Crushing news came this morning that I’ll
Have Another, the chestnut colt who ran to victory in both the Kentucky Derby
and the Preakness Stakes was retired today after a tendon injury in his left
front leg. I'll Have Another was truly a distance horse and the longer Belmont Stakes was made for him. Scuttlebutt on the track was that this colt had a really good shot at
winning the Triple Crown. If he’d been able to do it he would have been the first
horse in 34 years to win it! (The last Triple Crown winner was Affirmed in 1978.)
It’s a huge shame really. I think the American people could really use something like this
right now. Something to get excited about.
For myself, I was so inspired by the thought of a new Triple Crown winner that this
week’s “Horse Life” is dedicated to it.
I’d like to say, “I hope you enjoy the comic,” but just like my
little heroine Cynthia, I can’t help but being pretty sad over the whole thing. :-(
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