After a big day at the races two horses were standing in the barn discussing their current form of the day.
The first horse said, "The strangest thing happened to me in the
3rd race. I was coming dead last and thought I may as well give up, and
as soon as I thought this..... WHOOSH! ..... something smacked me right
in the ass, pushed me to the head of the pack, and I won the race!"
The second horse then continued the discussion, "Well, funny you
should say that. In the 8th race I was coming second last and decided
to give up. As soon as I made that decision, I felt something smack me
in the ass, and I was pushed to the head of the pack and consequently
came in first."
Now, almost as soon as the horses had finished their discussion on this
strange phenomenon, a young Greyhound made his way into the barn. He walked
over to the two horses and said, "I overheard you talking about what
happened to you both in your races, and I believe I know why!
Apparently many years ago there was a horse who lost every race he ever
competed in and was always ridiculed and laughed at by the other horses
(and their jockeys).
Now, as the tale goes, the horse died, but before he did, he vowed that
never again would another horse have to face the ridicule that he himself
endured. Therefore, I think the ghost of that horse smacked your asses
and helped you win the race!!!"
After taking in all that the Greyhound had just told them, the two horses
stood in total amazement with their mouths wide open for a good 5 minutes....
after which the first horse turned to the second and exclaimed, "Wow!
A Talking Dog!!!!"