Swaps. by Charles Hatton

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Swaps. by Charles Hatton

Postby Patuxet » Sat Aug 13, 2011 6:56 pm

Hatton on 1956 Horse of the Year from the 1957 American Racing Manual.

http://ddink55.wordpress.com/2011/08/12/swaps-1956/
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Postby zinn21 » Thu Feb 09, 2012 12:47 pm

By far the best Cal Bred ever. Love him..
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Postby Barcaldine » Thu Feb 09, 2012 3:28 pm

I saw Swaps near the very end of his life, at age 19. I wish I had not. He had wasted away and didn't resemble the horse we've all seen on tape and in photos.

Conversely I saw his sire *Khaled when he was 25 years old at Ellsworth's bare-bones ranch in Chino. Although a bit sway backed he still looked relatively healthy and was still breeding mares.

I agree, Swaps was by far the best Cal-bred in history. He would have run away and hid from Tiznow, Lava Man or Best Pal. His loss to Nashua in the match race was not an accurate reflection of his superiority; as the article alludes to, he was injured and shouldn't have run at all that day.

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Postby vineyridge » Thu Feb 09, 2012 5:42 pm

Ellsworth was a b*st*rd, who starved Swaps's dam to death. He would do anything to anything to squeeze out an extra dollar. I hope he is roasting over slow coals for eternity.
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