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Malibu Moon
Just a really, really beautiful stallion
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Man o’ War was the mightiest Thoroughbred the American turf has ever known. His career came to a roaring stop in 1920, after he had won 20 races in 21 starts. He had speed, stamina, courage and heart, and he broke most of the existing records of his day. I was his trainer, and I can truthfully say there has never been another horse like him. He was the kind of horse from which dreams are made…
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Man o’ War poses in bridle
“They say of Man O’ War that he broke the hearts of all the horses he ever raced against. He was carrying the top weight of 130 pounds in this race… but weight never seemed to bother that powerful animal. Neither weight nor weather nor the racing luck. He had the fighting heart that is stimulated only when the odds are against it…
When the alibis are being offered, they will say, ‘Give me a Man O’ War who can run in fair weather and in foul, who can be left at the post when the field is off and then come on. Give me a Man O’ War who only shows his best when it seems sure that he is beaten, and yet who will not be beaten.”
~W. O. McGeehan, “Golden Stallion, Man O War,” Saturday Evening Post, July 9, 1927, p. 70.
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He’s nice and he’s smart, but don’t ever try to force him or you’ll come out second best every time.
Ask him and he’ll do what you want. Push him and it’s all off.
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Faded but still brilliant: Big Red
