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Many of you have probably seen the nonsense spewed on Discord this afternoon. From name calling to questioning experience that they know nothing about to even an attempt to ridicule my stable name. That's OK because of the ignorance of not realizing that someone might actually have a name that means something...at lease to them. So I thought I would share where the name And More Racing Stable came from. There might be a couple of people who won't believe a word of this and think it's all made up but that's OK too because I know the truth and that's all that really matters.
And if anyone else has an interesting story about how they chose their stable name please feel free to use this thread to share it.
43 years ago last April I met the love of my life...my soul mate...the kind of love that unfortunately most will never know. From the day we met we spent every day and every night together except for a number I can count on 1 hand (I'll explain later about those few nights). I have been going to the races and betting on them since before I was legal to bet. I always wanted to get into racing. When I met her she had (unfortunately) losing tickets in her coat pocket. A horse lover and racing lover at heart. It was a match made for all time. We spent every available moment we could at the racetrack betting, soaking in the environment and dreaming of the day to come. Finally, 17 months after we met and 3 months before we even got married we went to a yearling sale and selected a pretty little filly for our first horse. We sent her to a boarding ranch near our home and then to a training center when it was time. In the meantime we purchased a yearling colt from the next years sale as well. When time to go to the track we picked out a trainer and asked him to take a look at her. When he saw her his comment was get rid of her so we got rid of him instead...but that's another story. Let's just say she did alright for us and brought a price 15 times what we paid for her when we sold her in foal to Rumbo.
We thoroughly enjoyed that life of visiting the backstretch, attending the races and the horsemen parties and get togethers. Going to sales buying horses, claiming horses, etc. Soon we had so many horses we decided it would be less expensive to buy a ranch and board them ourselves so we did. One thing lead to another and before long we were foaling our mares at home, recuperating our track layups at home, breaking (I prefer the term and method of gentling) our 2yo's and even set up our own training facility to condition the 2yo's before they went to the track and have trailered horses up and down the state of California all the while owning and running another business I had started. It was an incredibly busy life but we loved every second of it. So for the Nay Sayers you are correct I never held a trainers license at the track but I have done it all and could have been a licensed trainer if I chose to but I had too many irons in the fire to give the right attention to other owners so I chose not to.
As for the handful of nights we spent apart...we worked together at the other business drove to and from together plus the horse business. We spent 24/7 together except for 1 night when I had picked out a filly at the Del Mar 2yo in training sale but I was too busy at work to get away so she took a girlfriend for company and they flew down to Del Mar (we were NorCal based) to buy the filly and was back the next day. The other handful of nights was when she spent the night in the hospital following surgeries. She battled cancer for several years. I sold the business, I sold the horses and the ranch to care for her until the cancer finally won and 23 years ago last February I lost her when she died in my arms.
So the name...our "pet" saying to each other was I will love you "Forever And More". To this day I think of her every day and I miss her every day and at times (like now) it still brings tears to my eyes but life goes on. So when I decided to play DD I decided on the name And More Racing Stable in her honor.
That's the story behind the name.
And if anyone else has an interesting story about how they chose their stable name please feel free to use this thread to share it.
43 years ago last April I met the love of my life...my soul mate...the kind of love that unfortunately most will never know. From the day we met we spent every day and every night together except for a number I can count on 1 hand (I'll explain later about those few nights). I have been going to the races and betting on them since before I was legal to bet. I always wanted to get into racing. When I met her she had (unfortunately) losing tickets in her coat pocket. A horse lover and racing lover at heart. It was a match made for all time. We spent every available moment we could at the racetrack betting, soaking in the environment and dreaming of the day to come. Finally, 17 months after we met and 3 months before we even got married we went to a yearling sale and selected a pretty little filly for our first horse. We sent her to a boarding ranch near our home and then to a training center when it was time. In the meantime we purchased a yearling colt from the next years sale as well. When time to go to the track we picked out a trainer and asked him to take a look at her. When he saw her his comment was get rid of her so we got rid of him instead...but that's another story. Let's just say she did alright for us and brought a price 15 times what we paid for her when we sold her in foal to Rumbo.
We thoroughly enjoyed that life of visiting the backstretch, attending the races and the horsemen parties and get togethers. Going to sales buying horses, claiming horses, etc. Soon we had so many horses we decided it would be less expensive to buy a ranch and board them ourselves so we did. One thing lead to another and before long we were foaling our mares at home, recuperating our track layups at home, breaking (I prefer the term and method of gentling) our 2yo's and even set up our own training facility to condition the 2yo's before they went to the track and have trailered horses up and down the state of California all the while owning and running another business I had started. It was an incredibly busy life but we loved every second of it. So for the Nay Sayers you are correct I never held a trainers license at the track but I have done it all and could have been a licensed trainer if I chose to but I had too many irons in the fire to give the right attention to other owners so I chose not to.
As for the handful of nights we spent apart...we worked together at the other business drove to and from together plus the horse business. We spent 24/7 together except for 1 night when I had picked out a filly at the Del Mar 2yo in training sale but I was too busy at work to get away so she took a girlfriend for company and they flew down to Del Mar (we were NorCal based) to buy the filly and was back the next day. The other handful of nights was when she spent the night in the hospital following surgeries. She battled cancer for several years. I sold the business, I sold the horses and the ranch to care for her until the cancer finally won and 23 years ago last February I lost her when she died in my arms.
So the name...our "pet" saying to each other was I will love you "Forever And More". To this day I think of her every day and I miss her every day and at times (like now) it still brings tears to my eyes but life goes on. So when I decided to play DD I decided on the name And More Racing Stable in her honor.
That's the story behind the name.
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