No horsing around

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BEIJING -- U.S. high hurdler Lolo Jones wanted to straighten out the widely circulating story that she is going to race a horse after the Olympics.

‘I actually did a spot for a casino that races horses [Prairie Meadows in Altoona, Iowa] and donated some money so my family could go to China,’’ she said. ‘I guess because I was saying lines like, ‘Yeah, that horse is fast, but can he hurdle?’ that got turned into, ‘Lolo’s going to race a horse.’

‘Lolo’s not racing any horse. I’ve got enough problems with humans.’’

But if you change your mind and do race a horse, it’s got to be over barriers, right?

‘Got to give me some kind of help,’’ she said.

-- Philip Hersh