Even if Big Brown had won horse racing’s Triple Crown on Saturday, he would not have been the real winner.
Nor would have the owner, trainer, jockey or anyone else but one young 9-year-old boy.
No matter what happened, the biggest hero at Belmont was Jacob Desormeaux, the son of Big Brown’s jockey Kent Desormeaux.
Check out this story about Kent Desormeaux on cbsnews.com:
His youngest son was born with a rare genetic disorder called Usher Syndrome. Now nine years old, Jacob Desormeaux is deaf and will probably be blind by adulthood.
But in the Desormeaux "circle of life," the child has taught his parents. "The little things we take for granted, he makes us stop and notice those things because he does it himself,'" mother Sonia Desormeaux said.
"Because of Jacob, I go out there and I give all I got. I give you my best," Kent Desormeaux said.
We can only hope and pray Jacob Desormeaux never loses his sight. In the horse racing circle, he is the biggest winner of all.
2 comments:
Very touching. What a great young man!
The jockey's son should be an inspiration to us all. Life may get tough but how you handle it makes all the difference in the world. It life throws lemons at you make lemonade.
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