Steeplechase mares --- why so few?

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Postby Shammy Davis » Fri Apr 08, 2011 10:26 am

Crystal wrote:
you boys, my goodness!

Yes, it was a misspelling of yank to wank.. did not mean to be as funny as it was, and it still makes me laugh!!

Happy Friday Dub- how are you?

Sham- my Crystalizations need work don't they? A friend of mine thought I coined the term "Sheen-ius".. which I would have used more often if his shows weren't so 50/50. Which I guess agains back to not bi-polar just bi-winning. LOL How ya feeling?

I promise not to hyjack yet another thread as I have done it far to often this week. I will think about what I have done while drinking at lunch


I'm doing very well, thank you. As you can tell by Dubs and my post2post I'm trying not to abdicate my combativeness in the face of aging. I might even surprise him and get a Gaelic dictionary. But for now, I'm better off not knowing what he posts and no one has to spell check him. For general info, beyond the seedy term of WANK, in 1989, there was a computer worm also named WANK that went viral. WANK is also a reference to a mountain chain in Germany.

Started reading the "Headless Horseman" by Jim Squires last night. Very good recommendation on your part. I really love the way he writes. His writing is very personal and contains a great deal of thoughtful information. I guess he is no longer breeding at Two Bucks Farm. Two Bucks is an interesting topic of discussion when talking about the survival ability of the small breeder. As I understand, he is now on the staff at the Gluck Research Center. It is the perfect spot for him IMO.

http://uknow.uky.edu/content/squires-na ... initiative

I'm glad you said "drinking at lunch" rather than "drinking lunch." A day at Keenland would definitely keep my mind more operative even after a couple of drinks, but I've got to have my strarches and fats (french fries or potato chips) next to a big burger to make a day of it.

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Postby LB » Fri Apr 08, 2011 10:49 am

Shammy Davis wrote:Started reading the "Headless Horseman" by Jim Squires last night. Very good recommendation on your part. I really love the way he writes. His writing is very personal and contains a great deal of thoughtful information. I guess he is no longer breeding at Two Bucks Farm. Two Bucks is an interesting topic of discussion when talking about the survival ability of the small breeder. As I understand, he is now on the staff at the Gluck Research Center. It is the perfect spot for him IMO.

http://uknow.uky.edu/content/squires-na ... initiative



Ed Squires is on the staff at the Gluck center. Jim Squires wrote the books and owns Two Bucks Farm.

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Postby Bast » Fri Apr 08, 2011 2:11 pm

dublino wrote:
Crystal wrote:return on investment is much faster when you wank them from training after a few bummer races, get them in foal, and unloading at a breeding stock sale. Rather then put them in training with a jump trainer and possibly have her run a few more lackluster races before throwing in the towel. -Which is much more likely than finding the next female Princequillo.


Seriosly Crystal What have you got on your mind????????? :lol:

Go get Bast and get a lesson off her on proof reading? :roll:


Classy, as always. Quit whinging. As you say, "Seriosly".
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Postby Shammy Davis » Fri Apr 08, 2011 2:32 pm

LB wrote:
Ed Squires is on the staff at the Gluck center. Jim Squires wrote the books and owns Two Bucks Farm.


Thanks for pointing that. Apparently, I didn't pick up Ed vs Jim.

Was I right about Jim not being in the breeding business anymore?
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Postby Crystal » Fri Apr 08, 2011 3:21 pm

He still has the farm, but I dont know if he is breeding on the scale he once did.

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Postby dublino » Sat Apr 09, 2011 1:56 am

Bast wrote:Classy, as always. Quit whinging. As you say, "Seriosly".


I will say this as politely as I can, F*CK OFF.

I said the other day on a post to you I will leave it there with you as you have nothing to say that interests me, no go away and bother someone else.
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Postby Shammy Davis » Sat Apr 09, 2011 8:05 am

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I will say this as politely as I can, F*CK OFF.


Hopefully, there will come a time in the near future when you'll think to relocate your mind and thoughts from your groin and put them back in your skull where they rightfully belong.

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Postby Bast » Sat Apr 09, 2011 11:06 am

dublino wrote:
Bast wrote:Classy, as always. Quit whinging. As you say, "Seriosly".


I will say this as politely as I can, F*CK OFF.

I said the other day on a post to you I will leave it there with you as you have nothing to say that interests me, no go away and bother someone else.


Are you stamping your feet and screaming while you type?
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Postby Crystal » Sat Apr 09, 2011 12:38 pm

children... please!!

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Postby Bast » Sat Apr 09, 2011 4:19 pm

Crystal wrote:children... please!!


Direct your comments to the child, not to me. I don't use abusive language.
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A horse gallops with his lungs

Perseveres with his heart

And wins with his character. --Tesio