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