It was more fun than US laws allow. That's why we sail the big ships!

MrTractor
"Ebbtide" wrote in message
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That sounds like my kind of cruise!! Lots of fun.



"mrtractor" wrote in message
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We just returned from the Radiance and we put together an "ownership
group"
to purchase a horse. We bid and won. On the advice of one of our group,
a
real gambler, we took # 4, apparently her lucky number. We trained it
all
week, carried it around with us everywhere, got her picture taken with
the
captain and fed it a steady diet of pizza and Budweiser. Our jockey,
Kimmie,
showed up in a bikini with a coconut shell top and a feathered Mardi
Gras
mask. Very distracting for the other jockeys! (All part of our
strategy).

We even foiled a horsenapping plot!

Anyway, our horse won! It was a double overtime, come from behind, down
to
the wire, PHOTO FINISH! I'm not making any of this up. We won a bundle
and
had a ball doing it. There is a picture of our "Winners Circle" on
www.webshots.com search for user mrtractor1.

This was our first experience getting involved in this since our first
cruise in 1990. I've seen it on most of the ships but haven't bothered
doing
it. Besides being an old cruising tradition, it can be great fun! I am
writing a story about this and will try to get it in one of the paper
mags
this coming year. Stay tuned.

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!

MrTractor

"Gregory C. Read" wrote in message
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They had it on the Grand Princess in October.

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"Ebbtide" wrote in message
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Do they still do that on some cruises? I haven't seen it !!!