My Cat Goma Blog Update

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Emergency At My Sink Posted: 31 Jan 2010 09:16 AM PST SACHIE: Goma you scared me!! I thought hair growing out of my sink!! GOMA: You is leape me alonez!! me take mai beauty sleepz!!! SACHIE: But Goma I need to wash my hands... GOMA: ZZZZZZZZZZZZZ

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Behind the Bit

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Who is Michael Gill? Apparently, not an asset to racing Posted: 31 Jan 2010 04:49 PM PST In an unprecedented protest last Saturday night, jockeys at the Penn National racetrack refused to ride in any race where New Hampshire owner Michael Gill had a horse entered. They declared it is a safety issue -- Gill's horses are breaking down at a high rate and endangering other horses and riders. The stats Ten of Gill's horses broke down and were euthanized on the track in 13 months — two last week alone (LA Times article). On January 23, Gill's Laughing Moon broke down after the finish line, causing a jockey and horse to fall behind them (read article about Laughing Moon's breakdown). That event apparently prompted the ban. The talk There are many accounts of this jockey ban (see Resources below), but this recent L.A Times article indicates there will be a probe into the deaths and breakdown record of this owner. There are many, many blog articles and threads on COTH and other forums on this topic too, and the buzz is, this has been a long time coming. I've excerpted an article below that reports not only on the breakdowns, but also reports that Gill's ex- racehorses are routinely sent to slaughter. The Paulick Report shares some of Gill's comments on the controversy. Melodeeman, broke down Jan. 21 I have to say that I only know what I read. I've seen nothing first-hand, and do not know the racing industry that well. But in this case the outcry has been pretty overwhelming, and we're not talking about PETA here--this is from within the industry. What I'm reading about Penn National suggests that pre-race vet checks and monitoring of placement of the 'retired' horses has been spotty at best. I get the vet-check angle - can someone tell me/readers what formal role a racetrack has in placement of horses? clipped from www.examiner.com Racing and slaughter controversy consumes Penn National Race Course On Saturday night, during the fifth race at Penn National Race Course, Michael Gill's third place finisher, Laughing Moon collapsed and was euthanized in front of a crowd of onlookers. It is no mystery that horses are known to break down on the tracks as they race, but Gill's reputation has jockeys, owners, trainers and outside observers accusing Gill of an unusually high rate of horse injuries and deaths. Just before the sixth race, about 25 jockeys gathered together to take a stand and refused to ride in the next race unless a Michael Gill horse was scratched. Jockeys feared for their own safety, and this seemed to be an unprecedented decision when jockeys refuse to ride because of an owner. Jockey Emilio Flores claims he had too many close calls and even took a spill riding another one of Gill's horses that fell during the past week. RESOURCES Jockeys focus on owner Michael Gill from Thoroughbred Times Jockeys speak out against thoroughbred breakdowns from The Horse magazine Horse World Wonders Why It Took Jockeys, And Not Penn Gaming Officials, To End The Rampant Break-Downs Of Mike Gill's Thoroughbreds from Delawareway.blogspot.com PA jockeys won't race against N.H. owner from Boston Globe PA commission to investigate Gill from Thoroughbred Times Michael Gill raises controversy over breakdowns from Equine Reader Penn wants commission to investigate Gill from Bloodhorse.com Gill threatens to sue Paulick Report from Paulic Report Penn jockeys revolt against Michael Gill from Canadian Gambling News Is anybody watching this? From GallopFrance blog

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Daisy the Curly Cat

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Sunday Comics with Daisy! Posted: 31 Jan 2010 01:00 AM PST Daisy: Harley and I wanted to let you know that since my Mommeh has a new job, she does not have as much time to help us blog. Rats! So for now, we will just be posting on weekdays. We might still post comics sometimes during the week though. Thanks for still visiting!

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Your Daily Cute: Your daily dose of cute!

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Dachshund Road Rage! Posted: 30 Jan 2010 09:30 PM PST Let's pretend this is a regular-sized F-150... and let's pretend these are GIANT dachshunds...If that's the case, I don't know what the person in the truck did, but he's really in for it with this herd of giant dachshunds after him like that! Woof!More cute dachshunds please!

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Behind the Bit

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Riley: Secure in his manhood Posted: 30 Jan 2010 03:24 PM PST Riley's fasion statement today blends the timeless elegance of argyle with a hint of metrosexual. See how proudly he wears this pink Smartpak blanket (second layer in our 15 degree weather)? I preferred blue, but the pink was on sale. Thank goodness Riley has the panache to carry it off. His turnout buddy is a little jealous, I think.

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