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Cheering on the inside

By Jay Cronley
Special to ESPN.com

Friday, November 6, 2009

Yesterday I had a nice win on the female Classic and got cheery about it in the process. Winning should be as much fun as losing is clouded. I like to cheer home winners. Silent victories seem appropriate for people who expect to lose what they just got lucky enough to win. There's both art and etiquette to cheering at a horse race. You don't want to announce that you're all over something that has no chance to win: "Come on, baby, you're only nineteen lengths out!" The decision to cheer is b ...

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