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Twenty years ago today....
...the greatest racehorse the world has ever seen was put down due to laminitis ( Read more... ) -
The Florida Derby
I just watched a huge horse win the Florida Derby -- Quality Road, who is about 17H (and who made the rest of the fired look like ponies). He ran close to the lead, took over, and when Dunkirk (an Unbridled's Song out of an A.P Indy mare) hooked him at the top of the stretch and looked him in the eye, Quality Road dug in, came back, and won going ( Read more... ) -
The Rocket won and the filly did it!
What an afternoon I had! Roger Clemens won his first game back as a Yankee (7 Ks and only 2 bases on balls). And my Melky took a home run away from one of the Pirates as he went up and over the outfield wall. There were two double steals in one inning, too!
I listened to the game as I worked in the yard, potting up new mini roses (I got 8 at the ( Read more... ) -
two in a row
The Yankees are on a winning streak -- they won the last two games they've played, and have won five out of the last seven, including two out of the three games up in Boston last weekend. They're only 10-1/2 games behind Boston ( Read more... )