" Folk dress in all manner of finery and wonderful hats to go and watch the races, but only if it's horses doing the barreling that day. This, at least, is understandable, for horses, in secret, love hats more than any other creature. It is a horse's tragedy that they can never properly wear one. "

― Catherynne M. Valente , The Girl Who Raced Fairyland All the Way Home (Fairyland, #5)