A 60-year-old woman impregnated in the United States via in-vitro fertilization will become what is believed to be the oldest single mother in Japan to give birth from a donated egg, medical officials said Thursday.
By the time that baby grows up, there's a good chance the mother will be dead.
_____
Darren Mack's trial is being moved to Las Vegas.
_____
Stevie Wonderboy, champion 2-year-old male of 2005 and once owned by the late Merv Griffin, will stand at stud at Airdrie Stud near Midway, Kentucky.
The colt has the pedigree. He is Bold Ruler through and through on both his sire's line and his dam's. His sire, A.P. Indy*, now 18, is one of the top sires in the world and probably the most successful of Seattle Slew's progeny. He was Horse of the Year in 1992 and won the second-fastest Belmont Stakes in history at 2:26 (tied with Easy Goer). A.P. Indy's grandsire, the immortal Secretariat, owns the fastest Belmont, probably for all time. Stevie Wonderboy's grandsire on his dam's side, Summer Squall, won the 1990 Preakness and is a half-brother to A.P. Indy. Their dam is Weekend Surprise, a daughter of Secretariat. Seattle Slew was a great-grandson of Bold Ruler, and Secretariat was a son of Bold Ruler.
People talk as if the Bold Ruler line has died out. It hasn't at all, but it isn't as popular as it was in the 1960s and 1970s. The Raise a Native, Northern Dancer, and Mr. Prospector lines have been dominant in recent decades. But because his descendants so dominated thoroughbred racing during those two decades, especially in the classics, Bold Ruler has to be considered the greatest thoroughbred sire of all time.
Remember, too, that while Northern Dancer, Nijinsky II, and Mr. Prospector sired far more winners, they also lived far longer than Bold Ruler, who was only 17 when he was put down because of cancer in 1971. They also were bred to far more mares each year. Bold Ruler was bred to only 35 mares a year, for a total of only 356 foals, yet his percentage of winners was an incredible 23 percent. He was sire of the year eight times. That is what is called dominance.
_____
A few heartless people will say there was always something wrong in the head with Senator Domenici, but this time it's for real and his retirement has nothing to do with his involvement in the Justice Department scandals.
Here is an article about his health problem:
A progressive disease that can cause dysfunction in parts of the brain is the reason Sen. Pete Domenici's decided not to seek re-election, according to a draft of remarks prepared for delivery today.
The disease, frontotemporal lobar degeneration, is marked by deterioration of brain areas important for organization, decision-making and control of mood and behavior.
_____
A Los Angeles task force is combating animal cruelty.
_____
*--A.P. Indy is currently the number 2 leading sire in North America. He was number 1 last year. link
