Today is Lovey's Birthday

Lovey turns 5 today, according to her guestimated birthday, after being found floating on a cushion in a flooded street in New Orleans in the aftermath of Katrina. She is my very sweet, very loving, and very much loved girl. She has spent much of the past hour trying to keep me from accessing the keyboard and the mouse. She seems to know that she's important today. She and Neddy got roast beef and gravy for breakfast, as well as a blend of Kitten Chow and Healthful Life to nibble on. They will both be allowed a teaspoon of ice cream later this afternoon. - It's currently 93 outside, with 14% humidity. I wonder how hot it is over in Kanab, Utah, where the annual Western Legends Roundup is happening right now?
Rachel Alexandra, now 4, and 2009's Horse of the Year, will be racing Sunday in the Personal Ensign at Saratoga, a handicap race at 1.25 miles. Rachel has never raced that far before in her career, and she will carry the top weight of 122 pounds (including her regular jockey, Calvin Borel) - only four other fillies and mares will dare to face her: Life at Ten, carrying 120 pounds, and the rest carrying 116 pounds, Miss Singhsix, Persistently, and Classofsixtythree. The race is scheduled to start at 5:56 EDT. (And I still believe that Zenyatta is the better horse! - Especially since she beat the boys and won the Breeders Cup Classic at 1.25 miles in 2009!)