was the first horse which (my mater & friend 'let me') bet on, at ~10 years of age. It was a shoo-in Favorite (9-5 IIRC?) and, with the ethics of a 10 yo:

I fussed about, "hows come I don't get to keep it All? Huh? uhhuh huh"
(As I doggedly resisted the Extremely Clear Logic that: "No, Kid.. the original stake was a 'loan' - you gets the *excess*, you ungrateful Brat what knows damn well how subtraction works..")

(Well, it wasn't put quite that way, but It Should Have Been. We had not the concept of 'clue-by-4' then, but it was needed. Why.. if I hadn't been straightened out forthwith, well - I had the nasty clever instincts as could lead to such corruption as {Oh Gawd} becoming.. an.. MBA! if much else had gone Wrong gone Wrong :-(

Ah well, Cybermacerator: Live Long & Prosper, whether or not Like Her Daddy.


Ashton,
Older Brat