Can you name these Thoroughbred legends I visited as an awestruck kid? Here are your hints:
Both were living in sweet muddy retirement at Claiborne Farm in Kentucky in the late 80's.
One, a brilliant chestnut with three white socks, built like a quarter horse but fast enough to have run his way into the history books. (One more hint: it's not Solo ;-)
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The other a grey with a noble eye (whoever can ID this one gets MAJOR kudos).
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I'm pretty sure the first one is Secretariat... no clue on the second though. Is it a stallion as well?
ReplyDeleteYou are correct, Player 1!! Yes, the second is a stallion.
ReplyDeleteFrom the movie "Speed". Oh, that's not what you asked, but I figured I'd throw out that useless trivia anyway.
ReplyDeleteStill not sure of the second horse. None of the horses that I looked up were gray, or looked like they might turn gray. Any other hints?
Hahaha, ok, you get the prize for "unasked question about title." I wish I had more hints -- the truth is, I don't know who he is, I was hoping an astute reader with a closet TB obsession might help me out!
ReplyDeleteOooooooooooooooooooh, it was a trick! I was thinking that unknown stallion number two was somehow related to Solo or something. I also spent more time than I'd like to admit looking at Claiborn Farm's history trying to find a gray stallion! There was a mare who was gray and big, but she died in 1977 or something like that.
ReplyDeleteLOL, molly, I did too -- yes, there was a grey mare, Shenanigans, she was Ruffian's dam. But I couldn't find any grey stallions either, phooey! He must have been someone since mum took his picture! The only other ones I remember seeing that day were Mr. Prospector and Riva Ridge and both were bays, dangit!
ReplyDeleteThe first one is Secretariat - I got to visit him in 1989, the year he died, and got to stand next to him and pet him on the shoulder - he looked just as beautiful as he ever did in any picture and was very sweet tempered, unlike the horse I believe may be no. 2 - Spectacular Bid, I think, we also saw him but were told to stay well back as he would bite given the chance.
ReplyDeleteOh oh, you may be right! That sounds familiar! We have a winner!
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