RIP Black Tie Affair (1986-2010)

[RolloTomasi]

He was at the Old Friends retirement farm. Had ongoing problems with melanoma.

[Merlinsky]

Originally Posted by RolloTomasi

He was at the Old Friends retirement farm. Had ongoing problems with melanoma.

Ah that would make sense. Don't a lot of greys have issues with melanoma as they age? I could've sworn even though Winning Colors died after colicking that she had troubles with that too, as did Cozzene. Not sure about The Bid, Lady's Secret, etc.

[RolloTomasi]

Originally Posted by Merlinsky

Ah that would make sense. Don't a lot of greys have issues with melanoma as they age? I could've sworn even though Winning Colors died after colicking that she had troubles with that too, as did Cozzene. Not sure about The Bid, Lady's Secret, etc.

I remember either Lady's Secret or Winning Colors or possibly both went through the sales ring in Kentucky as broodmares with unsightly tumors on their heads.

[Arletta]

Originally Posted by Merlinsky

Ah that would make sense. Don't a lot of greys have issues with melanoma as they age? I could've sworn even though Winning Colors died after colicking that she had troubles with that too, as did Cozzene. Not sure about The Bid, Lady's Secret, etc.

Unfortunately it is pretty common.

[blackthroatedwind]

He was the luckiest BC Classic winner ever....but hard to begrudge such a cool horse. He was 3rd in the BC Sprint to Safely Kept and Dayjur the year prior to his Classic win. He won the Commonwealth at Keeneland at 7F in back to back years ( 32:1 and 7:1 ) and was second in the Carter to Housebuster at 7F as well. He also won the Stephen Foster and Iselin ( over Farma Way ) at 1 1/8 plus a host of other races. He broke his maiden at Phili Park.

Tough horse not to like.

[10 pnt move up]

Originally Posted by blackthroatedwind

He was the luckiest BC Classic winner ever....but hard to begrudge such a cool horse. He was 3rd in the BC Sprint to Safely Kept and Dayjur the year prior to his Classic win. He won the Commonwealth at Keeneland at 7F in back to back years ( 32:1 and 7:1 ) and was second in the Carter to Housebuster at 7F as well. He also won the Stephen Foster and Iselin ( over Farma Way ) at 1 1/8 plus a host of other races. He broke his maiden at Phili Park.

Tough horse not to like.

I was going to say the same, that BC Classic was stolen.

Skywalker maybe comes to mind.

[blackthroatedwind]

Originally Posted by 10 pnt move up

I was going to say the same, that BC Classic was stolen.

Skywalker maybe comes to mind.

Yeah, that was pretty amazing as well. Took advantage of a speed track. To think, he beat Turkoman and Precisionist.

[OldDog]

Originally Posted by blackthroatedwind

To think, he beat . . . Precisionist.

who was also at Old Friends until he passed.

"He was just life-changing for us," Dee Poulos, wife of late trainer Ernie Poulos, said in a statement from Old Friends. "It was such a wonderful experience with him. He was, and will still be, an inspiration for me. When things got tough, I would think about Black Tie. He was my motivator."

Dee Poulos last saw Black Tie Affair at Old Friends in June.

"I felt I just had to see him, and I told my sister that we just had to go," she said. "I'm so glad we did. I spent a lot of time with him that day. We brought him out and he was just grazing, and I was playing with his ears–I always loved the feel of his ears–and he suddenly looked up at me and I thought, ‘Oh, Black Tie just said goodbye.’ I didn’t want to think that way, but it was a terrible feeling I had. It was just wonderful that he ended up at Old Friends. The horse was one of a kind."



http://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-raci...ie-affair-dead

http://www.examiner.com/x-43823-Hors...ack-Tie-Affair


I met him for the first time at Old Friends. RIP, big fella.

[Cannon Shell]

He was a very good broodmare sire as well

[Indian Charlie]

Originally Posted by blackthroatedwind

He was the luckiest BC Classic winner ever....but hard to begrudge such a cool horse. He was 3rd in the BC Sprint to Safely Kept and Dayjur the year prior to his Classic win. He won the Commonwealth at Keeneland at 7F in back to back years ( 32:1 and 7:1 ) and was second in the Carter to Housebuster at 7F as well. He also won the Stephen Foster and Iselin ( over Farma Way ) at 1 1/8 plus a host of other races. He broke his maiden at Phili Park.

Tough horse not to like.

Freakin Mccarron. I KNEW he was going to let BTA steal that race, and even though I hit that exacta, I was pissed after that race.