@UTF8 @Begin @Languages: eng @Participants: DEBR DEBRA Speaker, MANY MANY Speaker, AUD AUD Speaker @Options: CA, caps, bullets @ID: eng|SBCSAE|DEBR|||||Speaker||| @ID: eng|SBCSAE|MANY|||||Speaker||| @ID: eng|SBCSAE|AUD|||||Speaker||| @Media: 40, audio @Comment: Beaten on a Regular Basis @Comment: Scripted tour of the Kentucky Horse Park / Museum. Presenter also addresses questions from the audience. *DEBR: (..) &=in Good afternoon ladies and gentlemen 0_2180 &=in We'd like to welcome you to the Kentucky Horse Park 2180_4579 and to the Hall of Champions presentation . 4579_6737 *DEBR: &=in We have four geldings and one stallion that we'll present for you this afternoon 6737_10916 &=in and as we bring them out 10916_12279 we'll give you the history on each one 12279_13847 and please feel free to take all the pictures that you want 13847_16381 and to ask questions . 16381_17713 *DEBR: (..) 17713_40750 Our first horse here today at the Hall of Champions 40750_43295 is our only thoroughbred stallion . 43295_45177 *DEBR: (.) This is Bold Forbes . 45177_46673 *DEBR: (.) &=in Bold Forbes is a dark bay or brown stallion 46673_49527 and he was foaled in nineteen seventy-three . 49527_51798 *DEBR: &=in He is by the stallion Irish Castle 51798_54198 and out of the unraced mare Comely Nell . 54198_56370 *DEBR: &=in He was bred by Lee Eaton 56370_58371 and Red Bull Stables . 58371_59678 *DEBR: &=in This grandson of Bold Ruler was entered into a sale in July of nineteen seventy-four . 59678_64753 *DEBR: (.) &=in Mister Estaban Tizol 64753_66742 a banker and real estate developer from Puerto Rico 66742_69408 &=in liked Bold Forbes' pedigree . 69408_71115 *DEBR: And he liked this horse so much 71115_73005 &=in that he decided he was going to buy him 73005_75154 no matter what the cost . 75154_76520 *DEBR: (.) &=in The cost ended up being fifteen-thousand two-hundred dollars 76520_80287 &=in and Bold Forbes was then shipped to El Commandante racetrack in San Juan Puerto Rico . 80287_85185 *DEBR: (..) &=in In Bold Forbes' very first start in Puerto Rico as a two-year-old 85185_89181 &=in he went off at odds of thirty-five to one 89181_91734 (.) and he won that race by seventeen lengths . 91734_94099 *DEBR: (..) &=in He was entered into four more races 94099_96594 (.) he won them all 96594_97500 &=in and in doing so 97500_98735 he was named champion two-year-old in Puerto Rico . 98735_101515 *DEBR: (..) &=in Well El Commandante is the only racetrack in Puerto Rico 101515_105545 &=in so it didn't take Bold Forbes too long to run out of competition . 105545_109205 *DEBR: (..) &=in So in the summer of nineteen seventy-five 109205_111798 he was shipped to New York 111798_113073 to his new trainer Laz Barrera . 113073_115076 *DEBR: (..) &=in In New York he won the Freemont Stakes 115076_117842 and the Saratoga Special 117842_119150 before he injured his shins 119150_120458 and was given the rest of the year off . 120458_122312 *DEBR: (..) &=in Well all of Bold Forbes's races up to this point had been sprints 122312_126178 or six furlong races . 126178_127828 *DEBR: &=in The Kentucky Derby is a much longer race 127828_130682 at a mile and a quarter . 130682_131815 *DEBR: (..) So as a three-year-old 131815_133227 Forbes wasn't given much of a chance at all in the Kentucky Derby . 133227_136557 *DEBR: (..) &=in But his trainer had more confidence in him than that 136557_139828 &=in and with Angel Cordero junior in the saddle 139828_142359 &=in Bold Forbes won the Kentucky Derby 142359_144604 at odds of seventeen to one 144604_146401 (..) one length in front of the leader 146401_148359 (.) Honest Pleasure . 148359_149374 *DEBR: (..) &=in The Preakness however was a disappointment for Bold Forbes . 