Know you got horse racing in your blood

[Slewbopper]

Originally Posted by GenuineRisk

Oh, I'm so glad you said something-- I have those mental race calls going on in my head while I'm weaving through crowds, trying to be the first person out of the subway station... I'm so glad it's not just me!

When going through crowds you have to watch for others bearing out or bearing in, causing you to check or clip heels

Back to the original post.

I use to run in road races competitively. I would always think at the beginning of a race when I started out excited but conservative that I was being constrained by my jockey and that the some of the novices that took out like bats out of hell were first timers. They of course would come back to me usually by the end of a half a mile...

My track workouts would clearly involve breezing or hand ridden.

And at the end of a race when it was flat out a struggle to keep pace I would just concentrate on holding form and fighting thru the fatigue. And down the stretch they come...

Gander and some others might know what I am talking about. I think running on your own gives you a great appreciation how athletic horses are.

[Danzig]

well, after reading all this, i'm happy to see i'm not the only weirdo out there!!!

my kids have gotten used to it...didn't get quite the same look as i used to when my daughter said something the other day about having inside information...