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It's almost time for the 2nd jewel of the Triple Crown.

Who's it gonna be?

Jockey Calvin Borel rode both Rachel Alexandra in the Kentucky Oaks the day before the Derby and then the next day rode the 50-1 horse from New Mexico, Mine that Bird to victory in the Kentucky Derby.

Both horses are racing today in the Preakness, even though Philly's don't typically race in the Triple Crowns. These races are typically raced by Stallions. Only 4 Philly's have ever raced the Preakness in over 70 years. A Philly has not won the race since 1924. Rachel, the Super Philly is looking to rewrite history today.

Rachel Alexandra is 2:1 odds (16.2 hands, 1,100 lbs). Jockey Calvin Borel is choosing to ride the Philly over the Derby winner.

Mine that Bird is a 6:1 odds. (15.1 hands, 1,000 lbs). The jockey riding Bird just met him this morning.

Let's get it on....
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salsadancer7
This is amazing!! Can you believe that MINE THAT BIRD does NOT have a jockey for the Belmonte??!!

Smith takes off Mine That Bird

Updated: May 18, 2009, 5:06 PM ET
By Jay Privman - Daily Racing Form

Mike Smith, who rode Mine That Bird to a second-place finish in the Preakness Stakes on Saturday, will not ride him in the June 6 Belmont Stakes, choosing instead to ride Madeo in the Grade 1 Whittingham Stakes at Hollywood Park that day.

Brad Pegram, Smith's agent, informed Chip Woolley, the trainer of Mine That Bird, on Monday morning. The decision opens the possibility that Calvin Borel, who rode Mine That Bird to a victory in the Kentucky Derby before opting to ride the filly Rachel Alexandra in the Preakness, can get back on Mine That Bird for the Belmont, if Rachel Alexandra does not run. As of Monday she was only considered possible for the Belmont.

"We made this commitment to Madeo before the Preakness, before the filly was sold and Calvin took off Mine That Bird to ride the filly and we got a chance to ride Mine That Bird in the Preakness," Pegram said Monday.

[ame="http://sports.espn.go.com/sports/horse/triplecrown09/news/story?id=4175615"]Mike Smith takes off Mine That Bird for Belmont Stakes - ESPN[/ame]
skysurfer
This is amazing!! Can you believe that MINE THAT BIRD does NOT have a jockey for the Belmonte??!!

I wish I was light and small so I could ride the homestate horse in the Belmont.

I just can't believe Rachel Alexandra may not race in the Belmont. the sports report I just saw on TV reported that her owners said she has nothing left to prove.

Let's see, she barely won the shortest of the 3 triple crown races. I bet in the mile and a half belmont, she'd get her ass kicked badly.

I think Rachel Alexandra's owners are smart in knowing she can't be competitive over that much longer length.
HD MM
I wish I was light and small so I could ride the homestate horse in the Belmont.

I just can't believe Rachel Alexandra may not race in the Belmont. the sports report I just saw on TV reported that her owners said she has nothing left to prove.

Let's see, she barely won the shortest of the 3 triple crown races. I bet in the mile and a half belmont, she'd get her ass kicked badly.

I think Rachel Alexandra's owners are smart in knowing she can't be competitive over that much longer length.

Let's not discount the strain that a long, grueling race such as the Belmont can put on a horse, especially a Filly such as Rachel Alexandra.

We don't need another Eight Belles incident. :(
SabresRule
Let's not discount the strain that a long, grueling race such as the Belmont can put on a horse, especially a Filly such as Rachel Alexandra.

We don't need another Eight Belles incident. :(

Amen.

It's not like a Triple Crown is at stake.
salsadancer7
Amen.

It's not like a Triple Crown is at stake.

I am sort of "iffy" on whether she should run or IF she has anything to prove. IF she does not tun...and MINE THAT BIRD wins....it looks like her win was a fluke because she won the shortest of the 3 Triple Crown races...especially with the late charge of MTB and the fact that he needed a new jockey that had never ridden him before.

...so yeah, I guess to me..and to some, the victory in the Preakness could be considered a fluke.
mccoyrj
I Rachel doesn't run, I wonder if Borel will ride Mine That Bird?
salsadancer7
I Rachel doesn't run, I wonder if Borel will ride Mine That Bird?

Good point....I guess it would be impossible to "say no to that ride"....as if Megan Fox asking for a date....you could not say no....LOL!
mccoyrj
Good point....I guess it would be impossible to "say no to that ride"....as if Megan Fox asking for a date....you could not say no....LOL!
Megan Fox might be able to "transform" me from a loyal husband to a two timin' ahole. :D
HD MM
I am sort of "iffy" on whether she should run or IF she has anything to prove. IF she does not tun...and MINE THAT BIRD wins....it looks like her win was a fluke because she won the shortest of the 3 Triple Crown races...especially with the late charge of MTB and the fact that he needed a new jockey that had never ridden him before.

...so yeah, I guess to me..and to some, the victory in the Preakness could be considered a fluke.

