From: Stephen
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Hi All,

                              Horse Race
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A champion jockey is about to enter an important race on a new horse.

The horse's trainer meets him before the race and says, "All you have
to remember with this horse is that every time you approach a jump,
you have to shout, 'ALLLLEEE OOOP!' really loudly in the horse's ear.
Providing you do that, you'll be fine."

The jockey thinks the trainer is mad but promises to shout the
command. The race begins and they approach the first hurdle. The
jockey ignores the trainer's ridiculous advice and the horse crashes
straight through the center of the jump.

They carry on and approach the second hurdle. The jockey, somewhat
embarrassed, whispers 'Aleeee ooop' in the horse's ear. The same thing
happens--the horse crashes straight through the center of the jump.

At the third hurdle, the jockey thinks, "It's no good, I'll have to do
it," and yells, "ALLLEEE OOOP!" really loudly. Sure enough, the horse
sails over the jump with no problems. This continues for the rest of
the race, but due to the earlier problems the horse only finishes
third.

The trainer is fuming and asks the jockey what went wrong. The jockey
replies, "Nothing is wrong with me--it's this bloody horse. What is
he--deaf or something?"

 The trainer replies, "Deaf?? DEAF?? He's not deaf--he's BLIND!"



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