Wise Dan has been retired

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Cree
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Wise Dan has been retired

Postby Cree » Mon Sep 07, 2015 2:32 pm

My little broken heart...but so happy he will live out his days at his home. His career is nothing to sneeze at. He was incredible.

I was hoping to get to Woodbine for his comeback in the Mile, but c'est la vie!

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Re: Wise Dan has been retired

Postby Mahubah » Mon Sep 07, 2015 3:14 pm

"A man who was merely a man and said the sort of things Jesus said would not be a great moral teacher...You must make your choice. Either this man was, and is, the Son of God: or else a madman or something worse." C. S. Lewis

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Re: Wise Dan has been retired

Postby da hossman » Tue Sep 08, 2015 9:53 am

He was a great racehorse, and perhaps a bit under-appreciated. He was obviously a tremendous Turf Miler, but he also won the G1 Clark Handicap (1 1/8 miles) on the dirt and was beaten only a head in a driving finish of the G1 Stephen Foster (1 1/8 miles dirt).

Wise Dan was also the beneficiary of a talented old-time horseman in Charlie Lopresti. In an age where many trainers have higher monthly vet bills than training bills, Charlie's low monthly vet bills speak mountains.
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Re: Wise Dan has been retired

Postby Mahubah » Sat Sep 12, 2015 8:40 am

Well said, DH.
"A man who was merely a man and said the sort of things Jesus said would not be a great moral teacher...You must make your choice. Either this man was, and is, the Son of God: or else a madman or something worse." C. S. Lewis