Are you discounting the significance of wining the Kentucky Oaks?!
salsadancer7
Megan Fox might be able to "transform" me from a loyal husband to a two timin' ahole. :D

HEY!! I saw her 1st..! LMAO!!!:up:up
Ramy
What would be funny is if the jokey rides a third horse and wins the Jokey Triple Crown. :D
Paul Wozniak
It was my understanding that the owners of Mine That Bird, were giving Borel till yesterday to decide whether he would jockey their horse. Borel was waiting on a decision from the filly's owner's, on whether they would run in the Belmont.
meStevo
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Schedule drops tomorrow. Mandatory mini camps in June. Hall of Fame game August 6th.
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Jalen Hurts out indefinitely as they treat and monitor a superficial blood clot in his leg.


View: https://x.com/RapSheet/status/2111074303185989663?s=20
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Browns lead the AFC North 🤣

Seth Meyers What GIF by Late Night with Seth Meyers
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I guess even the patience of us laid-back Hoosiers has its limits:
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I guess even the patience of us laid-back Hoosiers has its limits:
Be nice to see a Cowboy headline like that.
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dfergie
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Last reply · posted in TV Shows
Stargate SG-1 cancelled, Atlantis renewed
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Monday - August 21, 2006 | by Darren Sumner
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The future of Stargate is in question today, as SCI FI Channel has cancelled the long-running Stargate SG-1, Multichannel News reported today and a GateWorld source has confirmed. The news regrettably follows the airing of the show's milestone two-hundredth episode on Friday.

Stargate Atlantis, meanwhile, has been renewed for a fourth season, with the network hoping to see that the spin-off series can stand alone, according to a source.
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I have gotten back into watching SG-1 and I have recorded most of the episodes to binge watch. What episodes are about the Antarctic or was this a movie? Also where could I watch the SG-1 movies?
osu1991
long_time_Dish
I have gotten back into watching SG-1 and I have recorded most of the episodes to binge watch. What episodes are about the Antarctic or was this a movie? Also where could I watch the SG-1 movies?
Well, there are a couple involving the Antarctic. "Solitudes", S1 E17 (one of my favorites), Then, "Lost City', S7 E21 and E22. Then, in the SGA pilot, "Rising", S1 E1 and E2, it starts out in the Antarctic for about the first 20 minutes or so.
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Well, there are a couple involving the Antarctic. "Solitudes", S1 E17 (one of my favorites), Then, "Lost City', S7 E21 and E22. Then, in the SGA pilot, "Rising", S1 E1 and E2, it starts out in the Antarctic for about the first 20 minutes or so.
Which one has O'Neil being Ancients? I am at the end of Season 8 now.
long_time_Dish
Which one has O'Neil being Ancients? I am at the end of Season 8 now.
If I understand your question, O'Neill had the Ancient's knowledge in the "Lost City" two-part episode. That was when Anubis attacked Earth and there was a big battle over Antarctica.
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Sometimes a thread gets so many posts in it that is can cause issues for the server so that why today we introduce The Song Name Game Part 3!

So let the game continue!

The last song was added by Bobby who posted...

One Meat Ball - Andrews Sisters

CONTINUE ON AND HAVE FUN! WELCOME HOME TO SATELLITEGUYS.US!

Here are the original rules for the game as posted by WebbyDude back in 2006. http://www.satelliteguys.us/threads/68645-Song-Name-Game

Just name a song title and the band who performed it. The next person does the same thing, but needs to list a song title or band name which includes a word from the previous entry. Pick songs from any genre.

Example:

Long Live Rock and Roll -- Rainbow

Rainbow in the Dark -- Dio

Another example:

Ride the Lightning -- Metallica

Lightning Strikes -- Ozzy Osbourne


Get it?


An additional note: we all know that song titles, sometimes, use profane words. Because this is a family friendly website it is advised that you clean up that title up a bit. This is accomplished by using something like sh!t instead of the real word. Thanks....
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Blinded By The Light - Manfred Mann's Earth Band
Bobby
I Saw The Light - Todd Rundgren
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Little Bit Of Light - Strange Weather
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A Little Bit of Soap -- The Jarmels
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Give A Little Bit - Supertramp
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Ramy
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Really excited for this season with Kentucky having a new coach and some really exciting recruits. Probably won't last long, but here's hoping this season is great.
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Foxbat
Best fan sign I saw during the ND-BYU game: "Bear ate your Lucky Charms!" (Bear being the Cougars' QB). I was going to suggest, "Have you or your team been involved in a Carr crash?"
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They get cruel sometimes, very very cruel.😈. Hated to see my dawgs go down but I still say being ranked #1 is a hex on you!
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Jimbo
They get cruel sometimes, very very cruel.😈. Hated to see my dawgs go down but I still say being ranked #1 is a hex on you!
Yup, I agree, I'd rather be 2 or 3 till the last few weeks.
Peter Parker
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Last reply · posted in DISH Network Support Forum
No idea what improvements might be involved.
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bookworm370
Has anyone noticed an FF stutter with 713? I used to be able to hit FF a few times and skip smoothly. After 713 (maybe 712), when I skip forward, there is a definite stutter for as many times as I have pressed FF.

