Putting my pork-pie

hat and leather jacket on--

another summer gone

Sometimes the crowd gets

it wrong; sometimes you are just

a part of the crowd

Nervous sounding feet

behind me, no surprise they

turn for the courthouse

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She flew out of the gate like Pegasus

then faded down the stretch like Icarus

To be fair, Rachel

needed the race; Zenyatta, though

never seems to need them

I step outside to

breathe some fresh air, but only

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Ducks arrive with spring

graciously, the rabbits let

them dine alongside

The economy

still mired in depression;

why not try Prozac?

With just a little
editing, this would make
quite a nice haiku

In the library

poetry is shelved non-fiction;

my manhood is huge

The horse likes to run

from last place, but the jockey

missed the 'run from' part

Dark clouds menacing,

the rainy season is nigh--

live racing cancelled

Garrett Gomez , already

with a riding double

on the card,

wins the eighth

and final

on

Wilma Rules

at a fat 6-1.

 Ah!

 Behold the glory

of

the Trinity Play Read full post »

Another New Year

another resolution

shot down just like that

Paying hundreds just

to peep through the keyhole of Hell--

that's entertainment.

Turned leaves flutter

downward, sewer gas ascends--

Autumn in New York

Seriously, how

is it that you take yourself

so seriously?

Do I care about

what stupid people think--well,

I'm here, aren't I?

"Zenyatta has got 

a lot, a lot of ground to make

up," Trevor said;

she did most of it

in the time it took him to

complete that sentence.

It is probably

impossible to silence

all of your critics,

so she converted

most of her doubters and made

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It had to be the most

depressing

bar

I ever set foot in,

and I learned how to

drink

in

Ohio; 

no music was playing

when we walked in,

 just two

old,

haggard

lesbians

loudly threatening

some

absent

individual.

Naturally,

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OK, not a great day on Friday.  I had the first (Non-Breeders' Cup) race and the third (Breeders' Cup I) at Santa Anita yesterday at pretty good prices, so the day wasn't a disaster, but still not a winner.  I lost $20 when it was all said and done.  Day two… Read full post »

Here are my picks for today's Breeders' Cup races at the Great Race Place, Santa Anita:

 Jockey wager:  with a live mount in nearly every race, how can you go against the country's top jockey Garrett Gomez?  The field might be the only other way to go, considering that it… Read full post »

All politics are

local, particularly

local politics

I must look like a

dentist, 'cause talking to you

is like pulling teeth

Ninth race, Oak Tree

the two coming from off the pace

daughter of Giant's Causeway

at a more than fair 5 to 2

vanquishing the heavily favored four

Take That, Baffert!

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If
after
even
a
very
short
period
of
time
working
with
the
public

you
have
not
found
your
standards
of
acceptable
behavior
… Read full post »

Today, the Belmont

Pick six paid 296--

bet the winners lost!