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This is called "Naming
Winners," and it's

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about a trip that I took
out to the Rillito Racetrack

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early one morning and
got a tour and was

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introduced to all these
horses and learned

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a little bit about pre-race
racing at the track.

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It was a real nice morning.

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"Naming Winners."

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This morning, cold
air, sun, and dew,

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the casual miracle of the
26th morning in February.

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I was introduced to Mecca
Babbo, Billy Greenhaw, Vicap,

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Salty Spud, Salty Money.

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I fed them oats, stroked
their big muscular jaws,

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and felt their hot
breath through my shirt,

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while Rosie the trainer, with
quick, feminine exuberance,

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led me from stall to stall,
illuminating their strengths

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and weaknesses, their
beauty and lack of it.

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I was learning the language
of the stable, the smell

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of the track, watching
the bright movements

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of thoroughbreds
and quarter horses,

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and I went off light as a
jockey into the morning,

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naming winners.

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Sweet Ruby, Dolphin Song,
Camelbane, Mercy Fingers,

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Melon Light.