"Impossible," was Rae Guest’s reply when he was asked about California Chrome's chances at his Royal Ascot debut this June 17th.
Don't you just love those one-worded replies? So definitive, like a stake being driven through the coffin where the dream’s been placed.
It's not that Guest is a bad guy who doesn't think our boy is a fine racehorse. He seems like a decent enough chap. Some people just don’t like the view from the clouds. Call them realists or call them doubters, Guest knows how challenging the task at hand is, and how much it is to ask of a horse.