‘Til Next Spring
That’s all for Ascot Doll and Suffolk Downs until 2005
The season ended at Suffolk Downs today, and my racing companion and I snuck away from work to catch a little action. We arrived barely in time for the third race; the horses were being loaded in the gate as we entered the grandstand. No matter, the race we really wanted to see was the fourth, in which our mutual favorite, Ascot Doll, was running. This afternoon was the first time Ascot Doll had raced since late June owing to an ankle injury, and he didn’t run as well as his trainer would have liked (he was, alas, last by several lengths), but he returned to the barn sound and peppy and all was forgiven. The Doll is going to a farm for the winter and will be back at Suffolk next spring, just as I’m sure I will.