149374_152840 *DEBR: He cut his left hind heel during the race 152840_154850 but he still managed to run third . 154850_156638 *DEBR: (..) &=in But when the Belmont rolled around 156638_158540 he had that all healed up 158540_159787 and he won the Belmont stakes by a neck . 159787_161868 *DEBR: (..) &=in In October 161868_163180 Forbes was entered into the Vosburgh Handicap 163180_165555 and again he severely bruised his right hind foot . 165555_168206 *DEBR: &=in Again he ran a very game third 168206_170490 but after this race 170490_171533 he was considered too valuable a breeding stallion to risk any more injury . 171533_175459 *DEBR: &=in So he was retired to stud from the track . 175459_178011 *DEBR: (..) &=in Bold Forbes was syndicated to stud for a hundred and thirty thousand dollars per share 178011_183016 &=in and he stood his entire career at Arthur Hancock Stone Farm . 183016_186771 *DEBR: (..) &=in As a stallion 186771_188187 Bold Forbes produced a champion filly Tiffany Lass 188187_190967 a winner of over half a million dollars 190967_192824 &=in Bold Apparel 192824_194046 a champion filly in Italy 194046_195575 &=in Air Forbes One 195575_196948 and over two-hundred other winners . 196948_198773 *DEBR: &=in (.) Bold Forbes is a winner of over half a million dollars 198773_202010 in just two years on the racetrack . 202010_203806 *DEBR: &=in He was in eighteen races 203806_205714 and had thirteen wins 205714_207198 and was never worse than third . 207198_208897 *DEBR: (..) &=in He was retired from stud duty in the spring of nineteen ninety-one . 208897_212825 *DEBR: (.) &=in He is twenty-one years old 212825_214753 and stands fifteen point three hands tall . 214753_217305 *DEBR: (.) &=in Ladies and gentlemen 217305_218760 the nineteen seventy-six Kentucky Derby winner 218760_221515 (.) Bold Forbes . 221515_222656 *MANY: (.) &=APPLAUSE . 222656_228710 *DEBR: (.) Does anyone have any questions 228710_230191 while we're waiting for the next horse to come out . 230191_232128 *DEBR: (..) Questions ? 232128_233985 *DEBR: (..) Okay 233985_234978 while we're waiting 234978_235641 I'll just call everyone's attention to this horse 235641_237794 I [% laugh] don't [% laugh] know [% laugh] if everyone can see him 237794_238923 &=in ʔover here in this paddock on: the right 238923_241641 &=in this is Sergeant Pepper Feature 241641_243519 and 243519_243768 he's usually in our show 243768_244968 but 244968_245115 because Bold Forbes is up here today 245115_246799 he +/. 246799_247010 *DEBR: We kicked him out . 247010_247728 *DEBR: We have six horses that belong to the Hall of Champions 247728_250165 &=in and only five stalls . 250165_251665 *DEBR: So we could only have five at a time in the show . 251665_253637 *DEBR: &=in &=lengthened Um 253637_254315 Sergeant Pepper was the nineteen eighty-two world champion racing quarter horse 254315_258314 &=in and 258314_258957 at the time of his retirement 258957_260368 he was the eighth richest quarter horse in history 260368_262880 &=in and he had earnings of over nine-hundred thousand dollars . 262880_265843 *DEBR: (..) So 265843_266456 on your way out (.) today 266456_267708 you might wanna just take a look over there 267708_269223 and say hi to Sergeant Pepper . 269223_270449 *DEBR: (..) 270449_295850 And there's Bold Forbes looking out the window . 295850_297809 *DEBR: &{l=@ If anybody can see him 297809_299021 he's right there 299021_299715 &=in watching the show &}l=@ . 299715_301073 *DEBR: (..) 301073_315574 &=in Our next horse is the first horse to retire here to the Hall of Champions 315574_319796 that is not a racehorse . 319796_321132 *DEBR: (..) This is Imperator . 321132_322718 *DEBR: And he is a five-gaited American Saddlebred showhorse . 