I'm MJ. Morehead State,
MIZZOU Tigers. Advocate for agriculture, education, intentional learning, and mental health.
Blue heelers, horses, hiking, travel
@MorePerfectUS
One of the most poignant questions I was asked on one of my adventures in Poland, from a local, was, "Why does the US treat their homeless, veterans, and elderly they way they do?"
I didn't have a good answer.
I cannot keep up. Why are we going back??
Meanwhile other countries are adopting 4-day workweeks and see production increasing bc of it. DUH.
I'm so tired of America's attitude of breaking down ppl=productivity when HUNDREDS of studies say otherwise.
BREAKING: The Texas House has approved a bill outlawing virtually all city and county worker protections.
Under the bill, any local measures that go beyond state law—i.e., sick benefits, wage protections, even water breaks for construction workers—will be overturned and barred.
I hope no one criticizes or questions this family again. Exploiting would not result in this beautiful tribute & send-off to Cody Dorman.
Two of the pallbearers were from Godolphin. 😭 And Steve B. w/ a final song 4 Cody🎶 $45k raised in his honor.
This whole thread is insane. There is NO reason any CHILD should be allowed to work a 50 hr work week just so a company can save a dollar. Give me a break.
It’s hard to keep track of all the child labor news in the U.S. right now.
We never thought we’d be saying that, but here we are.
How did we get here, and what is going on??
We tried to answer that for you all in one thread.
🧵
@jayprivman
I understand, I dont take offense at all. what I’m saying is that it’s completely reasonable to think I have CTE. Even though there is no test to see if I currently have CTE, The evidence suggests I probably do. Just like the reality that a lot, if not most of the high level
Still can't get over the crowds yesterday
@keeneland
. Definitely more in attendance than on Bluegrass Stakes Day last weekend. A lot of college-age adults, too...really good to see as well as families. Glad all the horses had a safe trip!!
@LakotaMan1
2/2 The area outside the visitor center w a tribute to peace between the parties was incredible. The Indigenous comm. has every reason to despise even modern American society. We can't even give Navajo Code Talkers a proper place in a museum. It's in a McD's in Kayenta, AZ.
Off to
@GulfstreamPark
for first time ever! Starting to handicap for tomorrow while we wait to depart. Hope to have this card handicapped by the time there's a plane change in Charlotte.
#ImGoingToBurn
@RecruitBoss
@RGIII
@tkelce
@taylorswift13
Umm didn't they originally make a fuss about Carrie Underwood and Tony Romo?
And y'all forget about Kurt Warner's wife, Brenda. Her face was everywhere, puh-lease.
Hot damn, can you believe it?! I'm at ANOTHER track by myself. The HORROR!! *clutch pearls tightly* (sarcasm)
Already a crowd at
@HSIndyRacing
for the
#SolarEclipse2024
. Gorgeous sky for Opening Day! Love new tote board, awning, live music, & familar faces.
#7
for the Win!
🤣 I find it fascinating that some people on here think I'm weird for traveling to places that bring me joy like the racetrack by myself. Yet it isn't weird for men to go to the track alone. 🤔 And they feel the need to talk shit abt me like a bunch of middle schoolers. 1/2
And, yes, contrary to what the trolls said, I had no problem introducing myself to
@RepoleStable
& mtg.
@dbrixx24
to say we believe in the same things and just want to see some action after all the talking that's over abundantly taken place on HR issues over the yrs on HRT.🧵 1/2
Opening Day at
@keeneland
!! It's great to be back at one of my favorite tracks. Though the paddock looks weird without the other entrance.
Since my horse scratched in R1, I'm going with a 2-9/11 Double!
Thank you,
@AnnouncerPete
for inviting me to check out the racecaller's viewpoint! I've never been into a booth before! Fantastic to finally meet you & learn some of your story, including your WHY. Love the UofAZ connection
#BearDown
! Small 🧵 of photos.
@GulfstreamPark
Opening Day is Monday, April 8th 🌞 🌖 Join us for the Eclipse, live racing, live music, fun promotions, giveaways, food trucks & much more! First Post 12pm
@RacingRachelM
@GIANTfmsports
@WTHRcom
Isn't there a group of women in racing who handicap, drink cocktails and travel to racetracks together to split costs of Airbnb/hotel rooms?
If not, there should be. Kinda like the Red Hat Society, we could have a fun name. The Longshotty Hotties... I'll work on it. 😂
Though she didn't win, super fun experience to be in the
@keeneland
paddock to cheer on
#11
Elm Drive. She ran a great race, but was just unsure about the turf. Thank you
@lrfracing
!
@MelissaAnne_78
@dyllyp
Stud colts without racing are very dangerous. When you add all that adrenaline on the biggest scene that colt has ever been exposed to, he was wound up and feeling feisty. He grabbed the pony horse's reins which could cause a bad accident. The rider had to do what he did to get
@paulickreport
How are these vets still employed? If a horse has someone wrong with his spine, did they have absolutely no moral and ethical compass to say, "Yeah, my professionally opinion is this horse can no longer breed and should be retired. You don't like that answer? Well, then bye."
