Tell me about a horse...

[my miss storm cat]

... you follow. Not a great one... not one of the world beaters but a local or a claimer, a hard knocker, one who doesn't always win... one you bet superstitiously or root for anyway or just one that you like for some random reason.

Here is one of mine...

His name is Bamboo Dance and he's become something of a celebrity in HK racing. Eight years old, he's had 36 starts. At his lowest, Bamboo Dance had a rating of 18 which made him, sorry to say, a cellar dweller. I mean that is low... comically and tragically low. When the year began he only had one win and that was back in 2013 but then the unexpected happened.

He won.

Not only did he win... he won again, and again, and again. From May to December he won every (6) start and is now rated 63. HUGE jump.

Cool horse, cool story... not sure how much credit Joao Moreira deserves here but with a notoriously whip-shy old guy I'd say a good deal.

So he is my special guy this year and here's his last race (Dec. 19th)...

http://racing.hkjc.com/racing/video/...no=04&lang=eng

Anyone have one they want to share (before Freddie makes fun of me as usual?) I hope so!