A champion jockey is about to enter an important race on a new horse. Thehorse's trainer meets him before the race and says, All you have toremember with this horse is that every time you approach a jump, you have toshout, 'ALLLLEEE OOOP!' really loudly in the horse's ear. Providing you dothat, you'll be fine.

The jockey thinks the trainer is mad but promises to shout the command. Therace begins and they approach the first hurdle. The jockey ignores thetrainer's ridiculous advice and the horse crashes straight through thecenter of the jump.

They carry on and approach the second hurdle. The jockey, somewhatembarrassed, whispers 'Aleeee ooop' in the horse's ear. The same thinghappens--the horse crashes straight through the center of the jump.

At the third hurdle, the jockey thinks, It's no good, I'll have to do it,and yells, ALLLEEE OOOP! really loudly. Sure enough, the horse sails overthe jump with no problems. This continues for the rest of the race, but dueto the earlier problems the horse only finishes third.

The trainer is fuming and asks the jockey what went wrong. The jockeyreplies, Nothing is wrong with me - it's this horse. What is he - deaf orsomething?

The trainer replies, Deaf?? DEAF?? He's not deaf--he's BLIND!