I thought I would take my winnings from the Kentucky Derby and put a little money on the Preakness. Why not go for the Triple Crown!
I looked over the Horses and decided that I would take a chance on Titletown Five (Five is my favorite number, after all), a bit on Orb to show (he did made it clear after the Kentucky Derby that he was not going to win the next one), and I looked for a third horse, browsing through all the names.
The only other to stand out was Oxbow. I remembered that I had always bought Oxbow hay for my guinea pigs, so why not give him a shot? So, I made a wager. 15-1, Oxbow was a long shot.
Wouldn't you know, that guinea pig picked horse won the race, AGAIN! Thank you, sweet little, Pi!
We will see what happens at the Belmont Stakes!
My Guinea Pig Made Me Gamble
In 2007 I adopted a guinea pig that looked just like a horse. He had
a big blaze on his nose and a star on his forehead. I named him Pi
after the horse in National Velvet.
After a few weeks
of living with me he declared that he used to be a horse but he didn’t
like standing around alone in a pasture all the time. He chose a guinea
pig body because he really liked hay. He was still working on the size
difference and thanked me for taking care and listening to him.
Just
before the 2008 Kentucky Derby Pi made another declaration. "Big Brown
is going to win but watch out for the filly". I decided that I would
find out how I could place a bet and then proceeded to go completely
unconscious and forgot completely.
The next day I found
out that Big Brown did win and that the filly (which rarely run)
tragically died after breaking 2 ankles; euthanized on the track. WOW!
I
asked him how he knew this stuff and he told me he knew Big Brown from
other horse lives. It was then that I began to see the connection of
horses and guinea pigs.
My, experience up till then,
has been very much on the guinea pig side but the following summer I
went out to a few stables and began to see so many of these horses that
had been guinea pigs and vice-versa. I was amazed at the size
difference but there is a great similarity in how they live and what
they eat and their social behavior.
In the years since I
have always checked in with the Kentucky Derby, sometimes picking the
winner but not placing a bet. Finally, last year when I took the plunge
to bet I had no sense of who was even running!
But this
year, while waiting for a table at one of my favorite restaurants w/*, I
found a list of the horses and gave a short glance. Orb was my favorite
and of course Golden Soul! This time I took the challenge and placed my
bet. There was a lot of energy on that. Odds, trustworthy places to
bet, is this legal?
I tuned in for the race and there it all happened! From behind, Orb took the whole show and amazingly Golden Soul came in 2nd!
Pi
passed away 4 years ago and when he died I saw him as an amazing horse
bounding away. I am so pleased that he turned me onto this amazing
communication with horses.
I dedicate my winnings to my sweet, beautiful guinea pig, Velvet Brown Pi.