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open end should point up so that the luck doesn't fall out Others say if the open end is down, luck pours onto those who pass.
Pick one. Lady Luck doesn’t seem to mind where it points.
Irish legend has it that the Devil called on St. Dunstan, a skilled blacksmith. St. Dunstan recognized Satan and fastened him to a wall. He then set to work with such roughness that the Devil roared for mercy. St. Dunstan turned the Devil loose after making him promise never to enter a home on which a horseshoe was fixed.
So as far as Best Turned Out inviting bad luck to follow, I say nay. Each and every entrant wears four of the finest good luck omens on their flinty feet
And though the author of Ecclesiastes wrote that “The race is not always to the swift or the battle to the strong,” I still think that’s the way to bet
Writer Betsy Parker is the Horse and Field Sports editor for the Times Community Newspapers. A licensed trainer and former jump jockey, she still has the “lucky barette” that she wore in many of her steeplechase victories.
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