Funny Cide won the Derby on Saturday. That might be good for racing. Since he's a gelding, there's no incentive for his owners to stop racing him to breed him, so he might stick around past his three-year-old year. Good stallions are too valuable generally to allow to race after that since if they get hurt, the owner could lose millions in stud fees. If Funny Cide continues to be good, he would be a recognisable horse for the public.
A Cool Web of Language
There's a cool web of language weaves us in,
Retreat from too much joy and too much fear:
We grow sea-green at least and coldly die
In brininess and volubility.
--Robert Graves
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