Tom Kat

Tom Kat - He is a Bay Thoroughbred and will turn 17 on 3 November. He is by Matou, out of Static Kat. He had 16 starts and won $700 which I guess means he wasn't cut out to be a race horse, although to ride him you would think otherwise!! We have been together for three years now and have been to a few outings, our best placing is a 7th at Battle Hill in March 2007, the last time I completed.

Float

I will also keep a running commentary on the progress of my Float, and to date it has been a three year wait for anything to happen. I brought it in June 2005, not long after I brought Tom, and paid $1200 for it. I knew it needed some work but certainly did not expect to wait three years for it to happen!! So far, we have stripped it down, sand-blasted the lower chassis and removed the axels. My Engineer is currently rebuilding the Axels and draw-bar as these were a bit dodgy looking. Engineer is a family friend so is able to do it for next to nothing, although when he looked through the Garage there was a lot of "trading" done. Hubby is a bit of a hoarder, so there were plenty of spare bits for him to claim. Float is a Homebuilt job, but the comments so far is it is very well made.

I have sourced brand new rims, just need the tyres and purchased a new brake kit as well as it was brake-less. Here is a photo of the work in progress.

Introduction

Hi and welcome to my Blog.

I guess I should start with an introduction.

I am 38, married for 19 years and have three children aged 15, 13 and 6, two boys and our princess. She was our oooops baby. I work part-time as a Mortgage Consultant for a Mortgage Broker and also try and look after the paper-work for our small business – we own a Truck and Trailer unit and contract to AF Logistics. I have one Horse called Tom Kat