http://youtube.googleapis.com/v/vTt7dl261UE&source=udsRyan is 4 and a half years old and weighs just under 30 pounds and stands about 32 inches tall.  In 1961, onboard a horse named Carry Back, Johnny Sellers stood 5’7″ and weighed just about 115 pounds. So, I’m saying (with the best Jim Carey impersonation) “so you’re telling me there’s a chance” Ryan can become a jockey.

With all that said, we spent the morning watching old horse races.  We watched Secretariat’s legendary victory in the 1973 Belmont, a few epic battles between Sunday Silence and Easy Goer and a few others before we stumbled on Concern, one of the most amazing horses I’ve ever seen.  Not to get too dramatic but I can distinctly recall watching Concern in the 1994 Travers and distinctly recall Tom Dirkin screaming “there’s cause for Concern” as the horse battled from sixteen lengths back to win.

Anyway, I digress.  Take a look at this video and I’d sit down and watch it with your children.  No matter the age, this horse can teach us all a lesson or two about not giving up, pacing yourself for victory and knowing how to use your strengths and not to just follow the pack.  Maybe I’m reading too much into this horse, or these races, but I don’t think so.  Really amazing!