322718_326015 *DEBR: (..) &=in Perry 326015_327022 as he is commonly called 327022_328242 is by the sire Supreme Sultan 328242_330177 who is buried in front of the saddlehorse museum here at the Horse Park . 330177_333322 *DEBR: (.) &=in He is out of the dam Empress Wing 333322_335612 (.) and she is by the great sire Wing Commander . 335612_338172 *DEBR: &=in Only Wing Commander holds more world grand championships than Imperator . 338172_342485 *DEBR: (.) &=in Perry was born in Wilmette Illinois 342485_345294 &=in and he was purchased there as a two-year-old 345294_347450 by his owner 347450_348141 Doctor Geraldine Meanor 348141_349520 &=in and then sent to his trainer 349520_351118 Don Harris 351118_351838 of Simpsonville Kentucky . 351838_353182 *DEBR: (.) &=in Now Perry and Mister Harris had a very special bond that they shared . 353182_357305 *DEBR: &=in They both had the same birthday . 357305_359450 *DEBR: &=in And as the years went past 359450_361123 and Imperator's popularity increased 361123_363219 &=in Mister Harris didn't get too upset when Perry received more birthday cards and presents than he did . 363219_368766 *DEBR: (..) &=in Being five-gaited means that Perry performs the three natural gaits 368766_373364 (.) the walk trot and canter 373364_374888 &=in plus two manmade gaits 374888_376546 the slow gait and the rack . 376546_377876 *DEBR: (..) &=in The only difference in these gaits are the speed at which they're performed . 377876_381673 *DEBR: (..) Perry's greatest accomplishment was winning the five-gaited world grand championship four times . 381673_387082 *DEBR: &=in And he has also been reserve world champion five times . 387082_390354 *DEBR: (..) &=in He was shown eighty-five times 390354_392290 at forty-four shows around the country . 392290_394167 *DEBR: &=in He has sixty-eight blue ribbons 394167_396137 thirteen seconds 396137_397185 and very rarely was he ever worse than third . 397185_399854 *DEBR: (..) &=in Now the first time Perry was shown 399854_402183 he was very wild and inexperienced 402183_404396 and he stepped on just about every foot in the show ring . 404396_407354 *DEBR: &=in And he even chased the judges out of the ring on several occasions . 407354_411005 *DEBR: (..) &=in But the second time he was shown 411005_413226 he had improved so much 413226_414608 &=in the judges said he would have won if he'd been lying on his back 414608_417955 (.) with all four feet stuck up in the air . 417955_419950 *DEBR: (..) &=in Perry's most beautiful characteristic during his show career was his tail . 419950_424623 *DEBR: (.) &=in At the highlight of his career 424623_426608 &=in (.) Perry's tail was fourteen feet long 426608_428924 and could be wrapped completely around his body . 428924_431146 *DEBR: (..) If you wanted to take a picture of all of Perry 431146_434076 &=in you had to take two pictures to include all of his tail . 434076_437052 *DEBR: (.) &=in When Perry was retired 437052_438657 Mister Harris cut his tail 438657_440152 to make it easier to care for 440152_441768 &=in and he was able to make three false tails from the hair he had taken from Perry's tail . 441768_446670 *DEBR: (.) &=in Well Perry had been retired here for about two years 446670_450175 &=in but had never had a formal retirement . 450175_452513 *DEBR: &=in So in August of nineteen ninety-one 452513_454965 Perry was formally retired at the world championship horse show in Louisville Kentucky . 454965_459208 *DEBR: (.) &=in That night 459208_460484 Imperator and his trainer 460484_461905 Mister Don Harris 461905_463005 &=in stepped into the ring 463005_464295 one last time together 464295_465577 &=in and were both named the American Saddlebred horse and trainer for the decade of the nineteen-eighties . 465577_470450 *DEBR: (..) &=in Perry is now twenty years old 470450_472635 and stands fifteen point three hands tall . 