Visit by Gavin

June 4, 2008
Sonny visit

As promised I (and the family) made the trek to visit Sonny a week or so ago.

Clive took us to see the young fella who had clearly been worked pretty hard during a earlier morning session ( we got there in the afternoon); a very likely consequence of the Roy debacle (refer earlier blog).

While Sonny did look a little contrite to me, the horse whisperer and
Robert Redford dead ringer (and our trainer) Clive Laurensen assures me of some spirit there and early indications are that he wants to run - I think you will all agree this is happy news in the circumstances!

He looks terrific to me, and while I am no expert, the commentary from Clive was encouraging (refer the video.)

He was gentle generally, had no problems being touched or patted (I was assured this apparent "niceness" in no way reflects his desire to win!) although I note this was before he had his nuts chopped off and he may well now be a little crankier!

We shall see...

Gavin

Sonny, spelling out of town

After the rather tragic end to the broken aspirations of Sonny to be a sire, he is now at an adjistment property about 25km out of Geraldton. It is the same property we have Black Amber out taking her spell.

He has been there about a week now. Clive took him out after he lost his nuts, and took along Tapdog for the float ride to keep him company. All went well with the trip out, and Sonny looks to have benefited from the floating that he had with the 10 days at Norms.

Sonny settled in very well to his new surroundings, and he has a new neighbour in the form of an retired old horse from the region. He is eating well, and will now settle into the routine of life in adjistment.

The horses are all fed dry feeds along with what they eat themselves from the paddock. The fences all all professionally done and the owners of the business he is at all all old horse people. He is in good hands Clive says.

Clive will head out regularly to check on both Sonny and Amber so we'll be getting updates from those visits.