I only got to speak to Justice for a short time on Sunday. She's terribly ill with some nasty sinus stuff. Seems to be a bunch of folks suffereing from the cruds. At work, there are 3 links to H1N1, or as I like to say it, SWINE FLU.

She told me that Psymin went out Saturday with his saddle on. He went with a new pony person, Jamie. I don't know who that is. Although I didn't get many details and Justice wasn't able to go watch him as she had a sore horse she was tending to, she said he did fine but either kicked out or bucked a bit. Not sure if it was from the stirrups bouncing around or what.

He's supposed to go back out with tack today and then get a rider up his next time after that. Now THAT'S what I'm talkin' about! I don't think he has his shoes yet but that has to be happening soon. His feet were looking pretty harsh when I was out there a week ago.

Retama released it's second condition book this past week. According to it, there's an October maiden race that Psymin may be able to run in. It's October 10th and it's a maiden allowance.  It's 7 furlongs (7/8 mile).  Live racing continues there through November 7th so hopefully we get a couple more overnights written if he isn't ready for that October 10th race.  He still has to gallop with a rider, work the gates and get certified there, and then perform official timed workouts.