Four single female friends hang out together as they wait for Mr. Right. Or maybe for Mr. Right for This Year. The friends bond over brunch and drinks. Guinness, though, not Cosmos They wear custom designer shoes and fine leather halters. And one keeps a diary. I’m not talking about those sassy New Yorkers from [...]
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Dick Francis, former jump racing jockey and international best-selling mystery writer, passed away earlier this year. When I was coming up with headings for sections in this blog post, I decided to use some of his 41 titles. Perhaps you’ll agree with the ones I chose, perhaps not. Here goes: Share on Facebook
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Video of the moments after Zenyatta’s close loss in the 2010 Breeder’s Cup Classic, a Churchill Downs rising in a standing ovation. Video by YouTube user brucebruceky. Click on the links to see a report from BloodHorse magazine about Zenyatta’s retirement ceremony at Hollywood Park and photos by John Chun from Alex Brown Racing’s site. [...]
Every couple of years or so, America falls in love with a horse. Usually, it’s a racing thoroughbred whose name and image spread throughout the land. A few detractors, usually handicappers, disagree – but most of the general public tunes them out. We know that the real money in handicapping comes in betting the longshots. [...]
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While trainer John Shirreffs records the video, Liza G. Fly sings the song she wrote for Zenyatta Now that video has got to melt the heart of the toughest Zenyatta detractor. What a charming horse! And there’s that 19-0 record. (Added on Jan. 17, 2010: Let alone that designation as 2010 Horse of the Year. [...]
I may be running out of ways to re-write this headline. After all, this is really the Twitter Round-Up. Still, just in case you’ve missed some of the goodies that have popped up on Twitter in the past few weeks, I’ve got your back: Share on Facebook
Video of one of Mike Smith’s works on Zenyatta Yes, my lovely regular readers, I know you’ve seen that video before. But please enjoy it again. Especially since pretty much all anyone can say in these days leading up to the 2009 Breeders Cup is “Zenyatta, Zenyatta, Zenyatta!” Not that there’s anything wrong with that. [...]
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Video of Zenyatta working Last week, video of Britain’s Susan Boyle singing and leaving Simon Cowell speechless made the rounds of digital devices around the planet. This week, my digital obsession is the performance of a lady from California whose talent hasn’t been questioned for a good couple of years now. Recently, jockey Mike Smith [...]
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