While watching the ‘pre-game’ footage before the race this weekend my wife and I were curious about something. How big is an oat?
Before any big sports event it seems humorous the amount of coverage they try to fill just before the event. The Super bowl is the worst: “Next on Fox…’The History of the Coin Toss’ followed by our in-depth special ‘Game day Cleats.’”
So as we sat in a local bar (Date night with a babysitter and all) we noticed the Belmont Stakes was no different (almost worse when you consider the race only lasts a few minuets). There was a graphic posted about Smarty Jones’ schedule for the day: “8:01 am Wake up….8:15 a.m. morning rub down…8:45 a.m. breakfast 2 oats…” Two oats? Did they mean 2 bags of oats? I mean I don’t claim to have a vast knowledge of oats, but I didn’t think they were that big. I know he doesn’t want to fill up before the race, but surely he needs more than 2 oats. I think before a big day like that he should have been carb loading. At least give the horse a power bar or something. We can only wonder what might have happened if Smarty had had a proper breakfast.
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