White Thunder Works Half Mile in 50 3/5 Seconds

Jared Schoeneman reports that White Thunder's second workout of the year was just as good as his first, stopping the clock in 50 3/5 seconds for the half mile on Friday over a drying out racetrack. The time was the tenth best out of twenty one on the day. Mr. Schoeneman chose to work White Thunder in company with one of the stable's horses who had always shown good speed. The plan was for Thunder to have a target to run at the last eighth of a mile. However, as the horses broke off at the half mile pole, Thunder took a quick three length advantage, and held that advantage during the entire workout. Mr. Schoeneman stated to me that the rider on Thunder had his "feet in the dashboard" during the entire workout and could have easily stopped the clock in 49 seconds. He came out of the workout in extremely good order, having drank only a quarter bucket of water while cooling out. And, according to Mr. Schoeneman, White Thunder was bouncing the entire length of the shedrow while having his daily walk this morning. What makes this workout most impressive to both Mr. Schoeneman and myself is the fact that the track was on the deep side, although not "beachy" or "sandy". White Thunder handled the drying out racetrack extremely well and Mr. Schoeneman stated to me that everything went perfectly. White Thunder will walk again on Sunday and return to training on Monday. Plans for his next workout will be finalized by midweek. Renee