Beautiful Sunday!

It's a beautiful morning - the sun is shining brightly, almost all the snow has melted, and I had no problem convincing Finn to exchange the newspaper for the squeaky WallyGator out in the drive this morning. We will soon be headed out for our morning walk and Finn is excellent company on the leash. I had all three cats in bed with me last night; Lovey and Nedi still seem to be in awe of Skippy's size. Thanks to the kits, I slept well.

Eibar Coa had a second surgery to repair the C-4 break in his neck. He can now feel and move his feet. I hope that he continues to have a super recovery! ... The Fountain of Youth Stakes was run yesterday at Gulfstream Park, and Soldat was the wire-to-wire winner. His connections will point him next at the $1 million Florida Derby, and then, hopefully, on to Churchill Downs. ... The Canadian Turf Stakes will be run today at Gulfstream; the two horses drawing the most attention in this race are Nicanor (Barbaro's 5-year-old full brother), and 7-year-old Twilight Meteor. The older horse was retired to stud in 2009, but there was little interest in breeding to him, so he has returned to the races.

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