Well, the jockey is embarrassed, Bodexpress clearly has an energetic takeoff out of the gate, and did his best to do his job for the day…<\/p>\n
The Derby was weird. The Preakness was weird. The weird goes on. <\/p>\n
I don’t watch horse racing. I will not watch a race until I am certain nobody got hurt. But when it goes well, it’s a joy to watch them run.<\/p>\n
Used to have a horse. Keeping on in the city, however, is difficult, and finding a safe place to ride, more so. When I had to sell him (to pay my cat’s vet bills) buyers had to audition—I refused two. Sold him to a gal he liked—he was showing off for her; and she had a place in the country, so it was much better for him.<\/p>\n
First off, I used to ride the big Percherons back from the field—I was three, so sitting astride one of the guy’s necks and getting a fistful of mane when we had to go down and up steep slopes from the creek—Dad leading, of course. After them, I rode old Bill—it was a big deal when I was trusted to saddle him and go off on my own into the south 40, which was mostly woods. If anything happened, Bill would come back; and my instructions were to stay on no matter what. Which I did. Bill did some strange things, but never threw me. He could teleport at the sound of a grasshopper, because our area had rattlesnakes, and Bill (the last Bill) hated snakes. There were actually three bay horses, all named Bill. You can see where Vanye’s Mai was right in the tradition.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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