Hey - I just thought of the perfect gift for baby Dannielynn, when I was posting about Larry needing to be home soon for his dad and for Derby week.
Dannielynn needs a Breyer figure of Barbaro for her little bookshelf of special dolls and pretty things. The beloved Derby winner, and world’s best horse patient, would be symbolic of the time her mom and dad met and then later got re-acquainted at Derby!
*Born in the valley and raised in the trees
Of western Kentucky, on wobbly knees ...
With mama beside you to help you along,
You’ll soon a-growing up strong. ....
From sire to sire, it’s born in the blood;
The fire of a mare and the strength of a stud ...
It’s breeding and it’s training, and it’s something unknown,
That drives you and carries you home.
And it’s run for the roses, as fast as you can!
Your fate is delivered; your moment’s at hand!
It’s the chance of a lifetime, in a lifetime of chance ...
And it’s high time you joined in the dance ...
It’s high time you joined in the dance!*
What a beautiful and thoughtful idea! That is just “perfect”
I prayed for that horse’s recovery, so sad he didn’t survive.