472635_475000 *DEBR: &=in Ladies and gentlemen 475000_476385 the four-time world grand champion 476385_478316 (.) Imperator . 478316_479207 *MANY: (.) &=APPLAUSE . 479207_485654 *DEBR: (.) Does anyone have any questions 485654_487713 while we're +/. 487713_487947 *DEBR: Yes . 487947_488401 *AUD: (..) What's the average age that a horse lives to . 488401_492198 *DEBR: &=in A good average is about twenty-eight 492198_494398 if they're well taken care of . 494398_495988 *DEBR: Um 495988_496336 a lotta horses will live into their thirties . 496336_498617 *DEBR: (..) &=in A- a good way to compare horse ages to humans 498617_501865 is to multiply by three . 501865_503429 *DEBR: (..) And +/. 503429_504690 *DEBR: Except 504690_504986 I think the oldest liv- +/. 504986_506365 *DEBR: Oh 506365_506577 oldest horse on record 506577_507521 I think in the Guinness Book of World Records 507521_508964 was sixty-two &=laugh . 508964_510321 *DEBR: (..) So don't multiply that (.) that one by three . 510321_515400 *DEBR: &{l=@ That would be what 515400_516260 &=in a hundred and eighty-six (.) &{l=X or something &}l=X &=in &}l=@ . 516260_518494 *DEBR: (.) Are there any other questions ? 518494_520179 *DEBR: (..) No ? 520179_522180 *DEBR: (..) If anyone's interested in seeing what Perry looked like 522180_525384 when he had his fourteen-foot tail 525384_527411 &=in um 527411_528070 when you come into the visitor center 528070_529779 I don't know if- if (.) anybody noticed this 529779_531664 &=in there's a TV monitor right after you +/. 531664_533833 *DEBR: (.) Where you b:uy your tickets when you come in 533833_535760 and you look up 535760_536349 and there's a +/. 536349_536881 *DEBR: &=in An ongoing Hall of Champions presentation on this TV monitor up there 536881_540737 &=in and uh 540737_541604 there's a little clip of Imperator on there 541604_543904 and I think he's slowgaiting 543904_545347 (.) which was his most (.) beautiful gait 545347_547206 (.) &=in um 547206_547895 and you can see his fourteen-foot tail up there 547895_550083 and that was- +/. 550083_550442 *DEBR: It was really beautiful . 550442_551472 *DEBR: (.) &=SNIFF (..) 551472_556602 Do you have a question ? 556602_557375 *DEBR: (..) Back there ? 557375_558347 *AUD: (..) He wants to know how you say hi to a horse . 558347_560886 *DEBR: (..) Um 560886_561855 (..) just say hi &=laugh . 561855_563114 *DEBR: (.) You can just say hi 563114_564361 and they- +/. 564361_564580 *DEBR: And you can say their name 564580_565631 (.) cause they know their names . 565631_566863 *DEBR: (..) So if you wanted to say hi to Imperator 566863_569085 just +/. 569085_569347 *DEBR: (.) And he goes by Perry 569347_570483 so if you just come up to him and say &{l=VOX hi Perry &}l=VOX 570483_572444 he'll know you're talking to him . 572444_573627 *DEBR: (..) &=in Our next horse is one of our two thoroughbred geldings here at the Hall of Champions 573627_581590 this is Forego . 581590_582830 *DEBR: (..) &=in Forego is by the Argentine stallion Forli 582830_586147 (.) and he is out of the champion race mare Lady Golconda . 586147_589088 *DEBR: (..) He was bred and raised at Claiborne Farm in Paris Kentucky . 589088_592660 *DEBR: (.) &=in Due to Forego's large size 592660_594801 he was not raced as a two-year-old 594801_596534 &=in because his owners thought they would give him more time to mature . 596534_599662 *DEBR: (..) &=in He started his racing career as a three-year-old . 599662_602485 *DEBR: And he ran well enough to be entered in the nineteen seventy-three Kentucky Derby . 602485_606518 *DEBR: (..) &=in Well you may recall that this was the year that a horse named Secretariat won the Kentucky Derby 606518_611542 &=in on his way to sweeping the Triple Crown . 