She went to the race track with her friends and never came back, well now she seems to be working her way back but Manley has a few things to say about that, and more. Here is Manley’s version of the story. Hey, my peops, how you all doing? Hope it has been good. As for me, as you might know, if you have been following the series, this should have been yesterday’s post, but.
In the midst of our plans hopes and dreams sometimes, life does happen, this is one of those sometimes. Here we are again today, and it promises to be just as good. Here is yet another episode. Excerpts from the chapter which is also episode 13. And yes, we will be giving you the extras for yesterday and today too, so, nothing missing here.
Chapter Thirteen
Exes, O’s and horse riders
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On my birthday, I got the most unexpected, sweetest voicemail ever, followed by the follow-up call later that evening, from whom you asked? None other than my beloved Ex-wife. What was she up to this time, hmm? When it rains, it pours.
“Just called to wish you a happy birthday dear,” she had said, but it was obvious that that was not all that she wanted to talk about.
“Maybe we should have tried a little bit harder to make our marriage work when we had it,” she went on to say, “maybe it was not all that bad after all. Maybe we could take another kick at the can,” she said further.
An awful lot of maybe, maybe, maybe, Ain’t it?
“It's a bit late for that now don't you think?” I had said.
“Well, we all have made our mistakes, nobody is perfect, but mistakes can be corrected, can’t they? What can one do with perfection?”
“Not much,” I said sarcastically. “How is your husband doing these days?” I then asked, emphasizing the "husband."
Silence, “uh! I thought as much.” I said, before ending the call.
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She went off with the horse rider
Dan Rhyder was the champion jockey that year, and vying for a second straight year in the enviable position. But then came the big fall. He was riding the big mount: Run-for-joe, who was herself vying to become the horse of the year. And they were in slot number three of seven, in the gold cup race.
Run-for-joe was no doubt, the two to one favorite, but strong challenges were expected from the likes of Rude boy and Jeremy's pet. Dan Rhyder's friend and competition jockey. Wayne Martin wasn't riding in the race, and since he himself was not in the running for any big prizes, trophies or top honors that time around, there was no doubt that all of his support was behind his friend Danny.
The queen was at the races, with the other women when it happened.
The stands were jam-packed with race-watchers and spectators of all stripes and colors, as the horses burst out of the starting gates. Run-for-joe broke nicely and quickly stake out her favorite position to the far left of the field. Miracles and wonders, then broke out into the lead ahead of Jeremy's pet, and Holiday season, followed closely by Rude boy, Simplicity, and March break bring up the rear. As they approach the halfway mark, it was now Run-for-joe in the lead but Rude boy was beginning to find his footing and pounced ahead of the rest to be sitting in the second position, meanwhile, Jeremy's pet was sitting in the catbird seat at third, poised and ready to pounce at any moment.
The race was between those three, while March break, surprisingly, was putting on a gallant challenge up the middle. As the finish line approach, it was Rude boy, Jeremy's pet, and Run-for-joe. Coming down to the wire, it was Rude boy and Run-for-joe, Rude boy, Run-for-joe, Run-for-joe just knocked Rude boy right on the finish line for a photo finished winning.
But that was not all that had happened there and then. It would have appeared as if the last minute push to the finish line by Run-for-joe was just a bit too much on the horse's legs, and caused her left front leg to snap and broke in the joint just above the horseshoe. The animal stumbled and fell right through the finish line to secure the win for her owners and supporters but she herself, she did not fare quite as well, the horses’ leg wasn't the only thing broken there that day. The fall was much too powerful on the animal's neck which hit the ground first, they had was to put the poor beast down.
Some folks I know though think that they should have put the injured jockey down too, right there and then.
He, the jockey, was carried away on stretchers with a broken left leg and a fractured hip, never did mount up on a horse again, at least not in a professional capacity.
I have a funny feeling that he has been having trouble mounting up on some other beastly things too, other than of the feline kinds, based on the evidence which has been showing up of late.
That’s it for today friends, come again tomorrow for yet more.
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Extra, extra. On this day in history
Tues. Feb. 5th
1994 - White separatist Byron De La Beckwith was convicted in Jackson, MS, of the 1963 murder of civil rights leader Medgar Evers.
1972 - Bob Douglas became the first black man elected to the Basketball Hall of Fame in Springfield, MA.
1961 - The first issue of the "Sunday Telegraph" was published.
1924 - The BBC time signals, or "pips", from Greenwich Observatory were heard for the first time. They are broadcast every hour.
1846 - "The Oregon Spectator", based in Oregon City, became the first newspaper published on the Pacific coast.
Feb 6th
1999 - King Hussein of Jordan transferred full political power to his oldest son the Crown Prince Abdullah.
1973 - Construction began on the CN Tower in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
1952 - Britain's King George VI died. His daughter, Elizabeth II, succeeded him.
1843 - "The Virginia Minstrels" opened at the Bowery Amphitheatre in New York City. It was the first minstrel show in America.
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