Playing tomorrow at 8:50am off #10 with the one and only Julie Wells! What are the odds that I am playing with like one of my five friends [ha]. It was SO cold [70*] today. Randomly cold. The humidity is supposed to be back up tomorrow with highs in the 90s again. Looking forward to a great day in the office. Still getting used to some things out here but it is comforting to be on a great golf course and playing with friends. Nothing is better really!!
On a side note, the Kentucky Derby is on Saturday and I am a fan! I have always been kind of a race horse fan, but I really got hooked last year after Rachel Alexandra went on a tear with the boys [colts]. Rachel Alexandra is a stud and I now have a picture of her in my yardage book. (We share the same first and middle name if you didn't catch that... ;-) )
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Thursday, April 29, 2010
Saturday, January 2, 2010
Rachel Alexandra: A Filly with a Whole Lotta Heart
What a great holiday season it was! Spending time with my family is always a great time and around the holidays makes it very special. I received a very cool gift this year. It is a 2009 bottle of Rachel Alexandra wine. If you are not familiar, Rachel Alexandra, besides being my first and middle name, is a Thoroughbred filly who won the Preakness Stakes in May 2009. She was the first filly (a female horse) to win in 85 years. She is a front runner which means she likes to either run out front the entire time or a stalker which is following the leader.
It was so much fun to watch her race this summer. She is big for a filly but stands shorter than most of her fellow colt competitors. Following her campaign made me think of the sleeper pick which I might be in some tournaments this year. There are many parallels to how I have worked and the possible results that could become of this next year and to Rachel Alexandra's racing career. She is somewhere else I can draw confidence and inspiration from and to receive that gift meant I can look at it everyday. It was very special.
Too bad I have to let it age for 5 years....
What I'm Reading: Nancy Drew - The Bungalow Mystery
What I'm Listening To: Lady Gaga - The Fame Monster
[Christmas Eve with my new bottle of Rachel Alexandra wine!]
I took notice of her in May when she had won the Grade I Kentucky Oaks (contests on Friday before the Kentucky Derby) by 20 lengths. That margin of victory is incredible. She went on to be a sleeper pick in the Preakness Stakes, the 2nd leg of the Triple Crown. All odds were against her, but whoever put money on her hopefully went straight to the bank with it! She competed from the 13th gate and currently is the only horse ever to win from the 13th gate. She went on to win 9 races in a row until her off-season.
It was so much fun to watch her race this summer. She is big for a filly but stands shorter than most of her fellow colt competitors. Following her campaign made me think of the sleeper pick which I might be in some tournaments this year. There are many parallels to how I have worked and the possible results that could become of this next year and to Rachel Alexandra's racing career. She is somewhere else I can draw confidence and inspiration from and to receive that gift meant I can look at it everyday. It was very special.
Too bad I have to let it age for 5 years....
What I'm Reading: Nancy Drew - The Bungalow Mystery
What I'm Listening To: Lady Gaga - The Fame Monster
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