Sunday, May 03, 2009

Mine That Bird

Owned by a tinhorn racketeer. Trained at a dusty, quarterhorse ranch in New Mexico's Hondo River Valley, by an old rodeo roustabout. Small head, short neck, spindly legs, ridden to victory by a slap happy alcoholic, with no teeth. He beat the best young thoroughbreds in the World, sliding past the front runner on the inside rail, on the home stretch, in America's premier horse race, at fifty to one odds.

I love America. Fire up a Lucky Strike. Have a drink.

4 comments:

beebs said...

http://www.youtube.com/kentuckyderby

What a blowout. Looks like she won by five lengths.

Anonymous said...

she?

reddog said...

gelding, I think

reddog said...

Remember Shorty Hill's Riverside? I used to cook at the restaurant. And tend bar sometimes. And pump gas.

After that I worked at the Gipson ranch.