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Oh, what might have been. That’s the story of the Triple Crown for so many through the years. For all but 13, actually.
If only Alydar was born another year. If only Smarty Jones could have rated another few strides. If only Real Quiet hadn’t moved when he did. If only California Chrome could have…if only Funny Cide would have…if only…if only.
At some point, Terry Finley said it out loud.
“If I had the ability to just push the calendar forward so we could wake up on January 1, 2021, I might do it.”
A pile of photographs sits on my desk. The pile was in a box, but I needed the box so I removed the photos. I’ve looked through some, once or twice, but not all. Then I moved on to something else. Then I came back to them. Then I left again. Then I came back. They’re random, from all eras and sources. I’m not sure how they wound up together in a box, but they amaze me.
This is Edition 2. Read the first here.
Everything – except horse racing, thankfully and a shout out to our advertisers and readers – remains on hold.
Darrel McHargue hit a sweet drive and was on his way to the green for a three-foot birdie putt on the 16th hole at Palm Desert Golf Course in California when his phone rang.
Found this in the archives of The Saratoga Special. 2008.
A pile of photographs sits on my desk. Been there for a month, maybe more. The pile was in a box, but I needed the box so I removed the photos. I’ve looked through some, once or twice, but not all. Then I moved on to something else. Then I came back to them. Then I left again. Then I came back. They’re random, from all eras and sources. I’m not sure how they wound up together in a box, but they amaze me.
I catch myself saying it, thinking it, pondering it. We should be…
Queen’s Cup Steeplechase co-founders Carrington and Bill Price got a call from a friend who said she was throwing a tailgate party, socially distanced of course, and enjoying the day even if the races were canceled. Some race-day volunteers said they were going to miss their rewarding, if hectic, assignments. Then Prices’ daughter Brent Gallagher, the meet’s part-time director of social media, jumped in.
Living in Louisville this week all I can think about is where I should be at any given moment.
