CATHOLIC HORSES !..........

One day while he was at the track betting on the ponies and nearly
losing his shirt, Mitch noticed a priest who stepped out onto the
track and blessed the forehead of one of the horses lining up for the
4th race. Lo and behold, that horse - a very long shot - won the
race.

Mitch was most interested to see what the priest did the next race.
Sure enough, he watched the priest step out onto the track as the 5th
race horses lined up, and place a blessing on the forehead of one of
the horses.

Mitch made a beeline for the window and placed a small bet on the
horse. Again, even though it was another long shot, the horse the
priest had blessed won the race.

Mitch collected his winnings and anxiously waited to see which horse
the priest bestowed his blessing on for the 6th race.

The priest showed, blessed a horse, Mitch bet on it, and it won!
Mitch was elated! As the day went on, the priest continued blessing
one of the horses, and it always came in first. Mitch began to pull
in some serious money, and by the last race, he knew his wildest
dreams were going to come true. He made a quick stop at the ATM,
withdrew his savings and awaited the priest's blessing that would tell
him which horse to bet on.

True to his pattern, the priest stepped out onto the track before the
last race and blessed the forehead, eyes, ears and hooves of one of
the horses. Mitch bet every cent, and watched the horse come in dead
last.

Mitch was dumbfounded. He made his way to the track and when he found
the priest, he demanded, "What happened, Father? All day you blessed
horses and they won. The last race, you blessed a horse and he lost.
Now I've lost my savings too, thanks to you!!"

The priest nodded wisely and said, "That's the problem with
Protestants, you can't tell the difference between a simple blessing
and the Last Rites."