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- Updated: June 10, 2018
Rafael Nadal of Spain plays Dominic Thiem of Austria during their men’s final match during the French Open tennis tournament at Roland Garros in Paris, France, 10 June 2018. EPA-EFE/CAROLINE BLUMBERG
By Francisco Resendiz
An athlete is an athlete is an athlete. It doesn’t matter if he is the two legged RAFA Nadal or the four legged JUSTIFY. Both are CHAMPIONS!
Wow what a season they both have had. What a year! All records we saw get broken. Justify looked like the calm royal star and just calmly stayed clean and ran. Clean in that dirt. Like oh. Why are all of you other jockeys and horses dirty? Watching the race reminded me of watching the great Usain Bolt. Wow.
And RAFAEL. All we can say is that he is the KING OF CLAY. The master of SPINS….
And he rarely tires.
Editors note: Did you see that horse?! He just ran and ran. He’s just a natural.
Rafael Nadal of Spain plays Dominic Thiem of Austria during their men’s final match during the French Open tennis tournament at Roland Garros in Paris, France, 10 June 2018. EPA-EFE/YOAN VALAT
Jockey Mike Smith rides Justify to victory of the 150th running of Belmont Stakes at Belmont race track in Queens, New York, USA, 09 June 2018. Justify is the second horse to win the Triple Crown in the past 3 years. EPA-EFE/PETER FOLEY
Jockey of Justify, Mike Smith water’s down the horse after winning the 150th running of Belmont Stakes at Belmont race track in Queens, New York, USA, 09 June 2018. Justify is the second horse to win the Triple Crown in the past 3 years. EPA-EFE/PETER FOLEY