You know, a week without seeing your filly can do damage to you…literally! I am going CRAZY! I'm pacing myself always, waiting for Tay to come back! It seems like she's been gone forever! It's been the same routine for days now. I wake up and the first thing I do is look to see if she is in her stall. It's always empty. I get a brushing, sometimes a bath, then go out to my paddock and wait. Nothing happens, I come back in, barely touch my dinner, and then wait some more untill fall asleep.
I am going to another race tomorrow, the Preakness. Boy I feel preak alright, preakly on the verge of being lovesick! Oh, wait, I already reached that point in my life. When I come home, she'll be back and then I'll tell her that….well…you know now don't you?
PREAKNESS DAY
"Maybe she's here! Tay, where are you?" I said to myself as I looked around.
"Barbaro! Buddy!" My crazy tailed friend Sweetnorthernsaint called.
"Heyy! What's up dude?" I called back. I was so happy to see him! You have NO idea! I told him all about Tay. He didn't really seem impressed. I don't see why, do you? If he only saw her….I would have to kick his hiney!
Annnnndddd we are at the gate! ANNNNDDD TRIGGER…AWAYYYYYY! Wait, something fuzzy here, where…what the…oh, heh, left the gate too early…well, nobody saw it so that's OK!
"Nice one, Barbaro!" Sweetnorthernsaint said to me, joking around. "I know you want to win, but seriously now!"
"Sorry dude. I heard something."
"It wasn't Tay calling you was it?" Just when he said that, the bell rang and the real race began. Suddenly, my back leg felt funny, a side effect of missing my TayTay. Oh…Ut oh….OUCH! PULL ME OUT THIS INSTANT! OWWWWW! MY LEG! NO, I GOT TO WIN, FOR TAY, LET'S MOVE, STOP PULLING MY BIT! DAMMIT! LETS GO, LET ME RACE, EVEN WITHOUT YOU ON MY BACK, I'LL GO! I GOT THREE MORE LEGS! Oh, just forget it. It's pointless." I said as my trainer came to my rescue, along with Gretchen and Roy and some small children. I didn't mean to scare them, but hell I was in a LOT of pain!
New Bolton Center University of Pennsylvania
"No, I will not relax! Did you forget to take your stupid pill this morning?" I told that doctor person with the glasses. I knew he was a vet and knew what happened to my leg.
Suddenly, he put something in me…..nappy time……
A/N: Short, but dream sequence on the way. Barbaro has a dream while they are doing surgery on his leg.