Sound, Hard Knockers

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Joltman
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Postby Joltman » Fri Feb 17, 2012 7:06 am

Shammy Davis wrote:http://www.pedigreequery.com/progeny/jacks+ruby

Don't see this often. Thanks.


Awesome - 4 for 4 passing on that soundness.

Congrats on the win Michael. Hope that soundness continues in the progeny.

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Postby wilf » Fri Feb 17, 2012 8:37 am

Nice one Michael,hopefully Jamie Ness will win a bunch with "Bones". Conveyor certainly adds toughness to a pedigree from what I have seen.

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Postby Shammy Davis » Fri Feb 17, 2012 10:57 am

Everytime I read this thread, I think of a bawdy red headed big busted foul mouthed burlesque female comedian back in the 60's named Rusty Warren who produced a lewd and explicit comedy album titled "Knockers Up." Must be the word "knockers." :roll:

Sorry JM. I was young and brash and often distilled, back then. :oops: Don't know why that memory sticks with me. I've repented. Besides if I were to entertain myself with that sort of stuff today, lord knows what my wife would do with my remains.

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Postby wilf » Fri Feb 17, 2012 7:03 pm

Shammy, hopefully she will scatter your ashes at the wire of Churchill Downs.

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Postby Shammy Davis » Sat Feb 18, 2012 7:35 am

Wilf: That would be great, but my wife is a "composting" devotee. I think it would be more likely, I'll be included with odorous materials that I've had a life long job of cleaning up. :cry:

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Postby wilf » Sat Feb 18, 2012 7:38 am

HaHaHa , I watched a movie a few years ago where some friends were scattering ashes over a cliff I think and it all blew back into their faces.

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Postby Shammy Davis » Sat Feb 18, 2012 7:49 am

That's funny. I love my wife but if she does decide to compost me, I hope it is a windy day.

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Postby valjoe » Sun Feb 19, 2012 2:12 pm

I was browsing back at one of my mares pedigree and found that fela

http://www.pedigreequery.com/seths+hope

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Postby Joltman » Sun Feb 19, 2012 8:50 pm

thats a lot of starts

probably made millions in today's dollars.

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Postby valjoe » Sun Feb 19, 2012 8:53 pm

no kiding, he must have run until 20

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Postby Shammy Davis » Mon Feb 20, 2012 8:06 pm

Came across the site the other day that honors a real hard knocker. Says a lot doesn't it?

http://208.74.204.74/t5/History-and-Pho ... d-p/595209

Herb Hooper was a pretty hard knocker himself.

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Postby Bast » Mon Feb 20, 2012 8:11 pm

valjoe wrote:I was browsing back at one of my mares pedigree and found that fela

http://www.pedigreequery.com/seths+hope


Holy Makrole. :shock:
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Postby Joltman » Mon Apr 30, 2012 9:50 am

Wonder how old he was when Seths Hope finally hung it up? The DRF Kentuckian archive site has a few references to him running at Agua Caliente. BTW that $70k earnings was not peanuts in those days...

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This guy is 13 and still at it in NY - Finger Lakes.

http://www.pedigreequery.com/star+of+rome

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Postby Sailor Kenshin » Mon Apr 30, 2012 10:41 am

I just saw him in Race 2. He came in third. I THINK... lol, they don't give names with the payout info.
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Postby Joltman » Fri Dec 28, 2012 11:15 am

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/27/sport ... ?hpw&_r=2&

here's a standardbred who was really durable. It's not unusual for them to race 40 times a year and stay sound.

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