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Everybody knows women love fancy hats on Derby Day. I was not accustomed to seeing men in pants the colors of Lucky Charms: pink, yellow, orange and green. Nobody looks out of place. Everyone has a license to strut. The call has 33 distinct notes. NFL games. At Churchill this week, the track opened for training at a. The folks who tend to the horses show up about 3 a.
I had no idea how thoroughly horses are bathed after training. I figured they maybe got hosed off. Their tails are carefully soaped.
RIP to a Navy legend.
They are hosed down and wiped dry with towels. On cool mornings, steam rises off their bodies during the baths. No crowd noise. Only the pounding of the hooves and the loud, powerful breaths with each stride. When a horse comes out of the mist, you can hear him before you see him. Horses breathe only through their noses.