Persona Non Propria

Persona Non Propria

(un)like a machine

an essay about why I don't go to the horse race track, Secretariat, and definitely not A.I.

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Clancy Steadwell
Jul 12, 2026
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Every summer, the non-depressive reverie and relief the season brings me is wrecked by the recurrence of my town’s signature event at its signature location, a big (the biggest) horse race at its racing track, when a town of horse statues, horse-named streets, and horse-themed dining establishments reaches the yearly zenith of its identity.

Of this iden…

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