I really wish Horse Racing Twitter would move to a better social media platform. The bots and trolls are completely out of control. Notice why some of your posts have random likes? Click on the likes. Notice they're spammers for call girls. Start reporting and blocking them.
@Simone_Biles
Can we get stores to use the same measurements for every size across the board? Annoying to be one size at one store and a different size at the next.
Annually, people descend upon Twitter land to bitch about the long wait times between races on these big stakes days. And annually I remind them to get off the couch, visit the track, & you'll see why long wait times are necessary. Good lord. Pound a beer or two in-between.
Ready for
@GulfstreamPark
today! Sunny and breezy. What a beautiful track!
Here is Outfit
#1
for this
#LongshotHotties
.
Really love
#2
Musthavebeenlove and
#7
Mas Vino in R1. Let's hope I drink Mas Vino later to celebrate some bombs!
@BaddeB1tch
@RavMABAY
Considering one's beliefs doesn't exactly support non-binary people...it is necessary to the narrative. Two different people with opposite beliefs, culture, sexuality can actually help each other and be kind despite all the despites.
@RepoleStable
Since everyone has said the horse things at the track...
At the track: On-site wellness facilities for the Jockeys and backstretch employers..free or low cost mental health services, fitness centers, etc. childcare, too!
Breeding/sales: stop breezing 2 yos at sales.
It was twilight for a moment here
@HSIndyRacing
. Gotta day, very awesome Eclipse Party
@EricHalstrom
@RacingRachelM
@HSIndyTammy
and crew have put together!
My phone makes it look brighter than it was. You can see either Venus or Mars in 4th photo. To see night during day❤️
@NBCNews
The amount of people on here upset about the hearing impaired wanting to see the ASL interpreters that CBS hired AND introduced to everyone then never showed them is quite interesting.
Plz watch a game all in Closed-Captioning and see how you like it. CC isn't always accurate.
So Swifty, a complete degenerate and entangled in a lawsuit with Bob Baffert, gets handed a ticket to the Belmont at Saratoga from a millionaire, meanwhile, I can't even hit an exacta at Hawthorne today. Wtf.
@UnionProudWar
If anyone has ever toured a coal mine in West Virginia, KY, PA or the like, you'd realize real quick the need for Unions and, quite frankly, should be thanking them.
I just want to give recognition to all of the photographers yesterday and at Kentucky Oaks. Y'all came out to slay at the
#150thKentuckyDerby
. I've seen so many phenomenal images in the last 48 hrs on different platforms. You've worked so hard!! Not enough space to tag everyone!
I still cant get over how epic the finish of the Kentucky Derby was. I didn't have a bet. I gamble with my camera placement and focus. While I wanted Forever Young to win, I couldn't be happier to have made this remote image.
What did you think of the race?
#フォーエバーヤング
Yesterday, I played in
@Xpressbet
's $40 Keeneland Feeder. It's been awhile since I placed in the top 5 in a feeder contest.
Won a $300 entry into the KY Derby Challenge Qualifier on one bet. $81.44 in R4
#8
w
@luanmachado85
. Qualifiers are hard for me🤞 I can get in Top 5.
So excited to be at
@OaklawnRacing
for the first time!
#DawnAtOaklawn
is great so far. Looking forward to the barn time. I never get tired of hearing these sounds in the morning. Going to be a fantastic day!!
It's always okay to splurge on the waffle bar. You add those sprinkles, chocolate syrup, and 'mallows because your body won't handle it later.
#Gradvice
#TheTimeIsNow
#WafflesNFriends
@carry_er
@JoJoFromJerz
Yeah, what's your point? She still needed a DNC bc the fetus would not have made it to full term therefore, most definitely would've jeopardized her health. Do not procedure to argue about this with me. I had a close relative go through the exact same thing.
@barstoolsports
It's nice to see so many non-horse people on here giving opinions about a horse grabbing the pony horse's reins and also trying to bite the outrider and his horse when they've likely never even sat on a horse. You ever get bit by a horse? I can tell ya, it hurts real bad.
@skobos
@jimmyfallon
Didn't he just say he would support the strike? You do know when you strike you don't get paid? My dad was a Teamster and my family went through two strikes. That's the name of the game. To expect the company continue to pay your salary during the strike is ridiculous.
It's been a weird day. When I posted last week that I've generally met NICE ppl in
#HorseRacing
until last Sat., I mean it. My new hat order arrived from Radomsko, Poland. I opened the box to find my hat lady, Katarzyna at
@ZuwikaDesign
, threw in this freebie. It made me 😭
Our country has some truly unique, majestic places. Conservation is one of my core values in life. The National Park System was created by a President who saw the error of his ways. Everyone is capable of growth. I will most definitely be back for longer
@BadlandsNPS
.
