A WINNER, a winner, a winner. Everyone wants a winner. A call came to the office last week from an irate owner whose horse had finished second. He’d finished third the time before. And second the time before that. So, tough you say, that’s racing.

“How is my horse ever going to win a race again,” he wanted to know, “I might as well sell him. I don’t want to, he’s not a bad horse, but…” Another owner gone?