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This Month's News From Willey Farm & Racing Stable
 
 Thursday, March 4th 2010
 
Racing Stable Win PhotoIt's hard to believe that it has been over 3 months since we updated this page.  Things have gone very well for us during that period.  The top story is that K D Amazin Spirit won the California Sires Stakes Championship on December 12th.  The photo on the right shows Spirit winning by a neck in the mud.  What a thrill for us.  K D Nicol was not quite up to par that night and had to settle for 5th.   Here is a link to an article in The Sacramento Bee regarding the win.

 Split the Bill had his first win in quite a while last week.  In fact he made the USTA news and was featured on the program cover this week.  click here to read the article.

K D Shenanigans turned out after hock problems.  He is now once again at the track and getting ready to train down.

K D Amazin Grace has been racing, but has had a series of breaking problems especially after being involved in a accident duing a race in January.  She went all the way  down after the horse in front of her broke, but was able to jump back up without spilling the driver (Keith) and come home with a purse check.  After two breaks in a row last month, she will have to re-qualify.  We brought her back to the farm for a weeks rest and are now getting ready to re-qualify her next week.

Janet Parris made some very nice photos of the Qualifiers at Cal Expo on Saturday, September 19th - click here to take a look.
 
To see slide shows of some of our recent Stake races also photographed by Janet Parris check out these links - Sires, April 11th, 2009 or Sires, May 9th 2009 or Sires, October 31st 2009.

Check out K D Amazin Spirits' page for a slide show of photos on his first race day last fall.  
 
Farm News - Our retired horses - K D Justice and Tia Lita have had some health issues the past few ;months, but both seem to be have recovered nicely.  Justice with a sinus infection and Tia with colic.  Hopefully, they still have many good years ahead.  The rest of the brood mare band are doing just fine.
 
For more scenes around the farm, take a look at our Photo Galleries Page which has photos from 2002 to the present.

What is Harness Racing?

 Harness racing is a worldwide sport where a special breed of horses, called Standardbreds, race around a track while pulling a driver in a two-wheeled cart, called a sulky. It is seen in more than 30 countries by millions of fans who wager more than $3 billion annually.

To learn more about harness racing visit the USTA site for their online guide, Harness the Excitement!

 

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