Back In The Day We Were Treated Like Horses - Now We Just Compete With Them
Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver Chad Johnson was waiting at the finish line when Restore the Roar arrived at the end of his one-eighth-mile gallop at River Downs in Cincinnati, Ohio
That’s right: the NFL superstar raced a horse on foot on Belmont Stakes Day Saturday and easily won.
Is it us, or is there something not quite right about this story?
With the race billed as "man vs. beast," Johnson was spotted a 100-meter lead — roughly about half the distance the horse had to cover in the race for charity. And when it was over, the cocky black -- as usual -- was anything but humble. He sounded ready to take on boxing, basketball and NASCAR.
“Floyd Mayweather, you’re next,” Johnson said. “I want to fight you. I’d like to take Kobe and LeBron one-on-one. Jeff Gordon, we can take a couple laps. ... Now it’s my time to take over the race world.”
Johnson's stunt was actually for a good cause, raising funds for Feed the Children, an Oklahoma City-based charity that provides food, medicine, clothing, and other necessities to children around the world.
The 4-year-old colt’s jockey, P.J. Cooksey, rode a horse that beat former Bengals receiver Cris Collinsworth in 1993. She sounded more impressed with Johnson’s speed.
“He’s quicker then a runaway slave,” Cooksey said. “He’s a fast black buck. That was phenomenal. When I looked over, all I could see were his strong, sweaty, Mandigo legs; they looked like a chocolate windmill. I was so aroused, he became a blur. I was beat bad.... and I like it!”
Okay, maybe Cooksey did say those words exactly, but you know that's what she really meant.