What. A. Year.

This was definitely something we did not have on our radar back in January when we were starting to get rolling. We had to defer claiming at Oaklawn and put Nevada and Karl in the unenviable position of needing to get a horses right away so we could get some starts in during a pandemic shortened meet.

We didn’t know we could have nay fans until just days before the first race and then state guidance carried us all over the place over the next few months. We tried to get everyone through the best that we could and probably mis-stepped once or twice as well.

Nevada came up with the ingenious solution of partnering with us on two horses, giving us the opportunity to run twice as much for the same investment. Ironically, Furzy was supposed to be the real runner and Lilfeatheredindian the throw in. Boy did we get THAT one backwards!

Karl picked his way through the early entries to grab us Satellite and reeled off two wins before being claimed for $1000 more than we claimed him for. That’s success by anyone’s measure (ICYMI – Satellite won at Remington last week).

The Club ran in its first stakes race which was a hoot and having a $94 winner isn’t something the Club does often Not listening to Ted and placing a wager would have got you most of your fee back – and then some depending upon how much you bet!

We found Furzy a forever home where she is doing great learning to be a jumper. As mentioned, Satellite was claimed and we sold Lilfeatheredindian for $1000. Not having Turf Paradise running really depressed the market for a turf horse that was going to need to be maintained for the winter, but best wishes to her and the new connections.

Here was our running line for the year (money total includes Nevada’s half of Lil):

8 Starts: 3 wins, 0 seconds and 1 third Total Earnings: $29,182

Not a bad year considering all the obstacles and all the credit goes to Nevada and Veronica and Karl and Clemente, their teams in the barn and our jocks (Ry, Alonso and Betty Jo). Under difficult circumstances they all made it work.

At the beginning of October we will receive the last training and vet bills. By the middle of the month we should have all expenses accounted for and we can move to the final reconciliation and accounting and see where we ended up overall. While we weren’t profitable this season we were tantalizingly close. Hopefully we will have an idea of what the 2021 Club will look like at that time as well.

Our thanks go to all of you Clubbers that make this work and make it such an enjoyable experience for everyone. We really appreciate your participation and you patience – especially during this year of uncertainty.