i will attempt, again, to update this thing. Our internet service is not that great here, and it is difficult. We are having a great time. We had two races on the Friday before Memorial Day. Won third in one but not quite fast enough to qualify for finals. It rained all day and was a muddy mess. We're very lucky no one was hurt. We had the family here and many great friends. We saw Joe Nichols in concert and Micah played golf at the Inn of the Mountain Gods. We love our house, have put finishing touches on the barn, tried out the hot tub, and we have a few great deer friends we feed outside. They are so friendly, let Drake almost walk within touching distance. We have a race on Friday and then I will be heading to Dallas and Micah and Drake to Midland where I will meet them on Sunday. We are going to Llano to move into the new house!!

Drake showing Papa his new horse.

Cactus Fred is here! Drake's first horse, thank you so much Jenkins family!

Drake with Luis and Junior, his best buddies!

Baby Drake and Micah at the races. Alex, the one in the black, is riding our horse.

Trainer Randy Sanders and Drake, or as Randy likes to call him "Chick Magnet".
Drake loves watching the horses run! As well as the tractors that come immediately after.

our kitchen with the paper off!
we got the animals in their right places...

they are sealing and grouting floor tile this week. We have the faux finisher working on kitchen cabinets, and then, watch out! electricians, plumbers, carpet, pool, so much in a short time!

As we are beginning our race season in full force, I decided to post some pics and race dates of the big races in Ruidoso that we have paid entries to race in. There of course will be many others that will come up.

Charm Dance
Miss Toole O Dash

Mia Corona

Fredericskburg Too



We Have A Secret

aka Ely

Charm Dance in OKC

Cowboy Cartel si 94

Cowboy Cartel

May 22 Ruidoso Quarter Horse Futurity trials

May 29 Ruidoso Sale Futurity trials
June 7 Ruidoso Quarter Horse Futurity finals

June 14 Ruidoso Sale Futurity finals

July 2 Rainbow Futurity trials

July 9 Zia Futurity trials

July 10 Zia Derby trials

July 19 Rainbow Futurity finals

July 26 Zia Futurity and Zia Derby finals

August 20 All American Futurity trials

September 7 All American Futurity finals

in order to check the race results, you can log on to the Ruidoso Downs Race Track at http://www.ruidownracing.com/


ok, this is not all of the horses, we have a few more and will get more recent pictures as soon as we make it to Ruidoso for the summer.