Author: Sophia Ballard

  • On the Spirit of a Racehorse

    On the Spirit of a Racehorse

        Twenty thoroughbreds line up at the starting gate of the Kentucky Derby, stamping with impatience, leaning forward pulling the bits out of their mouths, unwilling to yield their heads to their jockeys. The two and three year colts and fillies, since the moment they were weaned and introduced to the saddle’s girth squeezing…