>>716523950
I met an olympic gymnast while in college. He gave some nice stories about men's olympics. He had no issue mounting a horse but he was horrible at riding one. Basically he couldn't get a read on horses at all.

>>714679776
You can feel less bad about it. Tachyon's existence cast a shadow over racing even beyond his retirement, leaving behind an aura that had the press lessening the victories of other horses with comments like 'but were Tachyon there, the result may have been different'. As the phantasmal triple crown winner, one even beyond Fuji Kiseki, they arguably gained more reputation and respect than they would've if they really did remain to compete. Going beyond that, they were able to sire Daiwa Scarlet who gained incredible accolades in her own right. A short career remembered forever with a formidable successor is more than most will ever get. She won bigly.

>>714656202
They had a rivalry rl, though it wasn't really viewed as 'romantic' at the time. It's just easy to paint it that way when you think about two irl mares that contested each other so frequently. They both have progeny lines with entirely other horses. Scarlet's mates include Eishin Flash (who is in the game), while Vodka's most consistent mate was Frankel (A Bri'ish horse).

Team Vodka or Team Scarlet?

>>714271370
That's Tachyon's Daughter btw.

The beginning of a life-long rivalry.