01/30/2022
Ginger Sky had a great 2019 campaign, with 2 very good wins. We decided to send him to Gulfstream Park in Florida, to continue his training and possibly get a couple of races in, over the winter. Unfortunately, he got injured there. He came back the first week of March 2020 with a swollen right knee, so was sent to farm for lay up. By May 2020, I decided to retire him from racing. If he had a bad tendon, there was no point in giving him the rest of the year off, then start training the following year. The tendon would probably blow up again and I didn't want to put him through that. So then he became a project for me. I started re-training him in September 2020, just doing groundwork for the first 5-6 months, doing some desensitizing along the way. It's been a very slow process, but that's ok. Slow and easy is the best way. I was originally re-training him to be my pleasure riding horse, but we 've discovered that he likes the English style of riding too, plus he likes to go over poles and jumps. So, now we are focusing on the hunter/jumper style of training. He loves to use his brain and enjoys his new work. This will be an interesting journey.
Training at Walden Ridge Equestrian Centre.
