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Smarty Still Draws Crowds

Smarty Jones is still packing in fans. An average of 250 visitors a week descend on Three Chimneys Farm for a peek at the colt, so many that the farm has hired a full-time tour guide and plans to build a new parking lot. (Thoroughbred Times)

Posted in Horses on October 10, 2004

Champion Stayer, Now a Legend

The great British racehorse Persian Punch, fondly remembered. “If ever a horse did take on human qualities, particularly of response and affection, then he did.” (The Independent)

Posted in Horses on October 10, 2004

Why Not Funny Cide?

“Funny Cide will be in the starting gate later this month in the Classic. He will be facing a much tougher field that day  than in the Gold Cup with the likes of Ghostzapper, Saint Liam, Pleasantly Perfect, Bago, and Roses in May as likely opponents.
“But he likes the underdog role.
“That’s the precise position he was in prior to last year’s Kentucky Derby. A New York-bred gelding win the Derby?
“Hah, they all said.
“One of these days a NY-bred will take the Classic as well. We’ve seen two Florida-breds (Unbridled, Skip Away), two Maryland-breds (Concern, Cigar), a Pennsylvania-bred (Alphabet Soup) and a California-bred (Tiznow, twice) win this Breeders Cup showdown, haven’t we?” (MSNBC)
More: “Funny Cide makes grade” (Times Union)

Posted in Horses on October 6, 2004