Dear
Readers,
I’ve
been working diligently on my latest short story, one of many that I plan to
include in a collection that’ll be published later this fall. I took a few
minutes out to Google the latest news on California Chrome. Unfortunately the first article on offer
was the rant pinned by Gregg Doyal on cbssport.com who proclaimed he was trying
to be fair, even though he said he was firmly entrenched on the side of those
who would like to see the sport eliminated. With that caveat, does anyone
reading the article really expect unbiased?
I carefully read every word and found
the usual, “death and destruction, cruelty and slaughter, discarded commodities,”
peppered with hackneyed cliché’s like, “the sound of one hand clapping.”
Okay, so he filled his column, and
earned his paycheck. I don’t want to get embroiled in the decade’s old debate
about sports, of any kind, and medications or performance enhancing drugs. But
what I will do is offer up this link.
Produced by the Blood-Horse, this
video says far more than I can to clean the rust off the old saw espoused in
Gregg Doyal’s rant. I urge you to watch this video and I defy you to finish the
piece without feeling at least one smile curve your lips.
I love Horse
Racing,
Shelley
Lee Riley, author of Casual Lies – A Triple Crown Adventure
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