Horse Racing

by **YOOPER** » Sun Sep 16, 2007 6:55 pm

For those of you who know me, or talk to me on Vent, know that we have horses - both trail horses for riding and a few race horses as well.

Well, this weekend was the biggie for the race horses. It was "The Finals", and the bookies had our horse a favorite for 2nd or 3rd place in "the big race".

Well, long story short - we won. Holy f'in sh!t we won!

It was a photo finish. We just barely got 'er by a nose!

We are pretty freakin' excited! Hell, even 2nd place would've been cool, but the prize money for first place was 10's of thousands more than 2nd!!!!

We're psyched. What a perfect way to end a weekend of horse racing!

(BTW - our other 2 horses came in 1st and 4th in their races, too...but this one...this one was the biggie!)

by **smikey** » Sun Sep 16, 2007 8:40 pm

CONGRATS Yoop-- 1st is always nicer then 2nd and the hard work paid off, so again well done. :clap:

by **[ecgn] btt** » Sun Sep 16, 2007 8:42 pm

Nice to see the rich get richer.

by **SavageParrot** » Mon Sep 17, 2007 3:19 am

Yeah f'ing doctors :roll:

by **YOOPER** » Mon Sep 17, 2007 7:00 am

HATERS!

Nah - if you add up all the money spent on boarding the horse, training it (gotta pay the trainer), and paying the jockey, well, we just came out ahead (for the season), but certainly not but a ton...

Either way, we're still pumped up! People brought horses in from all around the U.S. for just this one race. We live an hour away from the track - practically a home town win!

by **SavageParrot** » Mon Sep 17, 2007 7:13 am

Oh look while you were bragging here another one of your patients died!

No problems though I bet you own a share of the funeral home as well

Do you by any chance drive an SUV?

by **CHICK** » Mon Sep 17, 2007 11:41 am

Congrats Yoop! I wonder what the wifey thinks about you naming the horse after me? hehe

Oh and thanks for the call the old geezer finally left me alone only to watch me from his balcony!

by **YOOPER** » Mon Sep 17, 2007 1:34 pm

Thanks Chick! (and all the other congrats).

We're still beaming over this win.

Did you see that video I sent you? The trainer's daughter is yelling "Gooooooo Chiiiick!!! Ruuunn!!!! CMON GO CHICK!!!!!!!!! WHOOOOO!!!!!!!!!!!" :lol:

Strawflyn Chick won her race by a couple horse-lengths. One hell of a fast horse. The horse above that won the big-big race is Outside Verde... Our third horse, Mozzne, got 4th place in her race...

When I get home I can post some pics of (the horse) Chick.

PS - Glad my phone call helped out, even if it was just a little bit!

by **YOOPER** » Mon Sep 17, 2007 7:42 pm

Parrot: That's the beauty of my particular specialty...when I go home, I'm not tied to the hospital at all. I can leave work at work, and enjoy my time at home.

And do I drive an SUV? Depends on what day of the week it is!

Chick: As promised, here is our other horse Rare Strawflyn Chick winning by a mile:

by **CHICK** » Thu Sep 20, 2007 1:12 am

Haha, I just saw the e-mail.. Cmmmon CHICK!

Parrot needs to give the healthcare workers of the world a bit more respect before I IV push some mother f'in insulin into Gra ma'ma's iv!

What? WHAT??? Say what now!

by **SavageParrot** » Thu Sep 20, 2007 5:32 am

CHICK wrote:Haha, I just saw the e-mail.. Cmmmon CHICK!

Parrot needs to give the healthcare workers of the world a bit more respect before I IV push some mother f'in insulin into Gra ma'ma's iv!

What? WHAT??? Say what now!

Pfft I'll give NHS doctors respect not your filthy private healthcare system. I don't give injury lawyers respect so what makes you lot different? :bazooka:

by **SuPer PuZZy** » Thu Sep 20, 2007 8:33 am

hey yooper, :love:

Love the horse races and the money you can win

by **YOOPER** » Thu Sep 20, 2007 4:06 pm

SavageParrot wrote:Pfft I'll give NHS doctors respect not your filthy private healthcare system. I don't give injury lawyers respect so what makes you lot different?

Well, for starters, I save lives for a living. I don't think many lawyers can claim they've literally held someones heart in their hand and pumped it for them. I have. Many times.

Besides, one shouldn't generalize. Just because I don't practice medicine under the umbrella of a national healthcare system doesn't make me a bad doctor. I think what I do for a living is respectable.

As far as socialized medicine in the US...well...do you really think the US Govt can run the healthcare system? I don't. The US Govt has proven time and time again that they have trouble running just about everything (the fairly recent events with FEMA come to mind).

