2006 Grand National
Tory must be in the air by this time. She's going to be exhausted but no doubt exhilerated to be home again. I'll bet it will take more than just one 12 hour snooze to get her back to feeling normal!!
During the prelims, Nitro and Tornado tied for first place in open class. Bic, the single field champion competing, also matched their score. During the open class finals, Nitro prevailed--although Tom and I both believed Tornado's course looked more like a winner. They didn't run against each other, either in the prelims or the finals. Then came the best of breed (BoB) run: Nitro vs Bic, the field champion. Watching the course thru the lens of my camera (sort of like looking through a soda straw), I thought that Bic had accomplished the better race. As I walked toward the owner to tell her congrats, she beat me to the punch and shouted "Congrats on Nitro's win." I wanted to leap for joy. Such a sweet little boy.
Ambassador won the Grand National in 2004. The races Friday (which I missed), Saturady, and today are all in preparation for the Grand National Best in Field run in which all the BoB runners compete, 3 at a time, over a course of 1 mile. It's really a strenuous, ardurous test of the hound's condition and desire--especially since each of the BoBs have to run 3 courses of 800 yards each today to qualify. Of course, if Tornado were to win BoB today, then both would be elibible for the Grand National mile. I think, if that were the case, we'd select one or the other (the one best fit) to run but not both.
During the prelims, Nitro and Tornado tied for first place in open class. Bic, the single field champion competing, also matched their score. During the open class finals, Nitro prevailed--although Tom and I both believed Tornado's course looked more like a winner. They didn't run against each other, either in the prelims or the finals. Then came the best of breed (BoB) run: Nitro vs Bic, the field champion. Watching the course thru the lens of my camera (sort of like looking through a soda straw), I thought that Bic had accomplished the better race. As I walked toward the owner to tell her congrats, she beat me to the punch and shouted "Congrats on Nitro's win." I wanted to leap for joy. Such a sweet little boy.
Ambassador won the Grand National in 2004. The races Friday (which I missed), Saturady, and today are all in preparation for the Grand National Best in Field run in which all the BoB runners compete, 3 at a time, over a course of 1 mile. It's really a strenuous, ardurous test of the hound's condition and desire--especially since each of the BoBs have to run 3 courses of 800 yards each today to qualify. Of course, if Tornado were to win BoB today, then both would be elibible for the Grand National mile. I think, if that were the case, we'd select one or the other (the one best fit) to run but not both.
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