The horse. Power, grace, beauty, speed, trust. And the greatest of these is trust. It is imperative that we honor their trust by earning it.

THE WATCH has been winding down for some time now, with new horse performances reported on Twitter only. The concluding report should be presented by the end of this year, 2022. THE WATCH has formally followed 970 thoroughbred race horses over the past 7 years. In addition, a large variety of trainer performances have been Watched for periods of anywhere from 2 months to 7 years. Most recently, THE WATCH has been reporting on shippers to Puerto Rico from the States.

Your patience is requested while a final report is being compiled for horses who have either been retired or rescued, injured with status unknown, euthanized or simply dropped from sight. Your support is so appreciated, and I thank you all for your efforts and your love #ForTheHorse.

Trainer Watch:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1PjAMcLdWDfGiHVCassV8c-cDd9i_2Luncfwo5sYlaIo/edit?usp=sharing

Individual Horse Watch:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1vqVPGLmiQjskz8d9U1MN-ZdahiFv5MCHI48VSRYdwos/pubhtml

The Watch

January 1, 2017

Note: As of this date, a new and very limited Trainer Watch has been added for your use. To view this newest addition, just click below on the Trainer Watch.

THE WATCH is now approaching one full year on June 16, 2016. 

The Trainer Watch will conclude on that date. The frequent overuse of our athletes by selected trainers is herein evident as a record of their complete performance for a full year. This record is, unfortunately, only a small percentage of many. The intent of this Record is for those who can do so to open their eyes and affect change for the betterment of racing and the horse. Until this is done, fans will be lost daily.

The Individual Horse Watch (see below) will continue indefinitely. This Record is also an eye-opener, and you are urged to continue Watching with us the selected horses at possible risk. Help us to help these individual horses to lead a better, fuller life – while helping the racing business to regain the respect it once had as the Sport of Kings.

PLEASE NOTE: Fooling around in my blog is unethical, irritating and wasting my time - time I don't have to spare in my days or in my lifetime. Know it's backed up, even in handwriting in chronological notebooks. Go someplace else, please!

(THE WATCH covers the eastern half of the nation (east of the Mississippi) with very few exceptions).

Trainer Watch

Individual Horse Watch

Introductory

For the past four years, @Notcloudyallday has been tweeting facts about the racing agenda of horses considered at risk and trainers who demonstrate a need for either compassion or skill. The only current permanent record of this information is handwritten in personal books. The facts need a permanent, public record. 

Thus the blog, THE WATCH, which is to be found at www.eyesareon.blogspot.com

At this time, the plan is to issue two progressive reports– a Trainer Watch and an Individual Horse Watch posted each month of 2015 (as long as I am able). Should an entire month prove too cumbersome for Blogspot or the reader’s ease, we will go to a Plan B.

The charts will be maintained continually and should be self-evident. Both trainers and horses are listed alphabetically, with tracks and race dates in order of occurrence. “Span” may need some explanation, since it is recorded only when the span of time between races is 14 days or less. For now, I will highlight the current date items in each chart for your ease in locating the info.

The horses within each trainer’s record are not to be considered a Watch unless so recorded. The individual horses are sometimes second or third claims from an original trainer Watch, and a Watch is rarely halted. Each horse has a background that has placed that horse at risk at some point along his or her lifetime.

A tweet will be offered when circumstances are imperative. A tweet will also be offered when each day’s result  has been completed, but will be updated as each race takes place during the day. Hopefully, each update will be timely.

The following links are to the facts of THE WATCH:

Trainer Watch:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1PhsQc7OdZCdFrY734taKsLrxTo-2o_AuiOHloF7VwwU/pubhtml?gid=0&single=true

Individual Horse Watch:

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1vqVPGLmiQjskz8d9U1MN-ZdahiFv5MCHI48VSRYdwos/pubhtml

P.S.  Please note that THE WATCH now consists of two posts. Post 2 is simply a continuation of the Watch and can be seen at either eyesareon.blogspot.com or by simply clicking on the July Post link to your right.