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That there is one of the greatest, smartest, ohhh uummm....profound things I've ever heard you say! Thanks!!!!! So many are "common", so many don't fight. Many horses just know they have a job to do. And then when we find the rare ones that love to look to the side and see who's coming, and find that last bit of energy to make them concede defeat... yes, few and far between. You can't breed that kind of attitude into a horse. They either have it or they don't. When it shows up...watch out! It's what we wait for because it's so rare. Native Dancer had it. Northern Dancer too. Bold Ruler, Ruffian, Secretariat... That's why they were great. Thanks for a really good post. DTS |
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FWIW, I'm a big fan of LITF, too. --Dunbar |
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Thanks for those pics and stories. Much. Last fall I linked a film clip from ktvu.com out here of a live morning interview with Russell Baze at the door to Lost In The Fog's stall in his race before the Breeder's Cup. The horse had incredible "stage presence." He really did. I truly truly believe he knew what was going on around him. I went pack riding in the Sierras last year, and talked to my rented horse the entire way......as he slid down slopes, and we walked ledges above multi-hundred foot dropoffs. I'm pretty sure the horse knew what I was saying. Real sure, in fact. And I really liked the original "Dr. Doolittle" movie, too! |
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--Dunbar
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Curlin and Hard Spun finish 1,2 in the 2007 BC Classic, demonstrating how competing in all three Triple Crown races ruins a horse for the rest of the year...see avatar photo from REUTERS/Lucas Jackson |