Doug O'Neill

[OldDog]

Our local newspaper runs perhaps a half a dozen feature stories a year about horse racing (always at Triple Crown time), and about the same amount of little news blurbs in a "quick hits" section. In other words, dismal coverage. But of course this morning's quick hits section included a piece about O'Neill's milkshaking accusations. Just great, only days after the Derby.

I'm going to call the sports desk this morning and suggest that they might consider running this story, too.
http://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-raci...wish-come-true

In O'Neill's post-Derby interview, as he was thanking individuals and groups, he made mention (paraphrasing) of a girl named Hope, who he had "just met a few days ago." Watching this, I imagined he had met this Hope in a Louisville bar or something, and was rolling my eyes and laughing at the idea of mentioning her on national TV after winning the Derby. Reading this piece this morning was a palm-meets-forehead moment, "Oh, so THAT's who Hope is!" Very nice story.