Prom's Arch

Back in 2007, I saw a picture of the Include colt Prom Shoes. Shortly afterwards I started to follow him and his arch rival Jonesboro. Prom Shoes was trained by William "Jinks" Fires who had also trained his family members, but didn't have a "big horse"... until this year. Flash foward to this past Saturday. Archarcharch wins the Arkansas Derby with Jon Court in the saddle for his owner Robert Yagos and trainer Jinks Fires. Unfortanlly the weather was horrible around here, and the feed on my computer kept freezing so I had to just relay on Twitter. It wasn't the prettiest win (or best call, but I'll talk about that another day), but I was estatic to see him get the win. Here it is:



The good thing is that Jon who last year won the AR Derby with Line of David and then was dumped for another rider, will remain on Archarcharch this year. Then again it helps that Jinks is his father in law. He could be a horse who has a big chance come the first Saturday in May. Hoping he moves foward from this race. Go Archarcharch!