Unfortunately, the insurance companies essentially run the healthcare system in the US. BUT - once again this is where I find yet another benefit in my particular specialty of medicine. I DON'T have to get pre-approval from a damn insurance company before I order a CT scan, or an ultrasound, or give a certain drug, or...whatever. All the rules change for emergency medicine. In just about all other scenarios, one must convince an insurance company that something is "medically necessary" before it is done. Pfffft...let the doctors who are standing next to the patient decide what is best for the patient, not some insurance company exec 1,000 miles away. Fortunately, ER docs have sucessfully argued this exact point...but only because no insurance company wants to take the blame for someones death because they didn't approve a CT scan for a suspected subarachnoid bleed.

Ok, done ranting. Sorry to all those who didn't care to read it.

Anyway - Thanks Puzzy! I never knew how exciting horse racing was until I met my wife and got involved with horses. She used to compete with barrel racing and what-not, and it won't be long until my daughter does the same!

Chick - glad you liked the video! I knew you would!

by **Slaughter2** » Fri Sep 21, 2007 8:32 pm

YOOPER wrote:Well, for starters, I save lives for a living. I don't think many lawyers can claim they've literally held someones heart in their hand and pumped it for them. I have. Many times.

Besides, one shouldn't generalize. Just because I don't practice medicine under the umbrella of a national healthcare system doesn't make me a bad doctor. I think what I do for a living is respectable.

As far as socialized medicine in the US...well...do you really think the US Govt can run the healthcare system? I don't. The US Govt has proven time and time again that they have trouble running just about everything (the fairly recent events with FEMA come to mind).

Unfortunately, the insurance companies essentially run the healthcare system in the US. BUT - once again this is where I find yet another benefit in my particular specialty of medicine. I DON'T have to get pre-approval from a damn insurance company before I order a CT scan, or an ultrasound, or give a certain drug, or...whatever. All the rules change for emergency medicine. In just about all other scenarios, one must convince an insurance company that something is "medically necessary" before it is done. Pfffft...let the doctors who are standing next to the patient decide what is best for the patient, not some insurance company exec 1,000 miles away. Fortunately, ER docs have sucessfully argued this exact point...but only because no insurance company wants to take the blame for someones death because they didn't approve a CT scan for a suspected subarachnoid bleed.

Ok, done ranting. Sorry to all those who didn't care to read it.

Anyway - Thanks Puzzy! I never knew how exciting horse racing was until I met my wife and got involved with horses. She used to compete with barrel racing and what-not, and it won't be long until my daughter does the same!

Chick - glad you liked the video! I knew you would!

Well said Yoop, and BTW I demand you name a horse Slaughter!!!!!!!!!

I'll pitch in 50%, but her/his name has to be ECGN Slaughter lol

by **SavageParrot** » Mon Sep 24, 2007 4:53 am

YOOPER wrote:Well, for starters, I save lives for a living. I don't think many lawyers can claim they've literally held someones heart in their hand and pumped it for them. I have. Many times.

Besides, one shouldn't generalize. Just because I don't practice medicine under the umbrella of a national healthcare system doesn't make me a bad doctor. I think what I do for a living is respectable.

As far as socialized medicine in the US...well...do you really think the US Govt can run the healthcare system? I don't. The US Govt has proven time and time again that they have trouble running just about everything (the fairly recent events with FEMA come to mind).

Unfortunately, the insurance companies essentially run the healthcare system in the US. BUT - once again this is where I find yet another benefit in my particular specialty of medicine. I DON'T have to get pre-approval from a damn insurance company before I order a CT scan, or an ultrasound, or give a certain drug, or...whatever. All the rules change for emergency medicine. In just about all other scenarios, one must convince an insurance company that something is "medically necessary" before it is done. Pfffft...let the doctors who are standing next to the patient decide what is best for the patient, not some insurance company exec 1,000 miles away. Fortunately, ER docs have sucessfully argued this exact point...but only because no insurance company wants to take the blame for someones death because they didn't approve a CT scan for a suspected subarachnoid bleed.

Ok, done ranting. Sorry to all those who didn't care to read it.

Anyway - Thanks Puzzy! I never knew how exciting horse racing was until I met my wife and got involved with horses. She used to compete with barrel racing and what-not, and it won't be long until my daughter does the same!

Chick - glad you liked the video! I knew you would!

McDonalds employee also have lives in their hands when they cook those chicken nuggets no-one bows before them though

All this time and you still can't tell when I am fucking with you. I love it! :clap:

You knows I wuv yous

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