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...stable were an incestuous high school, Nick and Pistola, a large chestnut, would be the star jock couple that not only understands each other’s power, but recognizes the formidability of combining forces. But it’s not merely a combination of talent, but a synergistic force that seems to work only between...
...Pistola is so meaningful to Nick that he feels like when anybody else plays the horse, they’ll be a good player,” Cissie says. “But when Nick plays that particular horse, he feels like he is three goals better—mentally and physically and emotionally...
...Horses obtain their “general framework” by the age of five or six, and afterwards, the player must cater his riding to the animal, Nick says. Does the horse have a “good mouth,” meaning, is it receptive to a pull on the reins? Will the horse go boldly into the wall, or will it balk? Are there other horses on the field it doesn’t like? Does the horse play smaller than it looks, or is it slow and unengaged, perhaps on the sluggish side...
...lowdown on the horses we’re playing,” Crocker says. He’s gathered the team into a room before the game against UConn, and his plan is simple: Botero and Scalise would run off the men to keep Nick free to drive the ball...
...When you see me going to a ball, your only job is to take the guy,” Nick says. “Don’t even think ball. Think, I’ll deal with getting my man out of here...