Tyrion arrived late, saddlesore, and sour, all too vividly aware of how amusing he must look as he waddled up the slope to his father.

Years ago, in a classic episode titled “Saddlesore Galactica,” The Simpsons both pilloried and paid tribute to horse racing.

At the Los Angeles convention, saddlesore Roncalio was vice chairman of the Wyoming delegation that gave all of its 15 votes to Jack�and put him over the top for the nomination.

Our conviction that the cowboy was an enviable individualist in denim persists like a psychic saddlesore.

Saddlesore and dust-caked, two aging cowpokes ride slowly into the gathering dusk.