[Kathy in Alaska]

Hoofing is in his blood: The great-grandson of 1964 Kentucky Derby and Preakness winner Northern Dancer shows he can do a pretty good jig at an auction in Pomona, Ca. The colt sold for $17,000.

[Kathy in Alaska]

HOME FROM THE FRONT — Over 300 U.S. Central Command personnel from the command's forward-deployed headquarters in Qatar return home to MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa, Fla., May 14. They'd been deployed in the Persian Gulf since January supporting Operation Iraqi Freedom. Photo by Navy Petty Officer Gary Bonaccorso

Family members wave to loved ones upon the arrival of over 300 U.S. Central Command personnel from the forward deployed headquarters in Qatar. U.S. Central Command photo by Navy Petty Officer Gary Bonaccorso

A boy awaits a soldier's return from war. U.S. Central Command photo by Navy Petty Officer Gary Bonaccorso

[SouthernHawk]

We own three horses (two of which are pregnant) and that kind of a kick could hurt pretty bad.

Beautiful horse!

[Severa]

*LOL at the great grandson of Northern Dancer* $17,000 huh? It'd be neat if he pulls a Seattle Slew (Slew was purchased as a yearling for just about that same amount and is now considered even after his death one of the most influential sires of all time, on top of his great racing career)