My Dearest Darling Delinquent,
by Sophie Reed
Published by permission
Let me start by saying I love you greatly, you are stunning and your enthusiasm for life is infectious. However like with many overly positive starts to a paragraph there is a but coming, and here it is, BUT we need to discuss when is an appropriate time for tanking off.
You started life on the race track where you were supposed to earn your keep by going fast, except you mostly did not. You could have been famous like your nearly identical half sister Midnight Bisou who won $14 million and is now living in luxury. Except you are not, instead you are stuck with me. You managed to interspace wins and places with losing by 30 lengths. This dichotomy suggests that sometimes you chose not to tank off at a time that would have been very appropriate to do so.
You have, however, subsequently decided it is appropriate to go fast in a few locations that make me question your decision making skills. Example one, the dressage ring, this is not the time nor the place, please I beg of you. Example two, and the trigger for this letter, towards the dog walker, the adorable puppy and the crowd of hikers whilst I asked you to stop, with increasing levels of insistence, ranging from polite to hopefully there are no children around to hear what I just said. (We did stop in good time and were greeted by an excited puppy and the laughter of the people who heard my yelling.)
In summary:
Appropriate places for galloping:
The racetrack (this would have made a number of people happy)
Cross country (not downhill into skinnies, I know you are going to jump them but it is terrifying.)
Inappropriate:
The dressage ring
Downhill into skinnies
Towards dog walkers whilst I frantically try to stop you (actually anywhere while I am trying to stop you)
All my love and upper body strength,
Sophie
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