ridecamp@endurance.net: Re: Fred, the Tevis winner

Re: Fred, the Tevis winner

Truman Prevatt (prevatt@lds.loral.com)
Thu, 17 Aug 1995 10:39:46 -0400

Not only did Fred win the Tevis, but he won the 95 OD as well. Fred was
also 3rd or 4th (if memory serves me right) at the 94 OD. I rode with
Fred and Matthew for the first 30 miles or so at the Biltmore (Fred
finished about 5th, I had some misfortune). But the big guns were at the
Biltmore, Nina Warren, Steve Rojek, Joy Maler, Malissa Crain, etc.

Fred is a big gray Anglo Arab, about 15-2 to 15-3 (looks more Anglo than
Arab). He has no trouble carrying Matthew, who is a middleweight. He is a
very calm easy going guy. Misty was acting like a real basket case, and I
was having a difficult time (more difficult than usual) rating her.
Matthew told me to pull in behind Fred and put her on his butt to calm her
down. He said Fred is used to doing that job. I did and she settled in
nicely.

But Matthew has a lot of good horses and he is in the horse business. If
someone was willing to pay the price, then he would sell him. That is the
business side of horses.

Truman

>I would be interested in knowing more about Fred, the horse who won Tevis.
> Age, breed, size, endurance experience, etc. I was shocked that his owner
>was so ready to sell him, right at the finish....

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The race is not always to the swift, but to those that keep running.

Truman and Mystic "The Horse from HELL" Storm

prevatt@lds.loral.com - Sarasota, Florida
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