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Chapter 2
A name and a home.
It's been four days today is the weanling sale. There are a lot of people sitting and waiting. Among the people in the crowd is a couple from Lewis Run Pennsylvania. They are there on a second honey moon. Their names Lit and Nick and they own a thoroughbred farm named Nobody's Perfect Farm. Lita is 5'2'' and has red hair green eyes. Nick is 5'6'' and has blond hair and blur eyes. Lita and Nick have one child together. They have a 19 year old son named Howard. Howard is 5'0'' and has blond hair and blue eyes. He's in Philadelphia Pennsylvania riding horses in races. That's right he is a jockey and a pretty good one. He either rides at Philadelphia Park or at Penn National. Unfortunately those are the only two thoroughbred race tracks in Pennsylvania.
Anyway Lita and Nick are at the sale because Nick wants to but Lita a present. They have a trailer with them because they brought two retired thoroughbreds with them. To ride them to get a better look at the Kentucky country side. Lita gets to pick out the weanling she wants. But so far she hasn't seen one she likes. Jest then a small red chestnut colt with a white X marking on his left cheek came out. The man said "This little guy has no name but his number is 1579. He is out of Smarty Jones and Azeri. Let's started the bidding at $800,000 dollars."'
Lita turned to Nick said "Bid on him I want him." Nick raised an eyebrow and said "But look at him he's small. And a marking on the cheek isn't normal." Lita smiled and said "Nobody's perfect dear new place bid on him." Nick stood and said "I bid $800,200 dollars." Nobody else stood up so the man said "Sold to the gentleman in the back row." When the sale was over Lita and Nick went go get their weanling. A man lead the little colt up to them and Nick gave him the money. Then Nick took the lead rope and lead the colt to their trailer. Tied tightly to the trailer are two thoroughbreds. Once is grey and the other is dark bay. The grey is a eight-year-old old stallion named Battleship. And the dark bay is a six-year-old mare named Hershey Kisses.
Nick tied the colt next to Hershey Kisses and said "Since he has no name. And he's your present you name him." Lita opened the truck and got out the book she's been reading. The book is called Heroes of the Meiji era. She said "The white X on his left cheek reminds me of a man named Kenshin Himura. That's what I'll name him I'll name him Kenshin. Before leaving they made sure that the jockey's club would accept the colt's name. The jockey's club accepted the colt's name. So now 1579 is named Kenshin. Nick and Lita loaded their horses into their trailer. Then they got into the truck and headed home. Their farm isn't in Lewis Run it's out Big Shanty.
Four days later Lita and Nick arrived their farm. They have four barns, pastures, training track, a main house, and cottages for the stable hands. As Nick drove toward one of the barns. He and Lita saw Howard's truck meaning he's home. One barn is for stallions, the other is for mares, one for weanlings and yearlings, and one for horses in training for races. Battleship will got the stallion, Hershey Kisses will go to the mare barn, and Kenshin will got to the weanling/yearling barn.
Nick parked at the weanling/yearling barn and he and Lita got out. Lita helped unload the horses. Stable hands came and got Battleship and Hershey Kisses. Lita lead Kenshin into the barn to put him in a stall. There are weanlings and yearlings of all sizes and colors. Lita lead Kenshin to an empty stall and put him in it. She gave him food and water and smiled. Just then someone said "Hi mom I saw you and dad pull in." Lita turned around and hugged her son. She asked "How did things go at Philadelphia Park?" Howard pulled away and said "I rode in 40 races and 30 of them." Lita smiled and said "That's great glad to hear it." Howard looked at the little colt and asked "Did you get a new weanling?"
The woman said "Yes I did your dad got him for me. His name is Kenshin and he's out of Smarty Jones and Azeri." Howard said "Wow that's some pedigree." Two years have passed and Kenshin is two years old. Lita and Nick had sent Kenshin, other two year olds, and Howard down to Florida. Howard's Aunt Janet and Uncle Dave get horses ready for racing for Lita, Nick, and other race horse owners. So far they don't think the two year old that were sent will do well. Until Kenshin stepped onto the track with Howard on his back. Howard has grown to like Kenshin a lot. Dave said "Warm him up then take him for gate training." Janet and Dave watched Kenshin go around the track.
Just then Dave said "Even though he's small like his sire. But I think he'll be greater than his sire and dam." After Howard warmed up Kenshin he took him to the gate. Kenshin passed his gate training with flying colors. Howard rode up to Dave and asked "What do you want me to do now Uncle Dave?" The man said "Since he's already warmed up take him on a trail ride. We've got to start building him up." Howard nodded and rode off the track. Janet said "I think you're right dear. I think he'll be greater than his sire and dam." After Howard rode Kenshin off the track a big black colt came onto the track. Janet asked "Who is this handsome colt?" Dave said "This is Tiz Storming he's out of Tiznow and Storm Flag Flying. He'll be major competion for Kenshin."
The last horse to come on the track is a big bay filly. Dave looked at his papers and said "This is Quiet Song she's out of Serena's Song and Real Quiet. She'll do great against fillies and colts." Janet smiled and said "You always a good horse when it steeps onto the track."
Coming soon chapter 3.