611542_613605 *DEBR: (..) &=in Well Forego wasn't as successful as Secretariat that day 613605_617291 &=in But he did run a fine race . 617291_619191 *DEBR: (..) &=in He was involved in a bumping incident 619191_621527 as the horses left the starting gate . 621527_623485 *DEBR: &=in He recovered from that 623485_624976 (.) but he and another horse 624976_626378 Our Native 626378_627052 &=in bumped through the entire stretch 627052_628923 and both horses ended in a photo finish for third . 628923_631558 *DEBR: (..) After the steward's inquiry 631558_633499 &=in Forego had to settle for fourth 633499_635313 (.) because the steward said the bumping was all his fault . 635313_638345 *DEBR: (..) &=in The older Forego got 638345_640644 the better he got 640644_641723 and he became one of the greatest handicap horses to ever race . 641723_645205 *DEBR: &=in He has also been voted one of the top ten racehorses of the century . 645205_649229 *DEBR: (..) &=in Being a handicap horse means that Forego ha- +/. 649229_652204 *DEBR: Forego had to carry a lot of extra weight 652204_654271 &=in over whatever distance he was asked to run 654271_656842 &=in in order to give the other horses more of a chance . 656842_659725 *DEBR: (..) &=in He was in thirty-four handicap events 659725_662207 and thirty times 662207_663253 he was the high-weighted horse . 663253_664822 *DEBR: (..) &=in The most weight Forego ever had to carry to victory 664822_668026 was a hundred and thirty-seven pounds . 668026_669979 *DEBR: &=in And that was in the nineteen seventy-six Marlboro Cup . 669979_673438 *DEBR: (..) &=in Well before the race it had rained 673438_675673 and the track was sloppy 675673_676973 &=in and Forego was always a little wimpy about getting his feet wet . 676973_680467 *DEBR: (..) So as the field turned for home 680467_682401 it looked just as if he was hopelessly beaten 682401_684528 some ten lengths behind the leader Honest Pleasure . 684528_687217 *DEBR: (..) &=in Honest Pleasure had been the Kentucky Derby favorite that year 687217_690734 (..) He was three years younger than Forego 690734_693126 &=in and was carrying almost twenty pounds less in weight . 693126_696145 *DEBR: (..) But determined to win 696145_697871 &=in Forego made up that last quarter mile 697871_700209 in twenty-two seconds flat 700209_701847 &=in and he beat Honest Pleasure at the wire . 701847_704093 *DEBR: (..) The jockey that rode Forego 704093_705910 the great Willy Shoemaker 705910_707384 &=in said there wasn't a horse alive 707384_709279 that could've beaten Forego on that day . 709279_711251 *DEBR: (..) &=in Forego was named horse of the year 711251_713706 three consecutive years 713706_715018 in nineteen seventy-four seventy-five and seventy-six . 715018_717969 *DEBR: &=in And he has also been champion sprinter 717969_720314 as well as champion handicap horse . 720314_722373 *DEBR: (..) &=in An Eclipse Award is the highest honor a thoroughbred can receive . 722373_726433 *DEBR: &=in And Forego holds eight Eclipse Awards 726433_728719 which is more than any other horse . 728719_730606 *DEBR: (..) Forego retired in nineteen seventy-eight 730606_733389 &=in with earnings of over one point nine million dollars 733389_736303 which made him the second richest thoroughbred in history at that time 736303_739419 behind Kelso . 739419_740393 *DEBR: (..) &=in He was inducted into racing's hall of fame in nineteen seventy-nine . 740393_744518 *DEBR: (..) &=in Forego is one of our senior citizens here at the Hall of Champions 744518_748394 &=in he is twenty-four years old 748394_750164 and stands a very impressive &=in seventeen point one hands tall . 750164_754311 *DEBR: (..) Ladies and gentlemen 754311_755732 the great handicap horse 755732_757235 (..) Forego . 