Far Rockaway leaves low claimers in the dust
Far Rockaway may not have set the world on fire on the racetrack, but he sure did light up Facebook a week ago when horse-lovers were aghast that the 4-year-old had dropped like a stone in a year’s time to run at the bottom-of-the barrel. The grandson of Dynaformer, and progeny of millionaire Macho Uno ran for a $75,000 tag last May, but had now fallen so far that he was scrambling in a $2,500 claimer at Los Alamitos Race Course. “Clearly this horse had no interest in running races anymore,” says Jenny Earhart, owner of Royal Star Ranch in […]
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Royal Ascot runner snapped up for low tag
Flashmans Papers had fallen so far from his glory days running at Royal Ascot that he was now prepping to run for a $3,500 tag at Beulah Park. But it was close to Christmas and Clarence the Angel must have been looking out for him. For, before the impressively built stallion set foot on Beulah Park, a trio of Thoroughbred advocates worked quickly and efficiently to negotiate with racetrack personnel and the racehorse’s last owner to retire the deserving animal. “The fact that this horse was born in Great Britain and is the son of one of the most famous […]
