Dark Insanity

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Insanity Plea
Jockey: Jackson Lincoln
Trainer: Matthew Oliver

Making his first steps into the racers barn, Matthew made his way down the long dark floor on his way to the end of the barn to a stable labeled "Insanity Plea". Inside was an aggressive stallion who was next on the trainers list of workouts this morning. Although with Eli, Matthew always had to be careful, for it was hard to predict what kind of mood that the chestnut colt would be in, and if it would be one that would allow Matthew to get done what he wished to with the colt. After all, his first race would be in less then a week, and both Eli and his jockey needed to be ready. 

"Are you ready?" Matthew asked as Jackson --Eli's jockey-- approached. He gave a brisk nod to let Matthew know that he was ready for the workout. Jackson wasn't a huge talker, so the fact that he didn't say anything was normal, and not something to worry about. 

Opening the top door of the stall, Matthew could see that Eli was in a moderator docile mood, so it should be easy --or easier than normal-- to get him ready for his workout. 

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Once at the track, Matthew stood at the railing as Jackson mounted the agitated colt as he nipped a little at Jackson as he threw his leg over the large racers back. At the moment, Matthew, Jackson, and Eli where the only ones on the track, which was a good thing due to the fact that Eli had a tendency to get aggressive around other horses, especially colts and stallions. And with Eli being the only one on the track, he would be able to pay much more attention on improving his racing skills, because working on his aggression on the track was a problem to be tackled on another day. 

Once mounted, Jackson motioned for Eli to move forward and onto the track. Starting at a trot, Eli gracefully moved to a canter as he rounded the first turn, steadily gaining speed the further down the track he got. Gracefully gliding across the tracks green turf surface with large strides. From a distance, Eli was a beautiful and magnificent animal, it was hard to believe just how aggressive that he got around most humans and horses. 

Rounding the last turn, and making his way to the end of the track, Eli had picked up amazing speed, and finished the track on a personal best record. Hopefully, Eli would do as well as he did today as he will when the first race of his racing career comes around soon. 

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Dark Maiden
Jockey: Heidy Harrison
Trainer: Matthew Oliver

As Heidy mounted the small bay filly, she could see that everyone else who was on the track that day, where simply breeding their horses, that was not something that was on Heidy's agenda today with Dark Maiden, or Mai as everyone around the barn calls her. Both she and Matthew want to see just how well she would be able to do, so that they could prepare her for her upcoming maiden race in only a week at most. They needed to at least gave an idea of what to expect from Mai when they introduce her to real competition.

Seeing that the small bay filly was hardly able to contain her excitement to get on the track and run, Heidy let the eager filly go. Being the type of horse who goes straight to the front of the pack, when Mai was allowed to go, she did just that, she went. Which had it's down sides, at times, if the distance was too long, she got burned out before the race was even over. Although that was only when it was 8 or 9 furlongs, and the race she would be running was only 5 furlongs, Mai should be able to finish that rather well if she's up to it that is.

Making her way down the dirt track, Heidy did her best to steer the feisty filly away from other horses on the track, because she would slam into them if she was given the chance. Even though she's small, Mai is a fierce and aggressive competitor when it comes to the rave track. Everyone hoped that she would do well like they all expect her to do, especially Heidy who has great faith in the little fillies racing ability. Even if she us racing against horses who are much larger and potentially more experienced then she is.

As she began to round the last turn, Heidy could feel the fillies speed begin to slow down as she started to tire. And as she stopped, Heidy could hear Mai breathing heavily. Looking over at Matthew, who gave a sign with his hand that she did alright, but not brilliant, but that was okay, because Heidy had run Mai longer than normal, so hopefully she would do better at her race then she had done today, but until the race came, Matthew and Heidy would work Mai as often as they can with out hurting the horse in order to get her really for her first race.