. There was no good training block, and there were no good races. Actually, there were no races. I only had two small periods when I ran at all, and the first one end

Have you ever gone to the derby and watched a race? You probably noticed that you did not see any horses stretching before the race. ...