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In
honor of JOHN HENRY's 30th BIRTHDAY
"JOHN
HENRY"
Pen and Ink, 1981
Collection of the artist
PRINTS : 11x 14 print in white and
black double mat $75.00 or signed
$100.00
"JOHN
HENRY"
Pen and Ink, 1981
Collection of the artist
PRINTS : 11x 14 print in white and
black double mat $75.00 or signed
$100.00
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In
Honor of KELSO who hit the jackpot
five years in a row in 1960 - 1964
as the only horse ever to win five
HORSE OF THE YEAR titles
"KELSO"
PRINTS : 11x 14 print in white and
black double mat $75.00 or signed
$100.00
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We
remember two great fillies who died within
days of each other. Between them they earned
almost $5,000,000 and won handfuls of G1
races onboth sides of the ocean - may of
them against the boys.
The French-bred female
ALL ALONG champion and
Horse of the Year on two continents,
died Feb. 23 at the age of 26.
The Wildenstein family's champion older
horse in France and 1983 Horse of the Year
in the U.S. was pensioned two years ago
at Three Chimneys.
In
a span of 41 days, she won the Prix de l'Arc
de Triomphe (Fr-I), the Rothmans International
(Can-I) at Woodbine, the Turf Classic (gr.
IT) at Aqueduct and the Washington, D.C.
International (gr. IT) at Laurel. She was
the first foreign-based horse to be voted
an Eclipse award as Horse of the Year and
the first female to be voted the Eclipse
as Horse of the Year. She was also the first
horse to win the American title without
racing on dirt.
"She
took us -- my father, my brother and myself
-- on a joy ride like no other, culminating
in an achievement we scarcely dared to dream
about, which was "Horse of the Year"
in America," said Alec Wildenstein.
"Sad as it is to lose her, I am glad
she had such a long and healthy life in
return for all the happiness she gave us."
"All
Along was euthanized due to the infirmities
of old age," said Rosenberg. "You
hear that phrase all the time, but I'd like
to point out that the Wildensteins authorized
us to treat her with thousands of dollars
of drugs in the last month in our attempts
to try to improve her quality of life. When
it became clear that we could do no more,
they willingly made the difficult decision
for euthanasia."
A
remarkably durable racehorse, she ran second
in the Japan Cup (Jpn-I) as a 3-year-old
in 1982, and as a 5-year-old finished second
in the inaugural Breeders' Cup Turf (gr.
IT) at Hollywood Park, her final race in
1984.
Retired
as the leading money-winning mare in the
world with earnings of $3,018,420, All Along
was voted into the National Museum of Racing
Hall of Fame in 1990.
She
was buried in the cemetery at the Old Bradley
Place division (formerly known as King Ranch)
of Three Chimneys, along with Maplejinsky
and next to Igual, the dam of King Ranch's
homebred Triple Crown winner Assault.
All
Along was bred by and raced for the Daniel
Wildenstein and was trained by Patrick Biancone.
She was by Targowice, out of Agujita and
was the dam of group II stakes winner Along
All (Prix Greffulhe-G2, 2nd Grand Criterium-G1),
stakes winner Aranqueur and three stakes
producers.
Estrapade,
winner of an Eclipse Award as champion female
turf horse, died from an apparent heart
attack at John Sikura's Hill 'n' Dale Farm
near Lexington, Ky. She was 25.
When she died, Estrapade, who suffered from
Cushings Disease, was preparing to move
to Midway to live on a retirement farm operated
by Old Friends, said Michael Blowen, founder
of the Thoroughbred retirement organization.
"She
was scheduled to be brought over to us today,"
Blowen said. "We were all hoping that
she would have had another couple of years
to run around and enjoy herself."
Estrapade
is the only female to have won the Arlington
Million (gr. IT), having done so at age
six during her championship campaign of
1986. She also won the grade I Yellow Ribbon
Invitational Handicap in 1985 and the grade
I Oak Tree Invitational Stakes the following
year.
Estrapade,
a daughter of Vaguely Noble, out of Klepto,
won 12 of 30 races and earned $1,937,142.
As
a broodmare, Estrapde is represented by
six named foals, including the gelding Rice
(by Blushing John) who won the 1998 Meadowlands
Endurance Stakes and finished second in
the Red Smith Handicap (gr. II)
Blowen
said that Estrapade's owner, Michael Paulson,
had agreed to allow Estrapade to be buried
at Hurstland Farm in Midway, where Old Friends'
operations are based.
"We
plan to do it up right for her with a headstone
and a plaque outlining all of her accomplishments,"
Blowen said. "I'm just sorry that we
couldn't give her the same type of life
our other retired horses are enjoying."
Blowen
said a public memorial could be scheduled
for Estrapade within the next two weeks.
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