"Then the heavens opened, the rain pouring down, the lightning flashing, and they rushed for the cover of the stables, leaving alone on his side near the pile of bricks, the rain running off his hide, dead an hour and a quarter after his first start, Air Lift, son of Bold Venture, full brother of Assault".
The outlook for bold ventures is bleak.
What other bold ventures could the newly energized City Opera undertake if it could just scrap that sound system and fix up its house, or, maybe even get out of Lincoln Center and start afresh?
Concerts under Mr. Landesmann, full of big stars, big orchestras and standard repertory, were also compatible with Mr. Mortier's ideas, with bold ventures into contemporary music and music on period instruments.
But don't expect any bold ventures.
But beyond North Africa and Lebanon, some of its boldest ventures were thwarted.
He called this out as "self-deceit" and proclaimed the necessity of "responsible action in a bold venture of faith" from followers who truly confess Christ with our whole lives.
His sire was Bold Venture, winner of the Kentucky Derby and the Preakness in 1936, and his great-grandam was a full sister of Man o' War.
Clarke was obviously feeling the £1.2bn pain of quitting the store's once bold venture that grew to 199 American outlets.
But his "last-ditch effort" is simply "at slowing things down", and this bold venture takes the form of typing another memo to his boss.
