" Do you give the horse its might?
Do you clothe its neck with mane?
Do you make it leap like a locust?
Its majestic snorting is terrible,
It paws violently and exults mightily,
It goes out to meet the weapons,
It laughs at fear and is not dismayed,
It does not turn back from the sword,
the flashing spear and the javelin
With fierceness and rage it swallows the ground
When the trumpet sounds it says "Aha!"
From a distance it smells the battle,
the thunder of the captains and the shouting..."

.. or why the Bible, bourbon and the Racing Form shouldn't be kept on the same desk. I think its Psalm 38, but there must be a lot of people out there with a better biblical background than me who can tell where that passage is from.

Bobphilo, "bringing positive attention to the sport" should not be an Eclipse criteria, or as the erstwhile Classhandicapper might say, these good vibes should not be "baked into" the Eclipse decision making process.

As to Dutrow's ways and means, he was given St Liam with one mandate: Win the Breeder's Cup. Mission accomplished. Unfortunately not all of our trainers can be likeable in a grandfatherly way (like Charlie Whittingham) or likeable in a mischevious way (Woody Stephens) or urbane and polished (like the Whiteleys).

Its about the horses.




Edited 2 time(s). Last edit at 01/06/2006 09:54PM by richiebee.