Horses and Doctor Who

[rabid1st]

Look at me, posting two days in a row.

Soon, we shall have a new female Doctor and I shall surely have an opinion on her. So it is time to get back into the habit of blogging, I think.

Also, as happens every year, I have predictions for the Kentucky Derby. This year we have two sons of Scat Daddy coming from either side of the world to battle it out for horse supremacy. Maybe it is time for a European win in the Triple Crown races.

I started out the year favoring Bolt D'Oro, but he ran a very disappointing race his last time out. So, I wasn't high on him for the Santa Anita. I wasn't a huge fan of Justify either, because all we had was talk about him. Admittedly, it was Bob Baffert and Mike Smith doing some convincing talking. But I like to see a horse run around two turns before I buy into "Greatness."

So, I was on Mendelssohn another Scat Daddy son and one that sold for $3 million at the Keeneland sales. That's too much money. But he put up when he ran away with the UAE Derby a week ago. He romped home, in a time that beats Justify. So, he's still my horse. But the thing is...I'm not sure Justify has been tested, yet.

This could be a great duel...brother-against-brother. If Justify can hold up after such a race. If Mendelssohn ships healthy and likes Kentucky tracks. If the weather holds. But all of that is horse racing.

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[postynotemusing]

I tried to kickstart my blogging by reviewing all Four eps on Britbox on the fandom blog, but look where that got me. Two GINORMOUS private posts where I dump my notes and no recent posts in sight. Even my rewatch has stalled. *sigh*

I wish I could comment on the horse post but my take on horses is on the order of "horsy pretty but scary". (Uh yeah, I was frightened by a pony ride as a small child so... yeah)

[rabid1st]

I know what you mean about the scary horsey situation. When I studied Veterinary Medicine, my idiot counselor (called that because HE was an idiot...not because I was one of the idiots he counseled)...said I had to learn to ride a horse. Now, I love horses...from a distance, over there, on the race track. Or even up close in a veterinary way. But they are quite tall and skittish for me to be riding them. Still, I dutifully took a riding class.

One of the horse, as I was sedately riding it around an indoor circle, noticed that some fool had left the door open to the feed cupboard. He took me through a fence and into the cupboard. You have not really enjoyed horseback riding until you have found yourself pinned with a horse in a small cupboard. Let's just say I was VERY close to the ceiling, even though I was lying down on the horse.

Pretty, but scary...and also rather stubborn.

Rae

[postynotemusing]

Argh! Silly horse.

Yes, that's exactly how I feel about horses. I must have been about 5 or 6 and I found myself on one of those ponies walking in a circle thing at the county fair - probably my idea, but who knows. Now I have dyspraxia (not that anyone had ever heard of that then)and my balance and core strength is a joke and I could not sit up straight on that darn pony. And that pony was Pretty Darn Annoyed by that. It keep snorting at me and tossing its head a little. And the not-at-sympathetic-I-don't-have-time-for-this handler came over and man-handled me upright with a stern reprimand about how I was making the horse mad by not sitting straight like I was doing it on purpose. After a couple more man-handles he ended up sulkily walking beside me with hand on my shoulder to keep me from sliding. At the end of the ride he plopped me on the ground with a sigh and a grumble. Now I prefer horses .... over there. Though I had to once swallow my nerves to take Junior over to ask a question of a county sheriff about her freakishly huge horse at a school event.

[rabid1st]

Aww! More little you. I can sympathize in two ways with your dyspraxia. My niece suffers from it and also a memory disorder so she is often assumed to be mentally slow. She's not, but she will repeat things, lose track of what she's saying and also has trouble speaking, eating and running about. I'm not sure if I had something similar as a child...all I know is that I was remarkably clumsy.

However, my current condition has effected my balance so that I balance with my eyes, rather than my inner ear. This made me relate to your horse handler, because whenever I get my haircut, I have to deal with frustration from the hairdresser, as my head keeps tipping sideways. He or she will suddenly bellow..."Keep your head straight...and your eyes closed." And I will think, "Those two things do not go together."

I agree horses should stay...over there and just look pretty. If that makes me a chauvinist, so be it.

[rabid1st]

Wow! It has been a lot of years since I watched all of Four...or any of the original Doctors. I should go back and to that. But I haven't the patience to take many notes or do reviews.

[postynotemusing]

To be fair, my reviews are more like random life-blogging. And I amused myself by counting how many times Four was knocked out during each story- which was a lot in the Sarah Jane era.