James Hetfield Hangs Out With Sandman

I had to share this because it is too cute: Metalllica's James Hetfield hanging out with horse Sandman before the Kentucky Derby. Apparently the band heard about the horse and sent the barn crew a bunch of Metallica merch.

James and the rest of Metallica are down in Nashville for a no repeat weekend. They played Thursday and will do so again tonight. This photo was taken yesterday.

The Kentucky Derby takes place in Louisville, so that's about 2 and a half hours by car (or like 12 seconds by private jet or something, ha) from Music City.

Post time is 6:57 p.m. today. Unfortunately it is very rainy - let's just hope all the horses make it through the race healthy.

No clue if James bet on Sandman.