> touts OKC as being "The Horse Capitol". How backwards is that

Not backwards at all. There is more than a few shovels of income income generated through the horse industry, and not just in Purcell, Norman and the surrounding countryside. Boots may not be on the feet of bankers, but they remain very much on the feet of many man Oklahomans, including thos in OKC.

Being blessed with new avenues of recognitiond oesn't mean the old have died off, we're just maturing as a state ... happens when ya hit that second century