Moose an early arrival at Spa
 

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y., June 15, 2009 -- Saratoga Race Course employees arrived at work Monday morning to find a cow moose wandering on the sidewalk outside track property, New York Racing Association officials said. After NYRA security worked in support of the Saratoga Springs police department to bring the moose to safety inside the gates to Saratoga Race Course, Environmental Conservation officials tranquilized the moose with the intention of delivering it unharmed back to its natural environment.

The moose was first spotted around 6 a.m. by Saratoga city police officers along Nelson Avenue. It eventually wandered onto Frank Sullivan Place strolling along the outside of the track fence. City police requested that NYRA security open the Lincoln Avenue entrance to the track to lure it inside in order to keep it out of harm’s way, as well as to ensure the safety of pedestrians and drivers, until workers from the Department of Environmental Conservation could arrive on the scene.

NYRA employees say while Saratoga Race Course is a 350-acre urban park, they do not recall ever before seeing a moose on the property.

So how much are the pulled moose sandwiches going to be?

It's unfortunate we won't get to hear Sumitas's take on this.

Smart Moose
 

At least when it knew he was lost, he/she went to the help desk.

:tro:

Where's his saddle blanket
 

looks like she can go a 1 1/4 no problem...lol i guess i should say her it's a cow

Has to be faster on dirt than Pioneerof the Nile.

I figured if it's a she, Sumitas is already running a nick report with her and Golden Missile

clockers caught her at 18 2/5 for the furlong, and she galloped out the quarter in 41 and change.

lol... i agree, i'm never gonna live that horse down,maybe he will win BC and vindicate me and JW, i love that guy.

.........you have talent man....

Steve : While your debarkation is a bit precocious, it only serves to whet my already fervid anticipatory earnestness for the pending equine contests.


Moose : ( sigh ).

:tro:

The Moose and I would have about the same handle on Byk's Vocab.

i hear ya him and BTW have a verbal nuaince and vocab so huge they can set you in your place and cuss you out without typing one profane word,i still
don't understand what BTW just said to Byk...lol

Perhaps the Moose will be the chief opposition for Discreet Treasure in this year's Whitney.

You have frggn moose in Saratoga in the summer?

What the hell...

I am guessing that only Steve may know the old Woody Allen routine " I Shot a Moose Once. "

I think it may end with the line " so I'm driving through Manhattan with two Jewish people tied to my front fender. " It's truly a classic. My favorite line is " the Moose and the Berkowitzs squared off in the living room. "

"After striking out at Clancy's, a dejected Heather returned to the park gates to await the arrival of Wednsday's Racing Form..."

Sometimes I do love the internet ...
 

The Moose - by Woody Allen, Stand Up Comedian

I shot a moose, once.

I was hunting up-state New York, and I shot a moose, and I strap him on to the fender of my car, and I'm driving home along the west side highway, but what I didn't realize was, that the bullet did not penetrate the moose.

It just creased the scalp, knocking him unconscious.

And I'm driving through the Holland tunnel - the moose woke up.

So I'm driving with a live moose on my fender. The moose is signaling for a turn, y'know. There's a law in New York state against driving with a conscious moose on your fender, tuesday, thursday and saturday.

And I'm very panicky, and then it hits me: some friends of mine is having a costume party. I'll go, I'll take the moose, I'll ditch him at the party. It wouldn't be my responsibillity.

So I drive up to the party and I knock on the door. The moose is next to me. My host comes to the door.

I say "Hello. You know the Solomons". We enter. The moose mingles. Did very well. Scored. Two guys were trying to sell him insurance for an hour and a half.

Twelve o'clock comes - they give out prizes for the best costume of the night. First price goes to the Burkowitz's, a married couple dressed as a moose. The moose comes in second. The moose is furious. He and the Burkowitz's lock antlers in the living room. They knock each other unconscious.

Now, I figured, is my chance. I grab the moose, strap him onto my fender, and shoot back to the roads, but - I got the Burkowitz's.

So I'm driving along with two jewish people on my fender, and there's a law in New York State ... tuesdays, thursdays and especially saturday.

The following morning the Burkowitz's wake up in the woods, in a moose suit. Mr. Burkowitz is shot, stuffed and mounted - at the New York Athletic Club, and the joke is on them, because it's restricted.

Snort ... choke .. soda in keyboard! Warn someone before you say something like that! :D

Damn I remember that.
I got in trouble in High School
for reading Woody Allen books during
yes indeed...
Biology.

Eh, all that "opinion" stuff, biology, not like physics, something real you can sink your teeth into!

But then came ... quantum mechanics .... :eek:

Probabilty on speed.
Absolutely bizarre stuff.

Woody Allen is much better.
Although more perverse as it ages.

I still dont get how there is a moose
in Saratoga in the summer. Is Saratoga
a suburb of Anchorage?

Great PR for the upcoming Saratoga meet!

Believe it or not, the NY Times has an article about NY moose in the paper today ... appears Heather is rather rare!

http://www.nytimes.com/1983/12/27/sc...tml?sec=health

OMG LOL :tro:

looks like she was posing for a conformation photo. hell, sumitas would say it was a product of rotten ky breeding and suggest she run at finger lakes. with those feet tho, she needs to try turf.

You got the December 27th, 1983 newspaper delivered today?

Rip Van Riot.

Heather will also stomp the crap out of any
handicapper if she has a calf around her.
They are not pleasant animals with young
present.

OK so its out of date. How many Saratoga folks
have seen a moose in their village?

That was before global warming started.

LOL - internet dial up ....

Sorry, looked at the masthead date, not the article date :rolleyes:

Heather is much better off than her "brother" that got splattered on I 684 this winter in Golden's Bridge (Westchester). He must of been tired of waiting for Belmont to open.

The cherry on top of the Thread of the Year.

Some of Pillow's finest work to date...





...all it is lacking is the ever-present Blockatiel.

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:)
:tro:

So is this a sign that Papoose la Moose is a must play for the Hollywood carryover?

that was actually a memorable day for me...

a propane fire destroyed several blocks of Buffalo.