tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8560898823512627114.post6182323487197036522..comments2024-02-01T00:37:24.768-05:00Comments on PTP: Somebeachsomewhere Works Out as Racing WatchesPull the Pockethttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05082676049275768769noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8560898823512627114.post-51194629689060970282008-09-25T07:58:00.000-04:002008-09-25T07:58:00.000-04:00Every once in a while the Edmonton Oilers hold a p...Every once in a while the Edmonton Oilers hold a practice at the West Edmonton Mall, free to the public, and you really get a sense of just how passionate fans are. They cheer goals scored during basic drills, and the players do their best to be as sharp and as professional as one can expect during practice.<BR/>Fans reactions and interest in the Beach's life away from race day are just as passionate. He is such a special horse, that everyone wants to see him being special all the time. One of the great quotes from Secretariats Belmont win came from an unknown lady in the crowd, who so many scribes seemed to have overheard, she said "they're treating him like just another horse" (this was as they swabbed his saliva). That lady knew that what she saw was not normal, it was special, and therefor he should be treated like, well royalty.<BR/>Beach, in the Standardbred world, inspires the same feelings, we expect him to be special, every day, every walk, every mile.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com