And Happy Universal Birthday to the Thoroughbreds of the Northern Hemisphere. (Southern Hemisphere TB's have theirs on Aug.1)

Hope 2019 finds you all well.

Amazing we've go to 2019, and I'm still here, blogging on this site.

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R.I.P.

Stan Lee

December 28, 1922 - November 12, 2018.

The comic and fandom world has lost it's own 'Uncle Ben' today.

Born Stanley Martin Lieber, Stan Lee, became the one of the cornerstones of the comic industry for over half a century and the expansion of great storytelling that we here among the FiMFiction community aspire to.

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Regrettably, I meant to do this a year ago, but this hit me so hard, I just kept putting it off.

Quietly, at her home in Boulder Colorado, following complications of a stroke, Helen Bates 'Penny' Chenery, known as 'The First Lady of Horse Racing' passed away September 16, 2017, at the age of 95.

^{(Archive Picture from, Thoroughbred Daily News)}

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A sunny warm day greets the throngs as they assemble to watch the horses run.

There is a flicker of magic in the air today, June 9, 2018; forty-five years to the day Secretariat won his triple crown in a feat of dominance unequaled in the history of the race before or since.

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picture from 'Horse Nation' and 'Metro the Painting Racehorse'

Metro Meteor, by City Zip, out of Here Comes Nikki

March 13, 2003 - March 28, 2018

Bellerophon has come
Golden Bridle in his hands
To lead you to Elysium
Where the Herd Eternal stands

Among the Legends and Lauded Heroes
You will find your honored place
The Artistic Son of Pegasus
Has Gone back home today.

Rest in Peace Metro

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So the last jewel of the American Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing goes to post in about an hour.

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Or will it be a Star Wars inspired headline tomorrow that declares 'Classic Empire Strikes Back'.

Preakness Stakes weekend and the Second Jewel of the American Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing is in the spotlight.

So here's how they line up this afternoon.

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Welcome to my traditional Kentucky Derby post.

I know I've been a rather quiet Old Racehorse for some time now. But the thunder of hooves has roused me from my slumber, so here is Sir Barton's Blog for the 143rd Kentucky Derby.

Out of this years field I have some likes Classic Empire (half brother to 2015 triple Crown Winner, American Pharoah), Gormley (Ridden by Victor Espinoza) and Irish War Cry, but I'll give a special Brony nod to the No. 20 horse, Patch.

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Happy 100th Birthday to the mighty MAN O' WAR!!
Born March 29, 1917

Man o' War "Big Red" a chestnut with a white star and stripe on his forehead. He was foaled at Nursery Stud near Lexington, Kentucky and was bred by August Belmont, Jr.

Sold to Samuel D. Riddle for $5,000 as a yearling, Man O’ War won 20 of 21 races in his life time. His only defeat came in the Stanford Memorial Stakes to the appropriately named Upset

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Carrie Fisher

1956-2016

"Luminous beings we are, not this crude matter" - Yoda

It is with a heavy heart that I post this notice of the passing of a Hollywood icon who's portrayal of a strong female protagonist paved the way for the poly-chromatic pastel heroines we have become fans of.

God Speed Princess; and May The Force Be With You ... Always.

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