@SaratogaHandic1
Now now, I will say MyRacehorse has a phenomenal app that teaches people about horse ownership. Not how I want to own a horse, if it engages people to learn some insights about what it takes to own a racehorse and engages them in the industry, I'm here for it.
Let's go
@OaklawnRacing
!! Already entered for the Derby Hat contest at 3pm. Gotta do
@ZuwikaDesign
right! Haven't hit yet at Oaklawn but started the day hitting the $62 exacta in the first race at
@GulfstreamPark
. Got my doubles rolling there.
#ArkansasDerby
@SashaWe15747849
@ponyace
No one cares. Bob Baffert's training has nothing to do with Jena Antonucci's win. Way to take the spotlight of her and focus it on a overrated white male.
@andrewmcb
I'm not a fan of Tumi's leadership style. She came @ Natalya right away, got frustrated w Lily for not doing the job right (when she didn't properly train her, basically set her up to fail), & many other things. I wish she'd taken more accountability for her part in the drama.
If I'm able to get a ticket to the Derby, I'm gonna need to find someone to split hotel costs with 🤣 I've been searching since last summer. These prices make me want to just stay at home and catch the races at
@HSIndyRacing
despite the FOMO I'll have. Even campgrounds are full.
Jockey Gerardo Corrales suffers possible compression fracture to upper back in Friday spill at
@keenelandracing
, will get another MRI on Monday.
📸
@EclipseSports
It was fabulous to have a genuine conversation with
@jockeychantal
. Super lovely to meet you! I hope our paths cross again sometime. Loved hearing the story about Game on Dude in the '13 BC Classic.
...most definitely connecting briefly on important womens' rights issues...1/2🧵
@Some__G
@TwiceIrish
@NBCNews
I like how the hearing abled is trying to tell a deaf person about the tools he can use as if he doesn't already know. Suddenly, he knows about accessibility tools while complaining about someone being upset over said tools that weren't use.
I have walked nearly 10,000 steps each time I went to Gulfstream, Oaklawn, and Keeneland the last few wks, mostly in heels.
But two-stepping and line dancing
@HSIndyRacing
in my "dancin' boots" have killed my feet. Officially time to get heels replaced for 3rd time on these.
@WessieHale
@MelissaAnne_78
@dyllyp
Glad you get it, too!! I've lost count how many times I have had to give the "now you listen here!" talk to them 🤣"you will not bite me!" The video on YouTube has audio from Greg Blasi. He was talking to the horse 1st & really trying, when it caused his to rear. He said nope!
It is sad they don't have the courage to travel places by themselves. I know not everyone can do that. But I don't let fear or insecurities stop me from living life. I hope one day they find work on their inner child so they can live a more happy and fulfilling life. 2/2
"“We, as the inheritors of Secretariat’s proud legacy of unrivaled excellence, urge anyone who wants to discuss him on a public platform to do their homework first.”
@JasonKelce
@freemarketrules
@MikeSington
@thechicks
have actually done pretty well for themselves since 20 yrs ago when they were "cancelled" for saying way less worse things than ppl say today. Sold out concerts, winning awards, duet with Beyonce🤷🏼♀️
@stltoday
Planned Parenthood offers a variety of free and/or reasonable services to women including mammograms, wellness exams, STD testing, birth control consultations and more. I don't even recognize the state I was born and raised in anymore.
Usually the ppl in horse racing I meet are nice. However, I don't know if it is an asst. trainer w Sug or who this dude was but I was asking this nice lady where Riley Mott's barn is, outside Cugino's stall. Tells me to be quiet and not take pics of the horse. Bc that matters...
If you leave your dog in the car at Menards (or anywhere) with the windows up and car not running, I will call the cops on you, especially when the dog is barking and panting. No idea how long the dog was like that but it's 85° and humid. I ain't playin'. Ppl were paged twice.
Christmas Day was filled with sentimental gifts, including 3 brooches from my Great-Grandma that my mom and my Great-Aunt gathered for me. My Great-Grandma was born in 1907. I can't wait to wear them to the races...no pic I was crying in it 😂
...& laughter, music & libations!
Just going to put this out there, you know who else has enlarged hearts. People who take copious amounts of steroids. I’ll admit I don’t know whether Secretariat was on steroids or not, it’s impossible to know, because in 1973 when Secretariat won the triple crown there was not
While I didn't make it to
@ChurchillDowns
today, I'm hanging out at
@HSIndyRacing
.
My Derby picks:
1st Choice:
#10
TO Password
2nd Choice:
#4
Catching Freedom
Longshot Underdog:
#13
West Saratoga
#1
Dornoch to round out the super.
Fascinator:
@ZuwikaDesign
Brooch: Great-Gma