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blamebrampton ([personal profile] blamebrampton) wrote2012-06-23 07:12 pm

Surfaces from the depths …

I have a proper post, with THINGS, and then another very serious post, with important things, but I have to get this out first, or will be drummed out of the country:

GO BLACK CAVIAR!

Having grown up around various corners of the horse industry, I'm always a bit ambivalent about racing, but she is a beautiful and much-loved mare who really loves to run. And is AMAZING.

Of course, being a horse, she may take one look at Royal Ascot and decide 'Nah, buggrit …' They're like much bigger, somewhat dimmer cats that way.

[identity profile] blamebrampton.livejournal.com 2012-06-26 04:51 pm (UTC)(link)
I know! She's unusually dense, in all the best ways ;-) I feel a personal connection as at my fittest, I tend to weigh about 60kg, which always makes my doctor look at me weirdly since I'm little, but solid!

She is a determined girl! I hope they don't retire her now, but if they do, at least I know the connections have the equivalent of Sean Connery's place in the Bahamas planned for her -- with probably about the same amount of sex …