"Preakness weekend I celebrated so hard I don't even remember Sunday night. That's when I decided, 'This is too much.' That was in Baltimore," says Kent Desormeaux. "I made a phone call. I said, 'I gotta stop.' Not slow down. I tried that. I've been trying that for 15 years."
It is a tough step to take. I think we all know family or friends who have been there. And it does not get any easier.
"And Allah took a handful of southerly wind, blew His breath upon it, and created the horse.... Thou shall fly without wings, and conquer without any sword. Oh, horse" - old Bedouin saying.