Have a wonderful celebration!
Posted on 08/07/2007 7:33:14 AM PDT by HairOfTheDog
Oooooooooh, they probably do. Somebody somewhere has probably invented it and is charging big bucks for it.
Not yet, they’re coming by this evening. Good news for them, I think, nice couple. Owns a limo company, lives down the road, we see his limo all the time, I think he comes to the store to stock up on refreshments and ice.
Members of a Congressional subcommittee looking into practices of the horse racing and breeding industries began a hearing June 19 with warnings that they need to get their house in order to ward off government involvement.
That was the opening message from members of the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade, and Consumer Protection under the House Committee on Energy and Commerce during the hearing on “Breeding, Drugs, and Breakdowns: The State of Thoroughbred Horseracing and the Welfare of the Thoroughbred.”
Not unlike other members of the panel who addressed the horse industry participants that provided testimony, Rep. Jan Schakowsky opened the hearing by reiterating the events surrounding the death of Eight Belles following her second-place finish in the Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (gr. I). While tests have shown that the filly was not racing with steroids in her system, Schakowsky traced the filly’s genetic background, citing examples of fragility within the family that may have contributed to the tragedy.
Concerning opinions that the day-to-day workings of the horse industry should not fall under Congressional scrutiny, Schakowsky and others cited the 1978 Interstate Horse Racing Act passed by Congress that allows legal simulcasting and wagering, the source of an estimated 90% of all annual wagers now in North America.
“Unlike every other professional and amateur sport, horse racing lacks any national regulatory authority that can promulgate uniform rules and regulations,” Schakowsky said. “What is going on here? What is happening to the Sport of Kings? Horse racing remains a confusing patchwork of different regulations from state to state. One of the central questions the subcommittee wants to explore is: Does horseracing need a central governing authority? Is the racing industry truly capable of making reforms on its own within the current regulatory framework?”
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Conspicuously absent among the scheduled witnesses was trainer Rick Dutrow, who had attracted considerable publicity for his comments that Big Brown, winner of the Kentucky Derby Presented by Yum! Brands (gr. I) and Preakness Stakes (gr. I), had received steroids for those two races but not before his last-place finish in the Belmont Stakes (gr. I).
And today is our 4th wedding anniversary! :~)
Told hubby I was sorry our anniversary was ruined... he said it's OK, he wouldn't even be having an anniversary if it wasn't for me. :~)
My goodness Hair, I missed that. Happy Anniversary!!!
Beaker: Great, have fun:)
Hair sorry about the kittens, congratulations on your anniversary.
Well I have seen the inhaler masks they invented for the horses and those are pricey!
First off, HAPPY ANNIVERSARY!! What is it, 4 years now?
Secondly, I hate to hear that about Barklay getting the kitten. It just gives you a sick feeling in the pit of your stomach when something like that happens, even though there’s nothing you could have done about it. And I can’t blame Barklay, he just figured it was another brand of possum, and you liked it when he killed those.
I’m glad that you got at least some of the others caught. You’ve got at least 2 more females there, judging by their calico coloring, so that’s two more potential mothers that would have started dropping even more litters of kittens on you by the end of the year or the first of next year. Hopefully you can tame them down and make them adoptable. You sure are good to be taking all this on. I know it’s a real chore sometimes, but at least they’re cute little boogers. Good luck on finding the escapees!
WOO HOO!! That’s great news Beaker! Is it the guy who was teaching you to tango? Does he like horses? Tell us about it! You can’t just post a drive-by like that, especially with such good news, and then just leave us hanging! ;o)
Have a wonderful celebration!
A reconnection? Good luck with the Beau!
Congratulations! Is it the dance guy?
Thanks all! :~)
Yeah - lot o drama with the kittens, here we go again. We’ll see if I can handle them a little today and get them a little more tame. They are pretty kittens!
So now you’ve got the two little black ones from the first litter and the two calicos from this litter that are female. Heaven help you! I sure hope the little tuxdeo one is a male. They’re a little easier to place because it generally costs less to neuter them then to spay a female.
I hate to see government involvement but if it is for the sake of the horse then so be it.
worth.
Yes, welcome to my world... and my poor hubby's.
Oh - and I caught their mother (the mother of this new litter) again last night in the trap. That's three times I've trapped that cat. What's the saying... fool me three times? ;~)
I hope she wasn't in there long. She wasn't there at 12:30, but she was at 5. I just let her out. She ran into the pile, hopefully the lost kittens are there and not LOST. But we'll clean it up this weekend and find out for sure.
And I'm only sometimes a sucker for the slaughter debate... not today! ;~) Got my hands full with issues!
GREAT!!! details needed. That is really outstanding and I’m very happy for you.
Hope you had a good anniversary. I’m really sorry about the second litter and losing the one. Hopefully you’ll find the lost ones and momma will stick around to be a mouser. Have a great weekend.
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