Can anyone check on this and report back? Recorded programs and then press skip forward a few times to see if it's smooth? Normally, it just jumps to the right place after the skips.
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I'm getting fabulous picture on Ch. 148 4k, but zero audio with H713. This is with a recorded show (Notre Dame game). Anyone else have this? Audio is fine on every other channel.
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Has anyone noticed an FF stutter with 713? I used to be able to hit FF a few times and skip smoothly. After 713 (maybe 712), when I skip forward, there is a definite stutter for as many times as I have pressed FF.

Can anyone check on this and report back? Recorded programs and then press skip forward a few times to see if it's smooth? Normally, it just jumps to the right place after the skips.
My wife mentioned that her remote is acting strange this morning. She hit FF and it went to 15x FF.
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Foxbat
Wife bought me a t-shirt that has "have you tried turning it off and on again?"
Here's the one I need:
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dishstaller
Here's the one I need:
Just ordered one....that's great.
jsmit86
I'm getting fabulous picture on Ch. 148 4k, but zero audio with H713. This is with a recorded show (Notre Dame game). Anyone else have this? Audio is fine on every other channel.
It's a known issue.
For a temporary fix, go into the menu, Audio, and turn Dolby Audio "OFF". You will have PCM stereo audio.

I was able to give the tech ops team some data logs so they could diagnose the problem, and they rolled me back to H708 temporarily. It fixed that issue.

They let me know that they understand what caused the issue, and it will be fixed within a few weeks in a new update.
long_time_Dish
They let me know that they understand what caused the issue, and it will be fixed within a few weeks in a new update.
Oh, you mean "soon"? :biggrin
Almighty1
It's a known issue.
For a temporary fix, go into the menu, Audio, and turn Dolby Audio "OFF". You will have PCM stereo audio.

I was able to give the tech ops team some data logs so they could diagnose the problem, and they rolled me back to H708 temporarily. It fixed that issue.

They let me know that they understand what caused the issue, and it will be fixed within a few weeks in a new update.
I guess they will be busy when lots of people start asking for rollbacks to H708 now that you mention that downgrades of software does exist because it will likely fix the OTA Single Tuner and the IR Remote problems in H710-H713.
navychop
it will likely fix the OTA Single Tuner

:popcorn
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SuperDish_Fan23
Last reply · posted in DISH Network Support Forum
Why are ViP922s So rare? like its crazy how ebay has none, i checked everywhere, also, i got a ViP222k now, which is actually activated!
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HipKat
I think they were more of a transitional receiver bridging the VIPs to the Hopper. They were a PITA to install and were buggy. Personally, I thought at the time that they were the best receiver out there. The versatility of the VIP's with the new Hopper GUI and, by far, the coolest-looking front plate and lighting.
AZ.
AZ.
Well if it is because of reliability that wouldnt shock me.I went through 5 or 6 of them in little over 2 years. I loved the Sling when it worked! Saved lots of money having it in the day. That was probably 15 or 16 years ago?
T
I think they were more of a transitional receiver bridging the VIPs to the Hopper. They were a PITA to install and were buggy. Personally, I thought at the time that they were the best receiver out there. The versatility of the VIP's with the new Hopper GUI and, by far, the coolest-looking front plate and lighting.
I don't recall that they came out just before hopper, but rather that they came out even before 722. Or could be thinking of 921.

As to the title pf the post, "rare" does not necessarily mean valuable or desirable.
Nominal
I don't recall that they came out just before hopper, but rather that they came out even before 722. Or could be thinking of 921.

As to the title pf the post, "rare" does not necessarily mean valuable or desirable.
You are thinking of the 921. The 922 was the first DVR with Sling functionality built in (that was eventually disabled along with the Sling Adapter for the 722s and the 1st Hopper because they relied on now-defunct Adobe Flash technology). With the bugginess described by others and the removal of its marquee feature (Sling) the 922 faded into obscurity once the Hopper 2 with built in Sling was released and they finally made the concept into a fully functional product.
dishdude
I had one, the front panel lighting was cool, the menus were fresh and a lot more modern looking than the ViPs. However, it was very buggy and the Sling functionality just didn't work well - I think it was due to internet speeds at the time. I think I had to pay $40 for the Sling app on my phone iirc.
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dfergie
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Last reply · posted in What's Cooking?
We have a Breakfast and Dinner thread so... :)
Continuing from the Breakfast thread, found Cornbread mix so ...
Yellow Cornbread Mix
2 Hatch Green Chiles -diced
1 Egg
2/3 cup of milk
add to greased pan
Bake for 400f 20-25 minutes(From instructions)
now to put together and try... this to go with pinto beans...
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TRG
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Two Chicago style hot dogs and a Fanta orange soda.
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Little mini pepperoni pizza, green beans, apples and chocolate milk.
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Fanta orange soda.
Sitting in fridge cooling off, bought 1 along with 2 Mexican Cokes at La Tienda... (I keep a few cokes stashed as well as in fridge and camper fridge)
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Garlic cheese bread
Green beans
Apples
Chocolate Milk
Some weird noodles. ;)
(They have salad and a couple other fruits if wanted)
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TRG
Club sandwich and corn chowder. Iced tea.
dfergie
Chili dog bowl, water… (homemade chili)