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I stopped watching horse racing when I found out how the owners and trainers treat the horses. The 2-year-old filly Tempera had to be put down because of colitis of all things. And I don't believe the owners and training crew should be exempt from blame. :'(
It's nothing but another sport for the rich and gullible to blow their cash on, IMHO.  >:(::)
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So, I guess that means you're not coming.

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Oh, I so wish I was heading back home for the Kentucky Derby!!! I miss Kentucky during Derby Week, it is such a blast! The Pegasus Parade, the Great Steamboat Race, the marathon, the Derby Eve Jam!!! Do they still have Thunder on the Ohio, which was the largest fireworks display in the world? Saw that a few years ago and it was spectacular!  Oh, what fun! I used to make the pilgrimage back home each year, but I've been tooooo busy the past few years! CS, drink a Mint Julep for me and make a one dollar bet on the favorite in the Derby !!! :)
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Today is the Great Steamboat Race, tomorrow is the Pegasus Parade, Friday is The Oaks.
 
Michael,
April 20th was Thunder Over Louisville - you should have come.  If you want to come next year let me know and I'll get you a priority pass.  It was great as usual!  Now billed as the largest fireworks display in the world.  I hosted a party for 150 people down on the waterfront right in the heart of the fireworks.  Fantastic!!!!

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So, I guess that means you're not coming.
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 And a once shot (pardon the pun) breeding can run over 150,000.00!!!!!

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WARNING: GROSS SEXUAL STEREOTYPE ALERT...

Like a guy needs more incentive? Geesh.

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I also saw a show on Secretariat the other night...said that he has fathered almost 1000 "kids" since his retirement in 1978.  And a once shot (pardon the pun) breeding can run over 150,000.00!!!!!

But every year from January to April the horses run at Oaklawn here in Arkansas..where my parents are members of the Oaklawn Jockey Club..and we spend MANY weekends over there....

And I for one will be watching the Derby this weekend....I love seeing all the hats and outfits...not to mention the horses!!!! ;)


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ABC News ran a story on Seattle Slew, the 1977 Triple Crown winner, and he's still alive and well (28 is awful old for a horse, ain't it!) and he's still fathering children at his age!

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The Belle of Louisville won the Great Steamboat Race!  

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Yeah for the Belle of Louisville! We used to take field trips to ride the Belle every year in school! I've been on the Delta Queen as well, but the little Belle is my fave. I remember some moron tried to sink the Belle a few years back! The a$$hole! I know what you mean about getting all blubbery and crying when they sing "My Old Kentucky Home", especially when you can't be there for the big day. The part of that song that always gets me is: "Weep no more, My Lady, oh weep no more today, we will sing one song for My Old Kentucky Home, for My Old Kentucky Home... far away"  ***sniff*** :'(

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ABC News ran a story on Seattle Slew, the 1977 Triple Crown winner, and he's still alive and well (28 is awful old for a horse, ain't it!) and he's still fathering children at his age!
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My dad owns quite a few horses on his horse farm in Kentucky. He bought me a horse for my fifth birthday, Dark Victory. I'm now thirty-something and Dark Victory is still alive and quite spry. I go home to see him and he still remembers me!!!  ;D

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Yeah for the Belle of Louisville! We used to take field trips to ride the Belle every year in school! I've been on the Delta Queen as well, but the little Belle is my fave. I remember some moron tried to sink the Belle a few years back! The a$$hole! End Quote

Yeah!  That guy went to my high school - he was 3 years older than me.  He was just sentenced last year and I can't remember what he ended up getting.
The Belle races against the Cincinnati Belle now.  

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I am going to try my darndest to make it back home next year! I miss the Derby so much. I know I'll be watching the race on TV on Saturday, but it's not the same as being there! My family had box seats a few years ago and we had such a wonderful time, hobnobbing with the rich and famous! I saw Ivanna Trump and Susan Lucci!!! Loni Anderson was sitting about five boxes behind us! I know I'll be boohooing when they sing "My Old Kentucky Home"... how can you not cry during that song?  :'( :)
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<gasp, cough, hack>

Diet Dr.Pepper just came out my nose. How did Loni Anderson and Susan Took Me Nineteen Years But I Have An Emmy Lucci become "good" while James Garner is lame?
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ABC News ran a story on Seattle Slew, the 1977 Triple Crown winner, and he's still alive and well (28 is awful old for a horse, ain't it!) and he's still fathering children at his age!
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It was just announced this morning that Seattle Slew was found dead in his stall.   :(

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It was just announced this morning that Seattle Slew was found dead in his stall.   :(
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Today was his Silver Anniversary for winning the triple crown.  What a way to go out!  
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