Damrock Farm

10/07/2026

I have to take this time to sibcerely thank Kianna Alyzabeth for helping get Lily (Loads of Fun) ready for the Saratoga Fall Sale this weekend. Some know, some don't, that I have been struggling with shoulder pain, to the point that I am getting two shoulder replacements this fall.

Lily was one of my normal foals, nothing extrordinary, until about 7 weeks ago when I weaned her. Never have I had a tougher baby over weaning. She was a basket case, just refusing to accept that Mom was no longer the main focus of her life. This was not something I expected and 6 weeks later she had not improved and was getting worse by the day. Because of my shoulder issues, I physically could not handle her when she had her daily tantrums. It took her only twice getting loose to figure that out and I was done as her trainer.

So I called on Kianna for help. I know there are lots of trainers out there who could have done the same job, but I have known Kianna for a long time and trusted her implicitly with this crazy baby. The next day Lily was at Kianna's and real life happened. Kianna knows as much about babies as I do, maybe more, though I'm quite sure she will tell you differently.

I'm not giving 100% of the credit to Kianna because after all, I was the one who was smart enough to ask for help, lol. Seriously, Kianna has made a different filly out of this baby in about a week and a half. Some of it was a reality check. Mom was gone. No longer within sight or sound range, but the main difference is Lily met her match in the training department. Kianna has the knowlege and strength to let this baby know that she is NOT in charge. No cruelty, simply facts. It literally took Lily one day, maybe a day and a half, to learn the dìfference.

I have never experienced a baby who had such a dilemma with weaning. I have weaned over 50 foals and let me tell you, this was a first. Between her absolute refusal to leave Mom and the
fact that physically I could no longer fight it out and win, to me Kianna was a Godsend. Every day I am thanking God that I met Kianna so many years ago and that I have been able to take advantage of that.

In ending, I just want to say, no matter how old you are, no matter how much experience you have, there may come a time in life when you need help. Please, please, please do not be afraid to ask.

10/04/2026

LOADS OF FUN

Take a look at this beautiful filly by Solomini out of the good running black-type Effinex mare U Guys Are No Fun. With 13 starts, this mare was in the money 8 times earning over $111,000.

Loads of Fun is tall, classy and correct with good vet reports. Find her in Barn 5 at the Saratoga Fall Sale next weekend. She sells as Hip 74.

10/02/2026

What happened to my messenger?? Everything after 2024 is gone. I have no idea how to fix it. Help!

10/01/2026

This is Jonny, playing with his favorite soccer ball. He's such a gelding, lol.

09/29/2026

Today would have been 47 years for me and Dave. It still seems surreal that he left so soon. I so miss his making me laugh. Every day, rain or shine, he found something to joke about. I think I miss that the most.

09/24/2026

Well, an hour and a half after the actual race , I finally got to watch it, lol. First I was catching a ride to pick up my truck when it went off and I couldn't get it to open on my phone. Then when I got home I had 6 horses who didn't care that he was running. For them it was suppertime! NOW, not later! Got that done and then I couldn't see it on NYRABets because the screen kept getting too small. I looked on NYRA.com and they only had the results up, not the actual replay yet. I finally found it on youtube, full screen and with the order of finish of the whole field posted. He ended up in sixth which i thought was ok. He pretty much got sandwiched on both sides coming out of the gate. Dylan did a good job backing him out of the mess and going around the outside where he was able to pick up speed and ended up right in the middle of the pack. He looked a little shell shocked at so many horses, but he hung on and was gaining at the end. About what I expected. No mailbox money for me today, but I can see potential. In the gallop out he looked happy as a clam, bouncing along like he had just had a whole bunch of fun. He'll get there. :)

09/23/2026

Tomorrow (Thursday Sept 24) War Profiteer makes his NY debut at Belmont. War Profiteer is a 2022 c**t out of Mula Mula, by Fog of War. He started racing late, making his first start in June as a four year old, then two more at Presque Isle Downs in Erie, PA. He so far has a 3rd, 4th and last time out, 2nd. PID has a synthetic all-weather track which he's been running on and small fields so this race will be a lot different for him. He's been at Saratoga since mid August training on both the turf and dirt, preparing for both surfaces. He is running tomorrow on the inner turf track with 11 other horses. There are usually 5 or 6 horses in PA. Please wish for a good race with luck, speed and most of all safety for all the horses and riders. War Profiteer is in the 8th race and post time is 5:15.

If you would like to watch, go to https://www.nyra.com/belmont/about/sign-up/.
Once signed up you can stream the races live. Just give yourself some time to do the sign up so you don't miss the race.

09/17/2026

Today we said good-bye to My Alluring Lady, a sweet, sweet broodmare who somehow managed to break her hip. At first I thought she had an abcess from all the wet grounds we've had this summer. She presented like that, one day they are running around fine, the next they are acting like they have a broken leg. When it wasn't any better after about 10 days I started to get worried and called the vet. She at first agreed with my tentative diagnosis and thought we should bring Mike, my farrier, to see what he thought. He came that afternoon and after digging around a bit and using hoof testers on her to which she had no reaction, he thought we were dealing with something else. So Sandy came the next morning and we did some x-rays which showed nothing. She decided to block her foot and ankle to rule out low pain. Aly was then able to walk enough to see her move and Sandy immediatly noticed that her hips were uneven, a tell-tale sign of a hip injury. As Aly walked down the aisle, Sandy tried to palpate the hip and Aly actually tried to double barrel her, something that is totally uncharacteristic of her. Come to think of it, she also tried to kick Mike when he first lifted her foot.

Since there is little that can be done for a hip injury except confinement, time and pain management, at first that was the plan. But I was a little uncomfortable with not knowing for sure how serious the injury actually was and without x-rays we were guessing. I decided to bring her to Rood & Riddle for Dr Shannon Hinton to find out. The news was not good.

After the radiographs were done, Sarah came to tell me the results and gave me a couple of options. She said we could try to give her 60 days in the stall, at which time she may or may not be able to go into a small outside pen, but given the type of break we were facing she did no hold out much hope for recovery. And by then it would be winter and snow and ice is a concern even without a broken hip. Plus it had already been two weeks and I had seen no sign of improvement. I decided not to put her through any more. She hated being confined. That's how she ended up here in the first place. because she hated being stalled at the track. I could not see doing that to her for months at a time when there was very little chance she would recover anyway. I made the hard decision and let her go. Right now I'm sure she is running pain free on immeasurable acres of grass. If you ever hear of El Paco, Dunk or Bank Lady running, send up a prayer for them and tell her TY. Those are all hers. I'll see you at the gate, sweet girl.

08/12/2026

For your viewing pleasure. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_WTjgZHWvUQ It is worth noting that Flying Dutchmen also spent $4 million on another c**t, this one by Gunrunner out of Four Graces by Majesticperfection. They added 9 others, the cheapest selling for $500,000. All told the stable spent $21, 650, 000 over the two day sale.

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07/10/2026

Jonny and Blue have picked up right where they left off 5 1/2 years ago when Jonny left for Florida to enter Race Horse Kindergaten. It's like they were never apart. 🥰😍