My head's coming out of the sand...
After a few weeks of negotiations, my husband accepted a job in Seattle yesterday. It's a great job, I'm happy for him, but suddenly a lot of my plans are obsolete.
However, with change comes new possiblities, including maybe a horsier lifestyle. I do know the Seattle area metropolitan area, having spent time there over the years, but with people connected to art and not horses.
I'd like to situate us somewhere where horses are not completely out of reach. So now I need to know a couple of things.
Where's the best horse country?
Is it possible to have land within a commutable distance?
Whats the area around Emerald Downs like?
I feel better knowing about at least one WA stallion, Basket Weave.
I'm studying the catalog for the yearling sale, though we won't be there in time for that, though definitely by October 1st, just in time for the last couple of weeks of racing at Emerald Downs. Where else can I do some homework?
Bill from WA, anyone else, any general ideas on how people compromise between city jobs and country life in the area appreciated!
Help! Need Seattle area info
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The best area I can think of that is commutable to Seattle would be Enumclaw. Check it out.....lots of horses and farm country and only about 10 minutes from Emerald Downs. Probly 20 minutes to Seattle, (without traffic). Look into He's Tops as a Washington stallion! He has been my favorite WA sire and my favorite son of his won the grade 3 Longacres Mile today at 60-1!!! Good Luck
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Hi
The Enumclaw area, and nearby Black Diamond are good area's on the west side of the mountains. Basket Weave is in Eastern Washington. There are a lot of nice farms in the eastern part of the state. El Dorado Farm is in Enumclaw, where, Tribunal, Liberty Gold, Cahill Road, Free At Last, and Flying With Eagles stand, very close to Emerald Downs. He's Tops is on the west side, north of Seattle (one of his sons won the G3 Longacres Mile yesterday, paying $122.00 to win). Down in the southwestern part of the state around Centrailia to Vancouver, are more farms, and stallions. There is also some nice land up around Mount Vernon, which is about an hour or so up I-5 from Seattle.
Welcome to the beautiful Northwest.
Re: Longacres Mile, and breeder Herman Sarkowsky, from the Seattle Times.
Sarkowsky won the 1993 Breeders' Cup Juvenile with Phone Chatter but said the Mile win meant more to him.
"This is my home here," he said. "It's the thrill of winning here and doing it with a Washington bred. ... It's important to the people involved that the horse is local. It's great for the breeders of the state of Washington."
Sarkowsky bred both the sire, He's Tops, and the dam, Takeaway, of No Giveaway.
"That's an advantage of being older," said Sarkowsky, 80.
Asked what was next for No Giveaway, a happy Sarkowsky said, "Probably cast him in bronze."
Bill
(Sarkowsky also bred Dixie Union)
The Enumclaw area, and nearby Black Diamond are good area's on the west side of the mountains. Basket Weave is in Eastern Washington. There are a lot of nice farms in the eastern part of the state. El Dorado Farm is in Enumclaw, where, Tribunal, Liberty Gold, Cahill Road, Free At Last, and Flying With Eagles stand, very close to Emerald Downs. He's Tops is on the west side, north of Seattle (one of his sons won the G3 Longacres Mile yesterday, paying $122.00 to win). Down in the southwestern part of the state around Centrailia to Vancouver, are more farms, and stallions. There is also some nice land up around Mount Vernon, which is about an hour or so up I-5 from Seattle.
Welcome to the beautiful Northwest.
Re: Longacres Mile, and breeder Herman Sarkowsky, from the Seattle Times.
Sarkowsky won the 1993 Breeders' Cup Juvenile with Phone Chatter but said the Mile win meant more to him.
"This is my home here," he said. "It's the thrill of winning here and doing it with a Washington bred. ... It's important to the people involved that the horse is local. It's great for the breeders of the state of Washington."
Sarkowsky bred both the sire, He's Tops, and the dam, Takeaway, of No Giveaway.
"That's an advantage of being older," said Sarkowsky, 80.
Asked what was next for No Giveaway, a happy Sarkowsky said, "Probably cast him in bronze."
Bill
(Sarkowsky also bred Dixie Union)
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Seattle traffic is awful. The city is has lots of bridges, and the best plan is to figure out exactly where he will be working, then look for housing that does not include a bridge in the commute.
If it is possible, take a trip to the area that includes several week days, and then try driving during rush hour.
Otherwise welcome to the rainy pacific northwest.
Oh, there is great coffee here.
If it is possible, take a trip to the area that includes several week days, and then try driving during rush hour.
Otherwise welcome to the rainy pacific northwest.
Oh, there is great coffee here.
Yup, love that coffee. I've been to Seattle a couple of times, including helping a friend move there fifteen years ago. We stayed the first night on someone's cabin cruiser on Lake Washington, and in the morning my friend, who was from New Jersey, refused to jump in the water because there were pink things floating in it. I had to dive in and fish one of them out to show her they were rose petals, not medical waste.
But the traffic was bad then and its worse now, from what I hear. My husband will be downtown near the space needle. He's hoping be able to adjust his schedule to more like 11 to 7 rather than standard 9 to 5 which would reduce the traffic hassle a bit.
Looks like we are going to sublet and explore on weekends. Orcas, Schmorcas, we'll go thoroughbred watching!
I look forward to being eighty, or should I say, I hope when I am eighty I can have homebreds as successful as Mr. Sarkowsky! That's a nice story.
But the traffic was bad then and its worse now, from what I hear. My husband will be downtown near the space needle. He's hoping be able to adjust his schedule to more like 11 to 7 rather than standard 9 to 5 which would reduce the traffic hassle a bit.
Looks like we are going to sublet and explore on weekends. Orcas, Schmorcas, we'll go thoroughbred watching!
I look forward to being eighty, or should I say, I hope when I am eighty I can have homebreds as successful as Mr. Sarkowsky! That's a nice story.