Vicky Earle

This is Audi's World patiently waiting to go out on the track for a run. He's a handsome guy and a happy camper! He is doing much better this year. Keep your fingers crossed for him! There is a very short video clip of him at the end of this post, along with a pic of his BFF Rizzmo and a brief update. I'm thrilled to be invited to the celebration at Blue Heron Books, Uxbridge, Ontario, on Saturday, April 25. It's Independent Bookstore Day! About 30 authors will be present, an

Audi's World and Rizzmo are now at Woodbine Racetrack! This is a short clip of them before they left the barn where they've been doing some preliminary training in a (wonderful) arena. As you can see, Audi is a bit restless. He was more than ready to start training at the track. We hope to visit Woodbine soon and have some videos to share with you. I'm delighted that I've been accepted as a member of Crime Writers of Canada! The story I wrote for the March meeting of Uxbridge

Rizzmo This is Rizzmo. He's a favourite in the barn where he's started his preliminary training (don't tell Audi). See below for videos of both Audi and Rizzmo being ridden in the beautiful, enormous riding arena where they are preparing for training at Woodbine Racetrack. Some of you have been asking about Book 7 in the Meg Sheppard Mystery Series. I don't draft an outline of the book before I start, so I don't know what's going to happen next, which I think makes writing mo

This is Audi's World enjoying a great vacation at the farm where he was born. See below for a video of him and Rizzmo. Here's my latest story. It's a piece I wrote for the December meeting of the Uxbridge Writers' Circle. The words I had to use were: dump truck; water bottle; lightning; supreme; penny; cacophony; repose; holly; pudding. I hope you enjoy reading it! Generation Gap Alexander had known it was inevitable. He’d been sitting on an uncomfortable metal bench outsid

Prized Spirit is no. 8 with black and white silks Prized Spirit is well-positioned here (in the middle of the pack) but she didn't have enough gas in her tank to finish well. See the race video below. Shepherd.com asked me to submit my three favourite reads of 2025. I found it difficult to select them. My criteria are: I must have enjoyed reading the book (of course!); it's not a book everyone selects; and it bears some relation to my Meg Sheppard Mystery Series. They are al

Toby (Rizzmo) is expecting treats! His owners are visiting and he knows there will be mints, carrots and perhaps apples too. See below...

This is Prized Spirit (Mimi) having a bath after her 4 furlong timed work. She has finally been declared fit by the veterinarian and can...

All three racehorses we part-own are in training now. The two two-year-olds are not at Woodbine Racetrack yet, but It's a Fluke is there...

This is me in an heirloom christening dress. This was a prompt for a writing assignment I completed several years ago. I came across the...

It's a Fluke came last in his race in September. (See my September 14 post for more information!). We gave him lots of time off and the...

We visited It's a Fluke at Woodbine on Sunday. There's more about it below this short story, plus a photo. This piece is another 'word...

The (very) short story below was written in a ten-minute on-the-spot writing challenge during an Uxbridge, Writers' Circle meeting. The...

In my previous post, I let you know that we were planning on attending the Canadian Thoroughbred Horse Society's yearling sale. It was...

I share happy and sad news about Admissible below this brief story. I wrote this very short piece several years ago. I can't remember if...

I wrote this story a long time ago. I couldn't find a copy on my computer, so I don't know when it was written. But I found it in a file...

These are out two retired racehorses/broodmares, I'm a Cheetah (19) and Lions Raw (26). They look like they're posing for the picture for...

This story is one I wrote for an Uxbridge Writers' Circle word challenge a while ago. The words that had to be used are shown in italics....