Football, Horse Racing, & Home

I watched two football games yesterday, and both teams I wanted to win, lost.  It was a shocker that the Seattle Seahawks beat the Broncos with a score of 30 to 10.  Everyone thought that once the Broncos had secured the golden boy, Peyton Manning, that winning would be pretty much guaranteed.  Not so.  Peyton played for the first half, without throwing a touchdown pass, and tossing two interceptions.  The first was batted down by a defensive lineman, and flipped right into the hands of another defensive lineman.  The second interception sailed over the receiver, and ended up nestled nicely in the hands of a defender.  The Jets failed badly against the Giants - at least Tim Tebow was able to get the team placed on the field so they could make their only score, a field goal.  And I was saddened to learn that the Bears defeated the Redskins, too.  My preferred professional teams and players aren't doing too well...
  Jackson Bend, a five-year-old, was training yesterday morning at Saratoga.  He was doing his usual morning gallop under his usual exercise rider.  Little Nick, a seven-year-old gelding, bolted under his rider and ran into Jackson Bend.  Little Nick's trainer said it was a glancing body-blow.  Whatever happened, it knocked the Nick Zito-trained horse down onto the track, where he didn't move for five minutes.  The exercise rider was a little shaken up - Jackson Bend was transported by ambulance back to his stall, and was immediately seen by an NYRTC vet, who treated the colt for shock, giving him IV fluids with electrolytes.  Jackson Bend has been training to defend his Forego Stakes title on the first of September.  Now he will have to be reevaluated, with special attention to his ribs and lungs.  (Little Nick was fine, finishing his work out as usual.)
   Lovey and Nedi are sunning on the patio.  I have already fed, medicated, and walked Aiko and Yoshi, Brandi, and Mona and Boo.  I'll move into the Snow house this afternoon, and be able to sleep at home tomorrow night.  I hope that Mona doesn't snore too much tonight - and that the deer stay away from the apple tree next to the house.  It's still hazy here, thanks to the smoke from all the wildfires to our west.  We need a week-long light rain, no down pours, for all of the United States.