No horse, no USA: Why the naughty horses at the 151st Kentucky Derby continue to thrill us

Race 12 in Churchill Downs on Saturday, May 3, draws over 150,000 people, which is the biggest attendance of a live live sports event in America.

Racing horses Direct something deep in us. Whether you are watching or betting, this 151. Running in a derby in Kentucky is the moment to nurture the most unusual animals in human civilization: a horse.

It all started 4,200 years ago in the Bronze Age when the Shintashta culture touched the horses and quickly spread throughout Eurasia. In human care, horses were more successful, according to Smithsonian. With horses, people planted crops, placed distant parts of the world and carved the epic moments of human history. One brown mare received Paul Revere in Lexington on April 18, 1775. No horse, no now.

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Of course, Colts u Kentucky Derby They are all classic purebred and you can follow the parenting of the blood of each of them until 1700.

But I have a secret to tell you about these three -year -olds. They can be naughty guys.

When you see some of the lunatics, you have to admire giving and breeding in a partnership that was so key to human history.

It’s not easy.

There is Burnham Square, who exercises with his neck bent in morning exercises, and he needs more than half a mile to “relax” and settle down.

“He’s just a little strong. Yes, he’s trying to bite the pony rider. And pony. And he’s a little clown,” his exercise driver Mark Cutler told Fanduel TV. “But it’s not bad at all, it really grew up in the last few months.”

Natural high spirits that would scary moms and daughters of Show Horse World They are smiling in the racing barn.

As for Gray Sandman, Griffin owner Johnson says, “He’s not as crazy as his father can be, but he definitely brought personality and thunderousness.” Sandman’s Sire Tapit, which is now 24, is a strange, intelligent gray whose descendants have earned over $ 216 million on the trail. Sandman is his saliva painting and has already earned more than $ 1 million. Directions are tolerated with such success. Sandman “always has a good time and makes the love of a sport well,” Johnson said in an interview with Andie Biancone.

Keep in mind, they are not all “up” as the horsemen say. The battle for coal, from Louisiane, is a casual type. “If it doesn’t lie, it usually relaxes in the back of its booth.” He knows when it’s time to play, “his coach Lonnie Briley told Louisville Messenger.

Personality counts because on Runner DayEverything can happen. Fortune favors the horse with a long -lasting, but the horse must want to win.

Take journalism, son of Curlina whose speeds in his victories in several races this spring were astonishing. In Santa Anita on April 5, journalism chased the railway, on the back of the package. Jockey Umberto Rispoli stood in the arrows with straight knees and high buttocks, and the position jokes when they are not yet asked by a horse for real speed. Then, on the pole of the seventh and sixties, the disaster approached. Journalism was mixed behind one horse, ran into another, but “pulled out into the bistro and turned three wide in the section” as the official Equibase ladder said. Rispoli requested power in Homestretche, and journalism grew up to beat his rival Baez, almost 2 lengths. He will meet again in the derby.

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Everything can happen in Kentucky. Large, loud crowds put a huge pressure on the horses. Kentucky Derby runners arrived a few days ago to practice loading at the gate, practiced on the track and were accepted for walking to rowers. “Walkover were coaches, grooms and hotwalkers, but now it has turned into this whole event in itself,” said Cavalry Coach Michael McCarthy. Paulick’s report. Each horse has 30-50 people “so you just hope it will be rowing without hurting anyone,” McCarthy admitted.

For all of their madness, young pure -brought gathered in Kentucky remind us that horses can get you out of themselves a little, demanding empathy and courage. The power, the exciting nature of the galloping of the horse raises us to the mere two of them into another empire. Here are the same excitement that they ask children to look for driving on the county fair and eventually learns the courage and empathy needed to ride, jump and race. It is a connection that can be so successfully collected for veterans therapy or just as a way to learn patience.

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This is a reason for fantastic hats and ports that are worn out in honor of a horse status in human society.

Because when the trumpet sounds, the relationship is everything. For the derby, Rispoli says he will not force journalism. “I’m pretty sure that once he’s ready to run, it’ll realize it’s time to go,” Rispoli said.