Was There Ever a Movie About Alydar?
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Was There Ever a Movie About Alydar?
And all the scandal that went on about insurance and all. The guy that supposedly did him in is out of prison now, RIGHT?
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Closest they've ever come is this: http://fmvoice.netfirms.com/alydardvd/story.html
An imaginary movie made by an imaginary film company on a Hollywood simulation game. Apparently, there are entire imaginary studios devoted to making imaginary movies now
An imaginary movie made by an imaginary film company on a Hollywood simulation game. Apparently, there are entire imaginary studios devoted to making imaginary movies now
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Most recently(?), there was an episode of 'Power, Privilege, & Justice' (Court TV) devoted to Alydar's story.
Calumet's default on its loans, some of which were secured by Alydar himself, was material to the eventual failure of First City Texas (one of the more devastating blows to state & local economy prior to the failure of Enron). Only in the course of the federal investigation & prosecution of FCT's failure was there any attempt to prove that Alydar's injury was not an accident.
Alton Stone, the groom on stallion barn duty the night Alydar sustained his injury, was convicted in 1998 on two counts of lying to a federal grand jury re. events immediately prior to and during the night Alydar was injured. Stone was a last minute replacement for the regular groom. During his trial "highly regarded equine veterinarians" testified that in their opinion Alydar's injuries could have been self-inflicted. The FBI report on the injury & circumstances surrounding it was inconclusive.
During the punishment phase of Lundy's trial for bank fraud, conspiracy, and bribery, the Judge heard evidence re. Alydar's death including testimony from Dr. George Pratt an engineering professor emeritus at MIT (and then chairman of the Racetrack Safety committee for some nat'l. TB org.) that based upon analysis of structural damage to his stall Alydar's injury could not have been self-inflicted. But the Judge eventually concluded that he could not consider the testimony re. Alydar in sentencing. In 2000 Lundy got 4 yrs. in federal prison & served his time. Got out in time to show up at the Jan. '05 Keeneland sale.
FCT CEO and Lundy pal Frank Cihak was sentenced to 22 years for bank fraud.
Alydar was insured on several policies totaling ~$36M. Notice had been served a few days before his injury that one of those policies would not be renewed. FWIW, I doubt Lundy had anything directly to do w/ what happened to the horse - but I think he knew something would inevitably happen to him prior to the expiration of any of the existing insurance policies.
Calumet's default on its loans, some of which were secured by Alydar himself, was material to the eventual failure of First City Texas (one of the more devastating blows to state & local economy prior to the failure of Enron). Only in the course of the federal investigation & prosecution of FCT's failure was there any attempt to prove that Alydar's injury was not an accident.
Alton Stone, the groom on stallion barn duty the night Alydar sustained his injury, was convicted in 1998 on two counts of lying to a federal grand jury re. events immediately prior to and during the night Alydar was injured. Stone was a last minute replacement for the regular groom. During his trial "highly regarded equine veterinarians" testified that in their opinion Alydar's injuries could have been self-inflicted. The FBI report on the injury & circumstances surrounding it was inconclusive.
During the punishment phase of Lundy's trial for bank fraud, conspiracy, and bribery, the Judge heard evidence re. Alydar's death including testimony from Dr. George Pratt an engineering professor emeritus at MIT (and then chairman of the Racetrack Safety committee for some nat'l. TB org.) that based upon analysis of structural damage to his stall Alydar's injury could not have been self-inflicted. But the Judge eventually concluded that he could not consider the testimony re. Alydar in sentencing. In 2000 Lundy got 4 yrs. in federal prison & served his time. Got out in time to show up at the Jan. '05 Keeneland sale.
FCT CEO and Lundy pal Frank Cihak was sentenced to 22 years for bank fraud.
Alydar was insured on several policies totaling ~$36M. Notice had been served a few days before his injury that one of those policies would not be renewed. FWIW, I doubt Lundy had anything directly to do w/ what happened to the horse - but I think he knew something would inevitably happen to him prior to the expiration of any of the existing insurance policies.