Great Hunter

GoinForGold · Postby **GoinForGold** » Mon Apr 23, 2007 11:28 pm

I had a question, as I saw on ESPN not so long ago that there was some kind of ownership dispute on this horse, I guess the previous owner used the horse as collateral on a loan. During the TV broadcast the owners and the bank were working out a settlement. That same telecast Great Hunter was nosed out at the wire by Dominican. Can anyone tell me if this was settled, I am curious, as my work schedule di dnot allow me to watch the end of the telecast and I haven't had enough time to look it up online. I tried searching today and found nothing.
Thanks!

geowarrior · Postby **geowarrior** » Mon Apr 23, 2007 11:30 pm

Yes it was settled. As far as I know, the terms of the settlement have not been made public.

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Rokeby Forever · Postby **Rokeby Forever** » Mon Apr 23, 2007 11:32 pm

Great Hunter ran a subpar Bluegrass Stakes and the bank didn't want him any more. LOL!

geowarrior · Postby **geowarrior** » Mon Apr 23, 2007 11:42 pm

I wouldn't count out Great Hunter yet. The Bluegrass was a bit of a strange experience for all.

Rokeby Forever · Postby **Rokeby Forever** » Tue Apr 24, 2007 12:16 am

Corey Nakanauseaus is enough reason to write this horse off.

geowarrior · Postby **geowarrior** » Tue Apr 24, 2007 12:22 am

Hmmm, not a fan of Corey, I take it? You really think he will scupper Great Hunter's chances?

Rokeby Forever · Postby **Rokeby Forever** » Tue Apr 24, 2007 12:28 am

Corey N could run into traffic during a morning workout.

jagger · Postby **jagger** » Tue Apr 24, 2007 7:23 am

"Scupper", Louise?

Could we have a definition?

geowarrior · Postby **geowarrior** » Tue Apr 24, 2007 7:45 am

Scupper comes from an opening on a ship to let water drain off. So the verb scupper which originally meant something like to sink (as in a ship) has come to mean overwhelm or massacre (according to one online dictionary). I often associate the term with pirates.

Lucy · Postby **Lucy** » Tue Apr 24, 2007 5:36 pm

It's a fine word.

Almost as much fun as 'scuttle'.

madelyn · Postby **madelyn** » Wed Apr 25, 2007 9:41 am

HEY! I had scuppers, and I'm no pirate.

The sailboat I lived on for 10 years had a large center cockpit with four corner scuppers of 2" pvc. 'Course it was good that the cockpit wasn't much more than waist-deep. I got caught one time in a hurricane for 5 days and when 28 feet of water crash down on top of you , the scuppers are overwhelmed and the cockpit fills until it has time for the water to drain off, and with wheel steering the cockpit was the only place I could be.

Scuttle means to sink a ship or destroy equipment on purpose that has become unwanted.. or in the case of war, to prevent it from falling into enemy's hands so they can use it.

geowarrior · Postby **geowarrior** » Wed Apr 25, 2007 10:12 am

Madelyn, although my seagoing experience has mostly involved being transported to isolated outcrops in dories and other Newfoundland small boats, I do know that scuppers are not limited to pirates. I think my association of the word with pirates is more of a phonetic one 'rrrrrr!

Great Hunter's jockey could either scuttle his chances or scupper them, but I prefer scupper because I like the word better, and because scuttle implies a deliberate act. Actually I'd really prefer that he did neither as Great Hunter is one of my Derby picks.