Oh, that is so SAD! I liked it better when I only knew my truth (that he was OK), in Annaland!! Yes, I prayed for Barbaro also, and he definitely left his legacy in the hearts of many!! That shows how great he was, not just as a champion, but as an inspiration....I don’t even follow horse racing, and I FELT so much JOY, PRIDE, and SORROW bc of him...so that must say something!! Of course, I also wanted him to leave out his days in pasture (and thought he was until you all CRUSHED MY DREAM!! Just kidding...lol)...but even knowing the truth now, his fighting spirit is an inspiration to everyone. I too will always think of him when I hear ‘Run for the Roses’!!
BTW...do you know who that song was originally wrote for?
I didn’t know, so I tried to find out - apparently he was hired by the Kentucky Derby people to write it for the 1980 Run for the Roses.
Wow, I’ve just read a bunch of people saying Kentuckians hate the song because it’s played so much this time of year. Yeesh, I didn’t know that. What’s not to like about it?
For some reason, it’s not an offical Derby song - only My Old Kentucky Home is. (And it also makes milady weep.) My grandmother was a “Kentucky Woman” by birth, but left as a young tot. However, her family always went back for Derby every year and I grew up never missing it - on TV!
I’ve never been, myself - tho I’ve been to lots of horse races in my life and used to never miss any of the Quarter Horse races - especially the All-American Futurity, the Rainbow, Kansas and those in Ruidoso, NM. My grandaddy had interests in some horses that ran in those. I can’t even find them on TV anymore.
Anyway, it’s funny - Run for the Roses is one of those few songs that I can remember exactly where I was the first time I heard it and I fell in love with it.