Sad News

Just the other day I wrote about Barbaro and today I read that he passed away. That is so sad. These decisions are never easy. For more details, read the link below:

http://msn.foxsports.com/horseracing/story/6421288?MSNHPHCP&GT1=9012

Oh How I wish summer was here!!!!!

Update on Barbaro - The Injured Horse

Last year a horse named Barbaro fractured his right hind leg above and below the ankle during a race at the Preakness Stakes. Although his racing career is over, reports say that the colt is making great strides in his journey to recovery. I am sure some days are better than others but he seems to be a fighter. My thoughts are with him and all those who love him.

For more updates on how Barbaro is doing, go to the following website : http://news.bloodhorse.com/BarbaroNewswatch.asp

Don't smile too much....you might crack your face!

An Alberta cowboy was over -seeing his herd in a remote mountainous pasture when suddenly a brand new BMW advanced out of a cloud of dust towards him.

The driver, a young man in a Brioni suit, Gucci shoes, Ray Ban sunglasses and YSL tie, leans out the window and asks the cowboy "If I tell you how many cows and calves you have in your herd, will you give me a calf?"

The cowboy looks at the man, obviously a yuppie, then looks at his peacefully grazing herd and calmly answers, "Sure, why not?"

The yuppie parks his car, whips out his Dell notebook computer, connects to his Cingular RAZR V3 cell phone, and surfs to a NASA page on the Internet, where he calls up a GPS satellite navigation system to get an exact fix on his location, which he then feeds to another NASA Satellite that scans the area in an ultra-high-resolution photo. The young man then opens the digital photo in Adobe Photoshop and exports it to an image processing facility in Hamburg Germany. Within seconds, he retrieves an email on his Palm Pilot that the image has been processed and the data stored. He then accesses a MS-SQL database through an ODCB connected Excel spreadsheet with email on his Blackberry and, after a few minutes, receives a response.

Finally, he prints out a full-colour, 150-page report on his high-tech, miniaturized HP LaserJet printer and finally turns to the cowboy and says, "You have exactly 1,586 cows and calves."

"That's right. Well I guess you can take one of my calves," says the cowboy.

He watches the young man select one of the animals and looks on in amusement as the young man stuffs it into the trunk of his car.

Then the cowboy says to the young man, "Hey, if I can tell you exactly what your business is, will you give me back my calf?"

The young man thinks about it for a second, and then says, "Okay, why not?"

"You work for the Canadian Government," says the cowboy.

"Wow! That's correct," says the young man, "but how did you guess that?"

"No guessing required," answered the cowboy. "You showed up here, even though nobody called you; you want to get paid for giving me an answer I already knew, to a question I never asked. You tried to show me how much smarter than me you are; and you don't know a thing about cows. this is a herd of sheep. Now give me back my dog."

Nice weather for a ride.

The weather has been great for those of us who like to ride. This past weekend was awesome. My mare has been acting really silly these past few days. She is running around kicking up her heels and chasing Sophie around the filed like spring has sprung.

I have no silly stories to tell but I can put a smile on your face with a little bit of humor:

A blond decides to try horseback riding, even though she has had no lessons or prior experience. She mounts the horse unassisted and the horse immediately springs into motion. It gallops along at a steady and rhythmic pace, but the blond begins to slip from the saddle. In terror, she grabs for the horse's mane, but cannot seem to get a firm grip. She tries to throw her arms around the horse's neck, but she slides down the side of the horse anyway. The horse gallops along, seemingly impervious to its slipping rider. Finally, giving up her frail grip, she leaps away from the horse to try and throw herself to safety. Unfortunately, her foot has become entangled in the stirrup, she is now at the mercy of the horse's pounding hooves as her head is struck against the ground over and over. As her head is battered against the ground, she is mere moments away from unconsciousness when to her great fortune... the Walmart manager sees her and shuts the horse off.