The Once Mighty Bay

Fifteen years ago he could run as fast as the wind The champion group 1 gelding of the thoroughbred kind At the big City race tracks big races he won The big bay in his prime was the Nation's number one Racehorse and highest stakes winner and the one to beat In his racing life he never tasted defeat But in his retirement his face looking gray A shadow of the horse he once was is the ageing big bay In his younger years he was the Nation's pride And to watch him race people came from places far and wide But it has been awhile now since he was in his prime And he is losing out to the father of time And like every dog every race-horse has it's day He can scarce raise a trot now the once mighty bay.