Re: [RC] [RC] Horses!!! stop with the height - Truman Prevatt
Frank,
A-men!
My favoriate horse of all times is the great John Henry. If there were
the money in TB racing in the 80's as today, he would have won 100
million! He had 85 starts and didn't finish out of the money in any.
He won on turf, on dirt. He won running backards in Europe and forwards
in the US. He was horse of the year twice (the only horse to win it
twice in nonconsecutive years). Yep the first time he was an over the
hill TB at 5 - then the second time was really over the hill at 9!
He had "very poor" breeding. His conformation wasn't good - nope he'll
never hold up. He should have been dog food according to the
"experts." But he wasn't and he kept winning and winning and winning.
What makes him better - he was just better. It helped that he had one
of the best jocks of all times riding him - BTW the jock that he ran
out (chasing him over the fence with his teeth beared at 27 years old)
of his paddock at Kentucky when he took the crew filming Seabiscut to
see a true legend. The key is he had an owner and trainer that belived
in him and prepared him for battle - very few of which he ever lost!
It ain't blood lines, it's the horse and the horse's preperation.
'better is better'.....I've been left in the dust by tall horses
with short riders, short horses with tall riders, tall riders with no
clue, short riders with no clue, tall riders wearing shorts running
next to short horses who have no clue.....yeah, BETTER IS BETTER and
it's funny how THAT group of horses and riders have one thing in
common....no, not bloodlines....PREPARATION and the OPPORTUNITY to show
it.
~Frank
-- "It is necessary to be noble, and yet take humility as a basis
"It
is necessary to be noble, and yet
take humility as a basis.
It is necessary
to be exalted, and yet take modesty as a foundation."
