It may be just talk. The article I read today was kind of the other way around, that he might go to Dubai but that would mean he wouldn’t go in the Met Mile. We’ll see!
That is so great. I’ll look up the race video
Probably for reasons similar to why figure skating hasn't been banned.
I am really sad for Medina Spirit, and for his owners and his breeder, who is a small operation and bred her horse of a lifetime. Barbara Livingston has been posting some haunting photos of him; he really had a sensitive eye.
Weren’t his horses already excluded from gaining points in Derby preps, thereby effectively knocking Baffert out of this year’s Derby.
Yes, you're right, but I somehow was thinking there was previously a loophole, but maybe not. He still has several good 3-year-olds in training; their owners will have to switch trainers to other trainers and try to get enough derby points in the remaining prep races.
I was excited about Pharoah's boy Forbidden Kingdom. Wouldn't it be something if he runs in the Derby and wins?
I saw this and was sad because I like their operation so much. They have always been so kind to me and have supported Old Friends too. Never any hesitation letting people pet the stallions on the shoulder while posting; those horses are so well cared for. I wonder what will happen to the stallions. An earlier article said they were open to leasing the stallions to whoever buys the farm but this latest one didn't mention anything.
He was only 16. I'm so happy I got to see him in January at Crestwood's open house. He looked fantastic.
Kicking myself for not buying a share through MRH
There’s a share available in another Pharoah boy, paired with two others… $293, if I recall correctly….Kicking myself for not buying a share through MRH
I saw that…not sure how I want to go with that.
Of course, it would be better to have no catastrophic injuries at all, but as long as there are domesticated horses, there will be catastrophic injuries.
She is still beautiful and was so soft, at least where she wasn’t covered in mud, LOL. She was grazing when we came up to the fence, and then when she noticed us, she ambled over and came right to me because I was holding a pear up for her. She’s the only horse on a farm like this that I’ve seen that did not have her nameplate on her halter.
I was happy too! What a plucky horse. He and his rider were patient, he went around other horses, including at the end (his move around another horse at that point reminded me of Zenyatta’s in her BCC win) and you can really see him surge ahead about 50 yards from the wire. Tough horse, as evidenced by him trying to kill the outrider’s pony!
