Wright Thompson's walk-off

Not sure it's quite a walk-off, but...pretty damn impressive.
This is why I posted, when the discussion came up last week, why he's one of the the best going right now. If you read one Zenyatta piece this weekend, make it this one:

http://es.pn/cRPLuW

 

Did he actually talk to the horse?

 

Did you actually read the story?

 

I'll finish it later, but the first two sections were fantastic.

 

I'm emotional already today, but I'm crying from that. I'm also a horse racing fan, so there's that.

But a glorious story.

 

Overall I really enjoyed the story. My only complaint was that he threw himself in the story. It's just a pet peeve of mine, but no gives a shit about us. I think you can tell the same story without saying, "Look at me! Look at me!"

 

I understand this stance. And, I won't discount it.
But, I thought that's what made for me. It was more "look at them" than "look at me," I felt.

 

Yeah, I'm not big on first person either, but it really worked in this piece.

Well done, Wright.

 

No one can talk to a horse, of course.

 

Did anyone else think of Ruffian as they read that?

 

I thought of Joe Palmer's line on Man o' War, "as near to living flame as a horse can get." A fabulous job throughout, especially describing the Classic move, with the quick jump steps right, getting her clear for the run to the wire....