tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21166659.post-57563249619404295652008-05-05T17:03:00.005-04:002008-05-05T17:11:47.868-04:002008-05-05T17:11:47.868-04:00On the Funny Cide of thingsMy coworkers are the kind of people who check in on horse racing about once a year, so it's unfortunate when they only get exposure to incidents like the one with <strong>Eight Belles</strong> this weekend. To cheer them up, I shared <a href="http://www.courier-journal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080502/NEWS01/805020411">this story </a>and video (below) from Friday by The Courier-Journal's Greg Hall and Sam Upshall about the retired life of <strong>Funny Cide</strong> -- enjoy.<br /><br />From The Courier-Journal: <blockquote><p><i>He's also vigilant about what's around him -- grunting at a videographer's equipment beside a horse path near his stall, for example, until he inspected it personally. </i></p><p><i>Funny Cide doesn't spook easily, Smullen said. Unlike some horses that shy away, "Funny'll see things and maybe go toward them," which makes him a better pony. </i></p><p><i>He'll also go toward treats visitors offer -- "he's a mooch," Smullen said, including the occasional donut in Tagg's barn, where he's been known to use his nose to open the box. </i></p><p><i>When he's not on the job, he's bathed regularly, rolls in the dirt outside Tagg's barn and grazes on nearby grass.</p></blockquote></i><br /><br /><div align="center"><embed id="singleclip" name="articleplayer" pluginspage="http://www.macromedia.com/go/getflashplayer" src="http://gannett.a.mms.mavenapps.net/mms/rt/1/site/gannett-louisville-107-pub01-live/current/articleplayer/singleclip/client/singleclip.swf" width="320" height="305" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" bgcolor="#000000" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" quality="high" play="false" scale="noscale" menu="false" salign="LT" scriptaccess="always" wmode="false" flashvars="playerId=articleplayer&referralObject=722670436&referralPlaylistId=playlist&adServerBasePath=http://gcirm.gannettvideo.gcion.com/RealMedia/ads/adstream_sx.ads&adPositionId=Video_prestream&adSiteId=gci-ky-louisville.com&SSTSCode=news/article.htm&gpaperCode=gpaper145,gntbcstglobal&marketName=Louisville:courier-journal&division=newspaper&pageContentCategory=NEWS&pageContentSubcategory=NEWS01"></embed></div>Michaelhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06801414754458604594noreply@blogger.com