Happy Critters

Eleven in the morning and 92 degrees outside. It's warm. I walked the Irish kids at 8 this morning, and plan to walk them at that time the rest of the week. Even so, we were all panting and I was sweaty when we finished. Rosie had laid down in the irrigation ditch multiple times and taken several drinks, and Remy even waded for a while in the water in between drinks. We spent a few minutes with Suki and Boo, and I delivered the latest issue of Elevations Outdoors to Kathy and Jim. The only thing that caught my eye in the new issue is that the Four Corners Folk Festival is being held in Pagosa Springs - which is on the eastern side of the Rockies (one heck of a long way from Four Corners!). I had forgotten that I'll be at Suki and Boo's this weekend - Kathy and Jim are going to the Flying Festival in Salida, so I'll move the kits over there on Friday. Neddy and Lovey enjoyed being able to stay out in the grass and in the shade for four hours yesterday evening - they came back to the patio frequently for rubs, scratches and other loving - but had a blast not being locked inside. I sat on the patio and read, and drank lots of iced water.
Zenyatta had a nice 6 furlong workout this morning at Hollywood Park. ... At yesterday's Fasig-Tipton Yearling sale, the top bid was $450,00 for a beautiful grey/roan colt by Medaglia d'Oro. Sheikh Mohammed of Dubai purchased him for racing. ... Thirteen year old Dixie Union, a multiple graded stakes winner and successful young stallion (with 34 stakes winners), was put down yesterday. The son of Dixieland Band had a progressive neurological condition that had suddenly worsened. ... And the Cheltenham Gold Cup trophy, one of the best known steeplechase/jump awards, was stolen this morning from a house in Wormington in Gloucestershire. Several other horse racing trophies were also reported to the constabulary as missing.