''A CHANCE OF A LIFETIME IN A LIFETIME OF CHANCE'' ~ DERBY POEM

[RUFFIAN]

       


IF IT'S ONE THING I'VE LEARNED
OVER MANY RACING YEARS
IS TO GO WITH MY HEART
WHICH OFTEN BRINGS TEARS   

BUT THEN IN SOME YEARS
IT ALL WORKS OUT RIGHT
WHEN MY LONG-SHOT COMES THRU
AND MY HEART SINGS ALL NITE
                 :chickendance:

SILVER CHARM, CHARISMATIC
GIACOMO ~ MY SWEET GRAY
THUNDER GULCH & GRINDSTONE
    FOR ME THEY DID PAY!
          $$$   

SO FOR THOSE WHO PLAY CHALK
A WIN SOMETIMES IT BRINGS
BUT FOR ME IT'S A LONG-SHOT
THAT MAKES MY HEART SING!

THE WEATHER, THE NOISE
THESE 3 YEAR OLDS FACE
SO ANYTHING CAN HAPPEN
    IN A 20-HORSE RACE!
               

I'M TOTALLY AGAINST 20
      14 IT SHOULD BE
BUT 'TRADITION' TRUMPS SAFETY
THAT'S ALL THEY CAN SEE
                 

SO WIN, LOSE OR TIE
THE MAIN THING OF ALL
IS THAT 20 RUN SAFE
AND NOT ONE HORSE DOES FALL!   
                     

(C) 2017 ~ LADY CAT / RUFFIAN

[Raven]

Love it

[Dusty]

YES

[curtis]

When I clicked on this thread, I expected to hear Dan Fogelberg. Good luck to all and may they all come back able to compete another day.