Last month I was in a car wreck. I am fine, but my car was totalled. Also, the busy season has started at work with a vengeance. One thing’s for sure, ELvis is recession-proof! I am so sorry, all 3 of you loyal readers, for leaving you hanging. I will [...]
Posts Tagged as ‘Elvis’
March 8, 2009
OMG: ELVIS on TVG
Todd Schrupp, I <3 You. You have great taste in Elvis music. Thank you for TCB on TVG with that little bit of Polk Salad Annie just now. PRICELESS.
January 7, 2009
Elvis Presley Day Special PICKS
Tomorrow would have been Elvis Presley’s 74th birthday. What does this have to do with thoroughbreds, you ask? Not much, really, except that I wouldn’t have the financial resources to play my favorite game or attend my favorite races without him. Plus, Elvis liked horses.
In honor of EAP’s birthday celebration (free cake & coffee if [...]
September 25, 2008
GAWKED: BOURBON COUNTY SECRETARIAT FESTIVAL 2008
After 35 years, the spirit of Secretariat still gallops strong through the hearts of racing fans, as evidenced by the turnout at the first Bourbon Co. Secretariat Festival last Saturday. The line for the autograph session with Penny Chenery wrapped around the exhibition building, and tours of Claiborne Farm, where Secretariat lived after his retirement [...]
July 21, 2008
Secretariat = Elvis??
I just got this article forwarded to me, from the Richmond Times-DIspatch in Virginia. Skimming it, I could not help but notice the similarities in the legacies of Big Red and Elvis Presley.
Secretariat was born in the Thoroughbred backwaters of Virginia.
Elvis was born in the Mississippi podunk town of Tupelo.
Secretariat was the king of racing.
Elvis is the King [...]
