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Previous Thread Next Thread Print Thread Page 3 of 5 1 2 3 4 5 Re: Requiem for a heavyweight #68688 05/09/02 12:33 AM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Jackie Carpal Tunnel Jackie Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 11,613 Louisville, Kentucky Only seventeen races? My, my. There's a lot more money in stud fees... There was a big article in our paper. The owners slept in the stall with him, the last couple of nights. There'll be a moment of honoring him this Saturday at the Downs. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Requiem for a heavyweight #68689 05/09/02 01:31 AM Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,547 Likes: 1 Worcester, MA W wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel wofahulicodoc Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Aug 2001 Posts: 10,547 Likes: 1 Worcester, MA stud fees I saw one report (from his birthday March 27 I think it was) that said he had sired many hundred foals in his career - 900 or so, I think it was - and that the going fee was $300,000 per (yes, that's five zeroes). Also that at age 28 he was ninety or a hundred or so in human years. Also that last year he was bred six times and that four of the mares were carrying foals as a result. But I'm still surprised that he only ran seventeen races before his career ended. Is that typical of thoroughbred horses? Even if they're Thoroughbred Horses like this? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Requiem for a heavyweight #68690 05/09/02 02:39 AM Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,757 M maverick Carpal Tunnel maverick Carpal Tunnel M Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,757 he was ninety or a hundred or so in human years. Also that last year he was bred six times my, what a promising outlook =) hmmmm, does it only work if you spend your life running in circles, but? Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: breeding in circles #68691 05/09/02 09:19 AM Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York AnnaStrophic OP Carpal Tunnel OP AnnaStrophic Carpal Tunnel Joined: Mar 2000 Posts: 6,511 lower upstate New York Mav, is nothing sacred? this is an USn expression, if it loses something in the translation, let me know Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Clericus redivivus #68692 05/10/02 12:35 AM Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 2,788 Seattle, Washington, USA Father Steve Carpal Tunnel Father Steve Carpal Tunnel Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 2,788 Seattle, Washington, USA Yes, there is an annual blessing of the fishing fleet in Seattle (as I suspect there is in most port cities where brave folks risk their lives upon the sea in order that we may enjoy the harvest of fish). The blessing of the hounds became controversial in the Mother Country when a segment of the populace decided that such sport was evil, because they identified with the foxes, I guess. The present Prime Minister is of like mind and the whole glorious institution of foxes and hounds, pinks and cups, brasses and leather, is threatened with extinction ... which would be welcome by some (including foxes) and seen by others as a further sign that the end is near. Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter . #68693 05/10/02 12:50 AM Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 3,409 M Max Quordlepleen Carpal Tunnel Max Quordlepleen Carpal Tunnel M Joined: Aug 2000 Posts: 3,409 Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Clericus redivivus #68694 05/10/02 12:58 AM Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,757 M maverick Carpal Tunnel maverick Carpal Tunnel M Joined: Sep 2000 Posts: 4,757 glorious institution... and like those other 'glorious institutions', such as the Poor House, the Mad House, and the House of Lords - the sooner the bloody better! :p~ Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Clericus redivivus #68695 05/10/02 07:13 AM Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 3,146 Northamptonshire, England Capital Kiwi Carpal Tunnel Capital Kiwi Carpal Tunnel Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 3,146 Northamptonshire, England The present Prime Minister is of like mind and the whole glorious institution of foxes and hounds, pinks and cups, brasses and leather, is threatened with extinction ... which would be welcome by some (including foxes) and seen by others as a further sign that the end is near. The present Prime Minister is of a mind to survive in power whatever the cost or the issue ... the fact that he (and therefore his party) is supporting the foxhunting ban has no meaningful relationship to whatever Tony Blair may or may not think about it. The idiot also known as Capfka ... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Clericus redivivus #68696 05/10/02 03:32 PM Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 3,439 New England, USA W wow Carpal Tunnel wow Carpal Tunnel W Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 3,439 New England, USA and the whole glorious institution of foxes and hounds, pinks and cups, brasses and leather, is threatened with extinction ... which would be welcome by some (including foxes) and seen by others as a further sign that the end is near. Oh goodness sakes alive ... hasn't anyone thought of the possibilities in organized re-enactments? Without a fox of course! Just the nifty "pinks" and the pretty posturings and the ab fab horses. AND - Would hate to see the demise of the stirrup cup. Don't know about you but a stirrup cup calms my nerves delightfully when I am about to embark on a trip! Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Re: Clericus redivivus #68697 05/10/02 05:17 PM Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 3,146 Northamptonshire, England Capital Kiwi Carpal Tunnel Capital Kiwi Carpal Tunnel Joined: Nov 2000 Posts: 3,146 Northamptonshire, England Yerrs, I bin known to spend time in the airport bar, too. The idiot also known as Capfka ... Copy Link to Clipboard Share Post on Facebook Share Post on Twitter Page 3 of 5 1 2 3 4 5 Moderated by  Jackie  Hop To General Topics ------  Information and announcements  Q&A about words  Wordplay and fun  Words and languages in schools  Miscellany  Weekly Themes  Looking for (writers, speakers,... (Old) Weekly themes. 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