By chance I happened to watch the Preakness yesterday. It's not Freakness, Dottie, and it is a race, not a horse. Race two of the Triple Crown. Horses were my daughter's passion for a good number of years until she lost her favorite teacher, and her desire to ride.
I love horses, just being around them, and especially loved this running of the Preakness. The winning jockey,Calvin Borel, is from Louisiana and speaks that particular dialect that reminds me of New Orleans and surrounds. The winning horse's owner, Jess Jackson, happens to be a member of wine royalty. The winning horse, Rachel Alexandra, a filly...
Horses, like wine, are a passion of the very wealthy. We say that you must start with several million to make a million in the wine industry. I think it must be the same with horses.
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