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Present: Wild About Annie (video)
September 19, 2009 The new
Mojo Filly continued her lessons at Legacy Ranch this morning and we
produced a
short video (and a few pics too!) to document her training activity. Wild About
Annie is “filling out” nicely, and she’s proving to
be a very good
student! Today, she learned how to
accept a saddle, weight on her back, and a bit in her mouth. To watch the Mojo Video, please click: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pO15CS_Tre4
To see more pics of WAA, go to the Mojo Facebook site: http://www.facebook.com/go2mojo Wild About Annie's First Lessons Pics! September 11, 2009 Mojo Filly,
Wild About Annie, was taught her first lessons in good horse behavior
on
Friday. She was schooled to stand
patiently with a lead; accept and get comfortable with a basic girth
(the strap
around her belly); and was galloped around the round pin (without a
rider)—she
really liked that! In the
coming days, Annie will be introduced to a saddle, rider, and basic
directional
lead instructions (with a rider up). As you can
see from the pics below, she’s a striking Filly that enjoys all
of the attention—Annie’s
smiling in the last pic because she knows she did a good job today!
As we
expected, Annie’s coat is also changing colors—to a really
cool gun-metal grey! To see more
pics of WAA, go to the Mojo Facebook site: http://www.facebook.com/go2mojo I’ve posted some additional pics of
Annie “in
action” for you to enjoy and comment on! Mojo Trainer Wins Stakes Race! September 7, 2009 Mojo
Trainer, John Good, won the $150,000 Debartolo Memorial Handicap at Tizfiz came
from off the pace; swung three wide going into the turn; and drew clear
by two
impressive lengths at a mile and 1/8th over the turf. *Last month, John and Tizfiz won the West Virginia
Senate President's Stakes at Horse Racing On Capital Hill September 5, 2009 The Congressional Summer recess ends this weekend. When the legislators from the House and Senate return to Horse
Welfare The House
and Senate have bills (H.R.503 and S.727) titled “The Prevention
of Equine
Cruelty Act of 2009” sitting in their respective Judiciary
Committees that
criminalize specific activities under interstate and foreign commerce
laws related
to horses and slaughter. Additionally,
the House and Senate have passed appropriation bills to provide funding
for the
U.S. Department of Agriculture oversight on horse slaughter, and funds
studies
to conduct the impact on horse welfare. Taxation on
Wagering In the
House, a bill known as PACE (a.k.a. the Pari-Mutuel Conformity and
Equality Act
of 2009 H.R. 2140) was introduced to increase the limit on which a
person is
taxed on wagers won at the racetrack. If
passed, the Internal Revenue Code for taxable amounts will start a
winnings
over $5,000 (currently the amount is set at $1,000). Regulation
on Internet Gaming In the
Senate, a series of bills have been introduced to regulate Internet
gaming. Many of the bills put forth
present a negative and/or potentially harmful impact on the horse
racing
industry’s ability to conduct Internet pari-mutuel wagering. One bill in particular (S.1597) clarifies the
intent and protects the horse racing industry from reforms that was
stymie the
public from participating in online wagering. S.1597
exempts online pari-mutuel wagering on horse racing
as authorized
under the Interstate Horseracing Act (IHA), and also amends the tax
code to
eliminate the automatic 25% federal withholding on pari-mutuel winnings
of
$5,000 or more and raises the reportable amount from $600 at odds of
300-1 to
$1,200 at odds of 300-1. Healthcare
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