That is Priceless by Steve Melcher for March 10, 2025

/// Degas painted Four Jockeys in place,

but they’re clearly not ready to race.

They’re bunched up in this scene,

on a meadow that’s green,

but in different directions they face.

“Hey Edgar, go back to painting ballerinas!”

Oh yeah, I joined for the instant recognition wherever I show my face.

“has anyone got a lozenge, I am feeling a little horse”

See ou in the showers.

“Say – ain’t you Mustafa Maidamistaik, ‘the cocky Iraqi jockey’?”

The one that you need to watch/

Is owned by ie Génèrel Foch/

He’s the rider in blue/

Who is facing toward you/

And happily scratching his crotch..

There those who view with disdain/

This “sport” which may cause a horse pain/

But I think I’d prefer/

A French jockey’s spur/

To a horn in a bullring in Spain..

“I came in at 10 to 1 yesterday!

Unfortunately, all the others came in at 12:30…"

‘’A horse is a horse of course of corse…But no-one can talk to a horse of course…….’’

This is nothing like the last dude ranch I visited.

Either the angles are weird or one of these guys is riding a centaur.

Short lived sport of horse demolition derby

It appears as though our steeds have again melded into one another. We are now in possession of TWO horsepower.

“Well, I grew too tall to be a Munchkin. And besides, it pays better as a jockey. You might say, it’s a horse of a different color, ha ha.”

Has anyone seen my glasses?

Silk?

I have a friend who is a boxer…..and another who is a commando.

“Let’s see, if you turn this way, and I stand over here, no one will ever realize that I can’t draw horses heads.”

I wish he’d hurry up and paint our eyes. I can’t even find the starting gate!

I’m a fruit-o-loom guy.

“Hey! My saddle doesn’t have a horn”.

“While my parents were asleep I discovered that if I just tug on it, like this…’

“Whaddya mean I’m supposed to face forward? He knows which way to go … I’ve got a stiff neck and can’t look over my shoulder to know the field”

Four Jockeys: 

Paste (including the quote marks) 

"Category:Paintings of horse racing by Edgar Degas" Wikimedia 

(syntax supported by the Google, Bing, Yahoo, Ecosia, and Brave search engines) in the browser address bar (or search for it using one of those search engines) and choose the first Wikimedia Category: found and once there find the text string 2014, and click its link for info and links that point to more info about this roughly B3 paper size, oil on board painting. 

Again, a larger strip image is shown by (Ctrl- or right-) clicking the image in Mr. Melcher’s MASTERPIECE #3473 (March 10, 2025) blog entry, accessible by the Check out the blog! box after the last comment, and using the dropdown menu (even larger, if you trim what’s after .png from the URL). I have added a comment there pointing to the blog entry with my comment and replies pointing to info about this artist I used to point to here. So far, 16 works by him have been used here (17 times, including a repeat), the July 15, 2024, strip being the prior.