Straight From the Horse's Mouth

Since I've been rather negligent in my posts(with no good reason whatsoever to justify my negligence) I am doing two today. I will attempt to get back on my schedule this week. So Monday's "Straight from the Horse's Mouth".

“A thousand horse and none to ride! -
With flowing tail, and flying mane,
Wide nostrils never stretched by pain,
Mouths bloodless to the bit or rein,
And feet that iron never shod,
And flanks unscarred by spur or rod,
A thousand horse, the wild, the free,
Like waves that follow o'er the sea,
Came thickly thundering on,…”
           -Lord Byron, XVII, Mazeppa, 1818

I love Lord Byron. *Sigh*

Belmont Stakes

I'll Have Another was pulled from the Belmont the night before the race on account of a tendon injury and was actually retired. The horse won five out of his seven races. And so, Once again, we must wait another year to get the chance to see a Triple Crown Winner. (If I had a bucket list, this would be on it somewhere). The loss was rather a dissapointment to me and I still haven't gotten over it enough to watch the Belmont without I'll Have Another (Until I was writing this post and had to find it for you). A horse named "Union Rags" won by a neck in the Belmont.
You can read a little bit about him here.

He's the horse on the inside in this picture:

And here is the footage for the Belmont Stakes. Enjoy!