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Kristen Leonelli

Darwin: Beauty and Beast

Darwin, the beauty

At first glance I see

An elegant, graceful, sweet horse.

With a name like Darwin, how can he not be great?

Grand, 15.7 hands tall,

Black as coal, with a sweet heart inside.

When we move, he dances around the ring.

His power I must restrain.

Pure off the track thoroughbred, racing numbers tattooed,

A natural born racer.

It’s in his blood to be competitive and fierce.

He wants to be the best!

Darwin, the beast

Strength hard to control,

Bursting with off the track enthusiasm,

Bucking: Is he stubborn or spirited?

Sometimes its personality,

Sometimes its pain.

Which Darwin will I see today? Beauty or Beast?

Will he be good?

Can I teach him something new today?

I won’t know until I’m in the ring.

Each day I go in the ring with new hope

That hope will either be shattered or fulfilled

Either way, I’ll always be proud of him.

[TABLE OF CONTENTS, LHS CLASS OF 2011 EDITION]