If Wishes Were Horses, My Old Kentucky Home - America's Best Racing
Author’s note to our readers. The following three chapters will comprise the conclusion of Part I of “If Wishes Were Horses,” published courtesy of America’s Best Racing. These, in addition to the previous chapters that you have previewed on ABR, are part of the “writer’s draft” of the novel, which is expected to be published in its entirety sometime in early fall of 2015. Please be aware that certain elements of... I hope you have enjoyed meeting Hamilton Greer, Willie and the rest of the characters and invite you to purchase a signed, discounted edition of the novel by visiting my author page at Amazon. Those 18-wheel vans they used for long trips could hold a dozen horses, but most trainers would only send eight, or sometimes less, and often they’d ask for a stall and a half or a box stall so the animals could stretch out. The drivers always tried to take the most direct route to wherever they were headed, since the horses had no choice but to stand for the whole ride and most didn’t mind it, but when they were racing fit some would get a bit antsy. , a trip of over a thousand miles to the cooler air in Lexington, Ky. that can take almost 20 hours, so they needed someone to ride with the horses, check their water buckets and make sure they have some hay to nibble at, even if it was only to... Willie knew a couple of the grooms that worked for J. B. and they all seemed OK with him being the new assistant trainer, maybe. Source: www.americasbestracing.net
