Thrump, Th-rump, Thar-rump!
The Lean Little Colt
can truly work the pump
His hind parts are a mighty engine
Of the sort
Short odds players might
Scarcely imagine!
The sunglasses guy
With mop of snow
And the five-horse entry stud
Ocho Ocho migh shower
with backwash mud!
Should my choice of three Spanish eights
overpower the large field
In the Derby Race–
Five years from hence
I’ll jump off the dreamer’s fence
Cease chasing bubbles
Be free from trouble.
And if I’m able
Shall operate my own stable!!!
This poem was written and submitted the week before Derby Day. American Pharoah won the Kentucky Derby, with Ocho Ocho Ocho finishing 14th.
