Horses are also put on Equipoise as well. I saw one gelding come off the track hyped on on both Viagra and Equipoise and he was trying to mount everything in sight.
I think the itemized expense charge makes more sense too. Most of us like to think our animals are angels, but the farrier, vet, and boarding farm might beg to differ. My farrier charges 24$ per horse to just trim feet. If one of my horses gives him a hard time its customary to add some extra compen...
the infantry has a color assigned to it, springing from a tradition that I won't bore people with here. For those who know a former grunt - ask them. They'll tell you the story. And for the @$% I went through to earn the right to wear it - both as enlisted and as an officer - that seemed like a goo...
Louis, Thanks for the info on the Van Bergs. Marion sounds like he was a tough taskmaster, but one who knew what he was doing. A friend that used to work on Aksarben's backside for 20 years once told me that those old horsemen took a lot of good knowledge to their graves about keeping horses fit for...
Thank you Sam, I have been aware of the racing quarter horse having TB in its pedigree. I just keep running into QH fans that want to deny the TB lineage like an illegitimate step-child and dismiss the influence. Three Bars is the only TB that comes to mind off the top of my head. I'm sure there hav...
I could have been thinking of ketamine. That drug made the news when kids were breaking into vet's offices to steal it for their all night rave parties. I always thought "angel dust" referred to PCP which may be the same drug as ketamine. Maybe thats the new street name for ketamine=angel dust. I al...
When Ak-Sar-Ben closed down i would have welcomed Quarter Horse or any other breed of horse racing alongside the TB meet. I don't know why the QH and TB factions can't get along. To see horse racing die out in any state bothers me. Remington used to be a first class facility as i've heard. To keep "...
You have bit my dogs :( until their ears bled, you've bit my horses and bothered them so they stomped all day and made riding no fun :x at all. Some of you came from the neighbors cows and made my farm your home. You deer flys (i think) bother me when i walk through the shade of the trees on my hors...