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| 3catsanadog
Posted on 05/01/2004 1:20:42 PM PDT by 3catsanadog
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To: threat matrix
I saw her interviewed here. I thought she was snooty and obnoxious and I was hoping she got muddy.
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posted on
05/01/2004 5:04:57 PM PDT
by
sweetliberty
("Better to keep silent and be thought a fool than to open your mouth and remove all doubt.")
To: Trinity_Tx
Hi Trinity. The weather broke here (unfortunately, not before we were half drowned) just in time for the running of the Derby. Still, it's great to be here. Been a long time since I was here for the Derby (!977 when Seattle Slew won). My hair is a mess though and I'm debating whether to even mess with it before we get to the hotel in Eureka Springs tomorrow. Seems kinda pointless to fix the hair just to spend 9 hours driving.
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posted on
05/01/2004 5:10:07 PM PDT
by
sweetliberty
("Better to keep silent and be thought a fool than to open your mouth and remove all doubt.")
To: threat matrix
"will break with the pics about 6:00 EST for 'My Old Kentucky Home'" That part always gets me choked up.
243
posted on
05/01/2004 5:11:41 PM PDT
by
sweetliberty
("Better to keep silent and be thought a fool than to open your mouth and remove all doubt.")
To: 3catsanadog
"the most wonderful high in the world is riding atop a galloping horse!" I'll second that.
244
posted on
05/01/2004 5:13:30 PM PDT
by
sweetliberty
("Better to keep silent and be thought a fool than to open your mouth and remove all doubt.")
To: Peach
"Just can't get to likin' those juleps" I can drink them, but they are highly overrated in my opinion. I prefer a blue margsrita any day.
245
posted on
05/01/2004 5:18:04 PM PDT
by
sweetliberty
("Better to keep silent and be thought a fool than to open your mouth and remove all doubt.")
To: HairOfTheDog
LOL For sure. My trainer lent me a dressage performance video to show him. I knew the beauty of it wouldn't overcome his bias, but I had hoped the discipline would.
Unfortunately, all he could do was compare Real Cowboys with the "sissified" performer. (I cannot remember the guy's name.. it was the brit who was so famous about 5 years ago.)
246
posted on
05/01/2004 5:19:03 PM PDT
by
Trinity_Tx
(Most of our so-called reasoning consists in finding arguments for going on believin as we already do)
To: HairOfTheDog
"Tuned in and bettin' on Smarty Jones" Turned out to be a good bet, eh, Hair? Great race. His really is a neat story....even if he is a yankee horse.
247
posted on
05/01/2004 5:21:30 PM PDT
by
sweetliberty
("Better to keep silent and be thought a fool than to open your mouth and remove all doubt.")
To: wardaddy
"Think Jessica can spell "horse"?" When they interviewed the silly b*tch, they asked her if the Derby was about the horses or about looking good and she said it was about looking good. She's about as shallow as a parking lot puddle.
248
posted on
05/01/2004 5:24:40 PM PDT
by
sweetliberty
("Better to keep silent and be thought a fool than to open your mouth and remove all doubt.")
To: sweetliberty
Yeah - I wish I had actually bet MONEY! :~D
249
posted on
05/01/2004 5:25:02 PM PDT
by
HairOfTheDog
(I am HairOfTheDog and I approved this message.)
To: apackof2
June 18, 1973 Not a Saturday.
Not five weeks after the first Saturday in May.
And not June 9th.
ML/NJ
250
posted on
05/01/2004 5:26:11 PM PDT
by
ml/nj
To: sweetliberty
Hey you : )
The first thing I thought after hearing about the weather was, "oh those poor women are gonna be in a major frustration over all those ruined hairdos." lol Even a hat can't save ya from the humidity-induced meltdown.
Have a safe drive!
251
posted on
05/01/2004 5:27:17 PM PDT
by
Trinity_Tx
(Most of our so-called reasoning consists in finding arguments for going on believin as we already do)
To: sweetliberty
For horse lovers like us, it's about the horses and tradition. But I think for most of the women there, it's a purely social thing. Seeing and being seen.
Like the Ascot.
252
posted on
05/01/2004 5:31:33 PM PDT
by
Trinity_Tx
(Most of our so-called reasoning consists in finding arguments for going on believin as we already do)
To: sweetliberty
She is about the most vapid woman I have seen on TV since I can remember.
My wife insists she's conservative voting and married as a virgin....maybe but she needs some tutoring on just simple stuff. It's embarrassing.
253
posted on
05/01/2004 5:43:58 PM PDT
by
wardaddy
(This is it. We either win and prevail or we lose and get tossed into that dustbin W mentioned!)
To: I still care
I just read that they are traditionally buried " head, heart and hooves ".
To: Diogenesis
How are you two posting all these sweet stills
You Da Man!
255
posted on
05/01/2004 9:11:08 PM PDT
by
MindBender26
(For more news as it happens, news first, fast, 5 minutes sooner, stay tuned to FReeper Radio!)
To: threat matrix
How are you two posting all these sweet stills?
You Da Man!
256
posted on
05/01/2004 9:11:35 PM PDT
by
MindBender26
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To: gov_bean_ counter
Saw Secratariat win the Belmont.
31 lengths!
All the other horses finished the next morning!
Greatest horse I'll ever see in my lifetime!
257
posted on
05/01/2004 9:15:10 PM PDT
by
MindBender26
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To: 3catsanadog
I originally posted this on another thread before the Derby:
My father always spoke of "S" horses winning the Derby -- Secretariat, Sunday Silence, Spectacular Bid (off the top of my head).
This year we've got Smarty Jones, Song of the Sword...
And Dad was right again.
List of "S" winners since '73:
1973: Secretariat
1977: Seattle Slew
1979: Spectacular Bid
1983: Sunny's Halo
1984: Swale
1985: Spend A Buck
1989: Sunday Silence
1991: Strike The Gold
1993: Sea Hero
1997: Silver Charm
2004: Smarty Jones
258
posted on
05/02/2004 8:10:31 PM PDT
by
Jhensy
To: Rainmist; I still care
I just read that they are traditionally buried " head, heart and hooves ".Head for beauty, heart for courage, hooves for speed.
Many non-horse (and some horse) people do not know it is more instinctual for a horse to run in the middle of the heard, the safest place from predators, than at the front. It is a special stallion or lead mare that has the courage and intelligence to lead the herd from danger. Hence, a horse that's a winner, has "heart".
259
posted on
05/03/2004 9:28:57 AM PDT
by
elbucko
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