Brave OTTB rides from Calif. to Ala.; indomitable
The chips were already stacked against Ray’s Storm before he entered the post parade at the California track. Then his luck got dramatically worse. As the gate sprang open, another horse slammed into him, hard. He stumbled. He appeared to almost to fall. But rather than quit, like so many horses might have, Ray’s Storm dug deep and fired his “back burners,” recalls Maureen McKenzie. And just about a minute later the racehorse who’d been a bettor’s long shot that day rocketed across the finish line in first place, winning a little money, and a lifetime place in the heart of an instant fan. It […]
