May the horse be with you...

It's Belmont Day, and I'm glued to the tv. I have a list of other things I need to be doing like catching up on World Literature homework, trim the bushes, mow the lawn, change the layout on a print advertisement for Leapin' Lizards, work on painting... but, they can wait!

Alright, I'll stick my neck out and call it- BIG BROWN should win the Triple Crown... that is, providing:

• His quarter-crack doesn't bother him
• His glue-on shoes don't fall off
• He isn't too frazzled in the stakes barn
• He doesn't step on a safety pin (like one excuse we know of...)
• He isn't too frazzled by the crowd in the paddock
• He comes out of the gate cleanly
• He doesn't get pinched on the rail
• Nobody clips his heels
• His saddle doesn't slip
• Kent doesn't lose a rein
• Kent doesn't drop his stick
• Kent doesn't move him too soon (think Smarty Jones, grrrr)
• The field doesn't set rabbit fractions
• He doesn't run away with Kent (again)
• A flock of seagulls doesn't land on the track (happened before)
• A drunk doesn't run out onto the track throwing punches (happened before)
• He doesn't jump shadows on the track
• He doesn't take a misstep
• He has a perfect trip
• He doesn't get heatstroke
• His lungs don't bleed too much
• His tongue tie doesn't come off
• They didn't seal the track TOO MUCH (ahem...)
• He (ahem...) doesn't break both his front ankles
• Nobody throws an inquiry

Oh yeah... and if he runs the fastest!

Yep, then BIG BROWN should win. Piece of cake, right? As long as all the planets and the stars are in line, and there are no catastrophic forces of fate working against him. As the saying goes, there's a million ways to lose a race, and one way to win.

By the way, I really think he will. Part of my faith is in the fact that he doesn't really have any real competition, and the other part is in the experience of Kent Desormeaux. Kent won't be making any stupid mistakes in this race. I hope.

Waiting to see...........