The Silver Fern

You don’t see this every day.

i just returned from a week in the remote wilderness, untethered to ‘news,’ only to be a little bit dismayed and a whole lot disappointed to discover he wasn’t shitcanned five days ago. Wtf?

@Tim said in All Blacks vs Ireland - series decider:

That's 2 wins from our last 7 games against tier 1 opposition.

Coaches have to go now.

It shouldn’t even be a debate.

So, after risking and digging their heels in for the tournement getting downgraded to an exhibition friendly and stripped of Tour points, the womens title was won and awarded to a Rooskie. Because optics, or something.

Three in three days. These poor young women. Praying for all of them.

“A third jockey has been taken to hospital in the space of three days, with Juana Andreou suffering a serious head injury in an accident at Flemington on Monday.

Andreou, who last rode at Kyneton on May 9, was clipping a horse when it lashed out and kicked her in the head.

Late on Tuesday Racing Victoria issued a statement on twitter reporting the young jockey remained in an induced coma with support being afforded to her husband, family and stable staff.

Victorian Jockeys Association CEO Matt Hyland said Andreou is in a critical condition.”

https://www.racenet.com.au/news/juana-andreou-suffers-head-injury-in-shocking-week-for-racing-participants-20220705

Another shocking fall into unconsciousness for a NSW apprentice jockey within 24 hours of Leah Kilner being induced into a coma, Elissa Meredith was airlifted to emergency and the Gunnedah race meet cancelled. Two days in a row I’ve watched this. Racing is a dangerous sport. Pray for these young ladies.

https://www.racenet.com.au/news/second-apprentice-hospitalised-in-24-hours-after-elissa-meredith-falls-at-gunnedah-20220704

Prayers up for apprentice jockey Leah Kilner, she’s in a coma. She went down hard in the home straight during an early/midcard race at Grafton about 9 hours ago. I was watching the race live, her horse was back at rear and not affected by any other horse, but tripped itself and went down, throwing her hard face-first into the turf. It looked rough enough, not unusual, but this was worse than it looks. She went straight into a coma, the rest of the racecard was cancelled, she was airlifted to emergency and is right now on life support. Stomach-churning.

🙏

https://www.racenet.com.au/news/leah-kilner-flown-to-hospital-after-shocking-fall-at-grafton-sees-races-called-off-20220703

Grown men rolling around the ice making out. Oh yeah, and Lord Stanley!

He’s ready.

Played a late 20-cent quaddie at Canberra, by golly, my final leg 15-1 shot just hit. This could be nice. … $3.8k. i needed that one. boy, did i need that one.

This overtime game-winner has a life of it’s own, from nobody in the arena except one player knowing the game was over, to a two-game swing, to too many Avs on the ice when they scored. People are wound up. Roll the Zapruder film…

Over-Time winner sees Avs take a 3-1 series lead. Kadri scores the game-winner but everybody loses sight of the puck (everybody is looking on the ice and under the goalie, but puck is stuck in top of the net, in clear view!) and for several seconds nobody in the arena — not even the goal-scorer — realizes the game is over.

@voodoo

i singled him in the first leg of a 20-cent pick 3. bjorn is an excellent trainer, i was going to play him regardless, but these 2yo races with so many first-timers on a heavy track, it’s a crap shoot.

“That was my best friend Kyle.” “We had him in a little baggie.”

Highlights include a good ol’ fashioned fistfight at the 7-min mark.

@broughie said in National Hockey League:

@Kid-Chocolate Didn’t see the game but I heard it was 7 0 at the end of the second. Colorado has this series wrapped up.

I thought after Game 1 that it would be Avs in 5 games. But they return to Tampa; they are resilient and have been counted for dead several times the past three years; and they are two-time defending champs. So if there’s a pulse, they’re still alive.

Game 2 annhilation. Champs are on the ropes.

Waller and JMac will try to close out Royal Ascot in about 12 hours with Home Affairs in the Platinum Jubilee. They are 1/1 at the meet so far. If they double-up that would be some feat. I rate him a good chance. Aus sprinters are a cut above, so I’ll box quinella him with Artorius and maybe Wesley Ward’s Campanelle who still has Irad Ortiz listed as rider but he just copped a 5-day suspension in a horror week for him, so not sure if that’s under appeal, if he rides he stands a good chance for a place, but I’m going for the Aussies/Kiwis.

@Duluth said in The recent troll account:

(a mental patient who is obsessed with TSF)

who, me?