Here is a simple story. You must have heard this or seen it on TV. I saw the race…it was the Kentucky Derby two years ago and Willy Shoemaker was riding the horse. I don’t recall the name of the horse. I thought it was Swaps, but I’m told it wasn’t. Whatever it was, I know I don’t recall the actual name, but I do recall the jockey. And this is the story. The owner of the horse had a dream the night before the race. Now this is the Kentucky Derby, the first of the triple crown. He had this dream that Shoemaker misjudged the finishing line and rose in the saddle to ease the horse up. If you pass the finishing line, you always rise in the saddle and ease him up to bring him to a halt, just before you turn him around. He misjudged the finishing line and stood up. Well, then he couldn’t get enough energy going in the horse after he realized his mistake and, naturally, he lost the race…but he was leading by lengths. And he was the favorite horse, the best horse. Naturally, the steward set him down for a few weeks or a month, because it was a horrible blow to all the people who bet on the horse plus the millions who were watching on TV on that day. I was one of the millions watching it. I could hardly believe my eyes, because here is Shoemaker, a truly great jockey, always ahead of the pack at the end of the year.92 ¶36