Archive for 2007

April 26, 2007 – “After eating an entire bull, a mountain lion felt so good he started roaring.  He kept it up until a hunter came along and shot him.  The moral: When you’re full of bull, keep your mouth shut.” – Will Rogers

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April 25, 2007 – Best bumpersticker I’ve seen in a long time: America – One nation, under surveillance.

April 20, 2007 – Overheard in the Keeneland pressbox: Lifelong Cub fan Gretchen Kieckhefer commenting on the broadcast team of John Kruk and Dusty Baker – “Between the two of them, they have one ball.”

April 11, 2007 – “Many people have sighed for the ‘good old days’ and regretted the ‘passing of the horse,’ but today, when only those who like horses own them, it is a far better time for horses.” – C.W. Anderson

April 9, 2007 – Al Stall Jr., who trains Ketchikan, who finished second in the Louisiana Derby (G2) had this to say when reporting B. Wayne Hughes’ colt was off the Derby trail: “After we threw up our Easter dinner, we decided to try and figure out what was wrong and go straight to the […]

How do I become an owner?…

Assorted friends and relatives shipped in to Lexington, Kentucky last week to honor the 50th anniversary of my birth…

Horse racing, and horses, lift the heart as sure as they break it…

As Sunday’s NFL divisional championship games were important, but still only a prelude to the Super Bowl, many of the weekend’s Thoroughbred races seemed to be tune-ups for events a few weeks or months down the road – some as far away as Dubai…