sheer determination.

[Kirsten Jade]

<sub>Heartless Revenge
Workout for Focus Stakes.

Aaron flicked his crop in the black colt's face and the beast rippled underneath him and moved even faster down the homestretch. Aaron smiled in spite of himself. He was enjoying being back at the track. What sweetens the deal is the fact that his mounts were incredible. He has no idea how he ended up with such amazing rides. Especially Knight Rousseau, Heartless Revenge and Apollo Bear. They were all going to be legends on this track. He just knew it.

He leaned forward and enjoyed yet another surge of speed from the colt. It was really too back that they had missed the Triple Crown this year... Aaron was sure he could have gave them a run for the money, especially in the run for the roses. Heartless had never even really been given a chance in his short career.

The colt had started off his career amazingly with a win on his first time out. Then he had raced only one more time as a two year old. After a long break he had come back to the track with a disappointing start to his three year old season. Aaron was determined to not let that happen again. This colt was too good to get boxed in the back of the pack somewhere. They needed to refocus and set their eyes on the prize. Heartless had a long way to go to be the champion that Aaron was waiting for. But he had patience and he was not a quitter.

Once they passed the wire Aaron pulled up his mount and looked towards the rail. His boss gave him a thumbs up and mentioned him over. He couldn't wait to see what their time would be...</sub>

[Kirsten Jade]

<sub>Knight Rousseau
Workout for Hyperactive Stakes.

Aaron grinned as he got a lift up in Rousseau's saddle. This is what racing is all about. This is why he chose this business. The time on Heartless had been great and now he was going to be riding his favorite mount. The beast of all beasts: Knight Rousseau. If he would have been told 5 years ago that he would be riding a Night Stalker foal he would have laughed and dismissed the person as crazy.

Yet here he was aboard Knight Rousseau and prepping for his next race this Saturday. He would be racing a lot of horses that day but he had the highest hopes for Knight Rousseau. The big stallion had already raced once on GHF since his return and has won. It had been a big race to boot. Plus in the next race so far there was only two entries so it was pretty much a 50/50 chance that Rousseau would be coming out of it with a win.

Aaron rubbed his hands together in anticipation and urged the stallion into his warm up routine. It was due to be a good weekend of racing...</sub>