Tag: horse racing

Justify?

Justify

My faith in you

My decision to see this through

My hope you’ll be one of the few.

Justify

Our desire to cheer

As you burst through the stretch in the clear

Our belief that you have no peer.

Justify

Your place in history

As you sprint round the turn breaking free

You’re the star that was meant to be.

Justify

I hunger to briefly feel bliss

To see something I don’t want to miss

As the chase ends with a victory kiss.

Justify

A horse that transcends its name?

Running toward Triple Crown fame?

Doubt whispers that you’ll come up lame.

On Horses and Humans: Reflection on Travers Stakes 2015

On Horses and Humans: Reflection on Travers Stakes 2015

They drove around the corner, dueling for the lead;
Frosted jostling Pharoah, the crowd roared their plead.
Back and forth they battled- the margin shrinking shorter.
Fighting all he could, Pharoah gave no quarter.

Roaring down the stretch, the crowd’s crazed cheer was swelled;
Our hearts became elated, our horse would not be held,
Pharoah thawed out Frosted- not frozen on this day.
Then suddenly- before us- vict’ry slipped away.

Joyful roars were silenced, replaced by solemn cries;
Frozen hearts deflated, as Keen Ice sprinted by.
Paradise was shattered, a foe had beat our champ,
Scattered in the margins, cheers came in other camps.

Ripping up our tickets, collectively we sighed;
Shocked and disappointed, “What happened?” we all cried.
Another seized the moment, with one explosive burst;
Our champion was bested. Sometimes you don’t run first.

Winners sometimes lose; heroes sometimes fall.
The test of a true champ is giving it your all.
Sometimes in the backstretch, the ice can storm right past,
But with a heart of fortitude the chill will never last.

Pharoah came in second, but who am I to cry?
Life cannot be scripted, no point in asking why.
The people’s horse defeated- no problem for this fan.
Some days we win while losing: the irony of man.