Ashley Cecil

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18″ x 36″ oil on canvas, $600 ($20 donated to ReRun)
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Unfortunately, it looks like today’s Kentucky Derby weather is not going to be as picturesque as in this painting. Good luck to all the infield troopers braving the elements unprotected. You’re sure to get wet, you won’t see much of the horses, you certainly won’t get a glimpse of our esteemed guest, the Queen of England, but drink enough mint juleps and I doubt it will matter.

We greatly appreciate the fast four-legged athletes for bringing us this day when bourbon is an appropriate ingredient in just about anything, and it’s okay to sport a hat requiring a 3 feet circumference area for clearance in a crowd. This glamorous phase in the life of racehorse is brief though. The average horse will live for 25-30 years and a racehorse will reach the peak of its career at year 2 or 3. Not all thoroughbreds get spend the rest of their days procreating the world with little derby-winner-wannabes. That leaves a lot of ex-racehorses in need of a permanent barn to call home.

ReRun is a New Jersey based nonprofit finding adoptive owners for many of these horses. It’s the perfect charitable organization to feature today. A $50 donation will be made to ReRun from the sale of this painting (although I’ll be sad to see it go as it’s one of my favorites).

Happy Derby to you!

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