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Racing => Racing => Topic started by: RUFFIAN on May 04, 2017, 02:57:56 PM

Title: ''A CHANCE OF A LIFETIME IN A LIFETIME OF CHANCE'' ~ DERBY POEM
Post by: RUFFIAN on May 04, 2017, 02:57:56 PM
       :forruffian:


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!
          :celebrate: $$$   :celebrate:

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!
                :OMG:

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

SO WIN, LOSE OR TIE
THE MAIN THING OF ALL
IS THAT 20 RUN SAFE
AND NOT ONE HORSE DOES FALL!   :thumbsup:
                     :oie_30232359NUVsTmH4:

(C) 2017 ~ LADY CAT / RUFFIAN
Title: Re: ''A CHANCE OF A LIFETIME IN A LIFETIME OF CHANCE'' ~ DERBY POEM
Post by: Raven on May 04, 2017, 03:22:38 PM
Love it
Title: Re: ''A CHANCE OF A LIFETIME IN A LIFETIME OF CHANCE'' ~ DERBY POEM
Post by: Dusty on May 04, 2017, 06:58:58 PM
YES
Title: Re: ''A CHANCE OF A LIFETIME IN A LIFETIME OF CHANCE'' ~ DERBY POEM
Post by: curtis on May 05, 2017, 11:15:03 AM
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.