CF Equine

20/11/2024

Going to blanket my horses in blowing sideways snow when they don’t want to be caught because ‘this was a childhood dream’ and ‘I worked really hard for this’

Yep! Only 482 years. But then again, who’s counting 🤣

17/11/2024

Hopefully this isn't you today 🤞

12/11/2024

Rachel Alexandra winning the Preakness against the boys.

11/11/2024

Hate to think of where I’d be if I took life advice from any of the people who have the impression I want to be anything like them.

06/11/2024

Now that the horses are home, and I am back into my usual winter routine catching up on c**t starting, we can say the season’s officially done. It was a bit of a tough luck year, with lots out of our control dealing with everything from lung infections, to viruses, to injuries, truck problems, facility issues, and people. But there were some wins in there, the young horses all came along nicely, the difficult ones came around well, the old horses stayed happy and healthy, and I’m hopeful we’ll all come back stronger next year and that my program will keep building bigger and better as I work away at building the career that makes my racing possible.

This year looked a bit different being back up north, and the horses and I all appreciated the safety, privacy, and peace being out of the south gave us. If you’ve been a part of my life at all these last several years, it shouldn’t come as much of a surprise my reasons behind choosing to drive the length of the province every week rather than keep horses at the track, and I’m forever grateful to all who continue to trust me with their horses even when I’m far away, and while I balance my career on top of training. I do hope that me doing things this way encourages others up north to get into the sport, and shows that it absolutely is possible to not live in an ideal spot to race and still make it work and be competitive.

A huge thank you to all who made this season possible, and to everyone who trusted me with their horses. I look forward to next year being a better one. We put the time and effort in, and sooner or later that effort has to turn into luck. Thank you to all who held down the fort while I was on the road, I truly appreciate knowing my horses were in such good hands when I was away. Thank you to everyone who rode for me this year, and for bringing them home safe every time. Thank you to everyone who helped in the paddock, in the gates, ponying, and answering questions. I am also thankful for the people who were kind enough to welcome me into their homes and barns when I was in town, and everyone who made sure I was looked after this year- from letting me stay at their houses, to always picking up the phone, to coffee runs, to fixing broken equipment, to staying up late to livestream the races so they knew I always had someone cheering for me, to covering chores if I was working late, to feeding me, thank you all. I don’t know what I ever did to deserve such good friends.

I have some absolutely wonderful people in my life, and while I keep a fairly small circle, the company is so good. People were not always kind this year, some were downright nasty, but the people who matter never stopped cheering us on even when things weren’t going well, and made sure that I knew they were proud of us no matter how things went because they saw the hard work, the long hours, the impossible schedule, and everything I’ve had to fight through and they were proud of us for even being out there and trying. Thank you to every single person in our corner who made sure we knew they believed in us, it means the world to me and I hope to be waving to you from the winners circle next year.

And above all, I’m thankful for the horses. Everything I do is for them, and working a full time career in a demanding field while also having full training books and doing everything from barn chores to breaking babies to riding works all by myself isn’t easy, but for them it’s all worth it.

Now, it’s eyes ahead looking down the track to whatever the next season may bring.

05/11/2024

I finally got out to see my own horses today, everybody’s fat and happy and enjoying their winter vacation. Tali is expecting a baby and Wolfie is expecting a round bale 🤣

04/11/2024

My racehorses as a general rule are pretty chill, but the problem child ones and I get along because the only one more chronically anxious than them is me 🤣

03/11/2024

02/11/2024

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02/11/2024

Oooh exciting news 👀

Tapiture will relocate from Darby Dan Farm in Lexington, Kentucky to stand at Highfield Stock Farm in Alberta, Canada for the 2025 breeding season, The Jockey Club of Canada announced Friday. The son of North American leading sire Tapit has stood at Darby Dan Farm since his retirement to stud in 201...

01/11/2024

Whatever gets you airborne. 😂

30/10/2024

It's a fact!!! 🤣🤣🤣