Preakness Finish 2007

Kentucky Derby winner Street Sense lost by a head to Curlin in the second jewel of the Triple Crown. In Saturday's finish Street Sense looked like a sure winner in the stretch, only to be caught in the final stride by hard-charging Curlin and jockey Robby Albarado. And now it's on to the Belmont Stakes, where there won't be a Triple Crown try for the third straight years after six attempts in the previous 10 years. The last Triple Crown champion was Affirmed in 1978.

Our Wedding

Our Wedding
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The happiest day of my life, the day I married my husband.

Daffodils

Spring/Summer (not sure which) is here!
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Daffodils are my favorite flowers, when they bloom spring is right around the corner

Preakness 2007

Watch Street Sense this Saturday, May 19 as he attempts to become the first Triple Crown winner since Affirmed in 1978. He'll race the second leg of the triple crown, The Preakness, at Pimlico Race Course in Maryland. The Preakness, at 1 3/16 miles, is the shortest of the Triple Crown races. After that comes the Belmont Stakes here at our very own Belmont Racetrack in June.

As of Monday, only five of the 20 Derby starters were considered potential runners in the Preakness, and they will be joined by at least five 3-year-olds who bypassed the Derby.

7 & 1/2 lifelong learning steps

I find the easiest for me is #1 starting with a clear goal. I think it's always easy to figure out what you want to do but harder to figure out how to get it done.

The hardest for me would be #3 viewing problems as challenges. I tend so see then as problems when I am handling them and not like a challenge to overcome. I don't think I see them as a challenge that helped me grow until after the problem is rectified.

Kentucky Derby 2007

In the 133rd running of the Kentucky Derby yesterday, Street Sense and his jockey Calvin Borel blew past the competition to win the Derby.

Street Sense is the first Breeders' Cup Juvenile winner to win the Derby and he did it on the same track where he won the Juvenile by 10 lengths six months ago. He was also the first 2-year-old champion to win the Derby since Spectacular Bid in 1979, and the first colt to win with two or fewer prep races since Sunny's Halo in 1983.

Street Sense left from the same No. 7 post as Unbridled did when he won17 years ago and they both had the same trainer, Carl Nafzger.

Keep an eye on this colt when he runs in the Preakness in two weeks.

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