757235_758083 *MANY: (..) &=APPLAUSE . 758083_764457 *DEBR: (..) Does anyone have any questions ? 764457_766161 *DEBR: (..) Questions ? 766161_768396 *DEBR: (..) 768396_785373 &{l=X Okay &}l=X 785373_785849 &=in Oh . 785849_786291 *DEBR: &{l=@ Okay 786291_786754 &=in I don't have my glasses on 786754_787975 I couldn't see you ⌈ &=in ⌉ &}l=@ . 787975_788832 *AUD: ⌊ What ⌋ is the average weight for a horse . 788600_790651 *DEBR: (..) Um it varies 790651_792053 um 792053_792539 (..) like (.) probably 792539_793558 (..) &=tsk let's see 793558_794767 Forego probably weigh:s around t- 794767_796462 (..) oh about twelve hundred 796462_797834 (..) maybe twelve fifty 797834_799006 &=in some of the draft horses weigh over a to:n 799006_801554 (..) in the draft horse barn 801554_802826 some of the +/. 802826_803265 *DEBR: The Belgians are the biggest horses . 803265_805066 *DEBR: (..) The- the Shires are the tallest 805066_807194 but the Belgians are the heaviest . 807194_808760 *DEBR: And +/. 808760_808972 *DEBR: (.) Have you been to the draft barn yet ? 808972_810537 *DEBR: (..) ʔuh Did you see Roy and Captain 810537_812759 (..) &{l=SM the two big Belgians &}l=SM 812759_814360 (..) They weigh 814360_815361 (.) they both weigh over two th- +/. 815361_816622 *DEBR: I th- +/. 816622_817143 *DEBR: I know (.) Roy does . 817143_818557 *DEBR: I'm not sure about Captain 818557_819636 but Roy weighs over two thousand pounds . 819636_821271 *DEBR: (..) Yes . 821271_824444 *AUD: (.) Isn't Secretariat 824444_825825 (..) didn't he die: 825825_827990 and wasn't he buried on &{l=X this ⌈ property ⌉ somewhere &}l=X . 827990_830140 *DEBR: ⌊ Uh ⌋ 829300_829477 (.) uh he's buried at Claiborne Farm . 830140_831910 *AUD: Claiborne . 831910_832305 *DEBR: Mhm . 832305_832707 *AUD: (..) How did he die . 832707_834819 *DEBR: (..) Pardon ? 834819_835628 *AUD: (.) How did he die . 835628_836467 *DEBR: (.) He was put down 836467_837425 he had laminitis 837425_838661 (.) which is a disease of the h- +/. 838661_839964 *DEBR: Of the hoof 839964_840846 (..) and and they put him down . 840846_842592 *DEBR: (..) &=in Our next horse to come out today 842592_853154 is our other thoroughbred gelding to be retired here 853154_855833 &=in and you'll see that he's a lot smaller than Forego . 855833_858530 *DEBR: (..) This is John Henry . 858530_860335 *DEBR: (..) &=in John Henry is the horse that comes from very humble beginnings . 860335_864454 *DEBR: &=in He is by the stallion Old Bob Bowers 864454_867012 who was not much of a racehorse or a stallion either . 867012_869547 *DEBR: (.) &=in And he is out of the brood mare Once Double 869547_872245 &=in who outside of John Henry 872245_873988 had very little success as a brood mare . 873988_876075 *DEBR: (..) &=in John was born on March ninth nineteen seventy-five 876075_879775 at Golden Chance Farm in Paris Kentucky . 879775_882222 *DEBR: (.) &=in The farm kept John until nineteen seventy-six 882222_885332 when he was consigned to the Keenenland January Mixed Sale . 885332_888275 *DEBR: (.) &=in Now this sale is not a very good time to sell a horse 888275_891645 &=in it's usually when people try to sell the horses they don't think are worth feeding through the winter . 891645_896021 *DEBR: (..) &=in So because of his small size 896021_898298 his lack of pedigree 898298_899522 but most of all 899522_900382 his very nasty disposition 900382_902161 &=in John brought only eleven hundred dollars . 902161_904885 *DEBR: (..) &=in And from the time of this first sale 904885_907220 until May nineteen seventy-eight 907220_909048 &=in John was sold 909048_910228 over half a dozen times 910228_911628 because nobody wanted him 911628_913052 &=in and nobody could get along with him . 913052_914958 *DEBR: (..) &=in But in May of nineteen seventy-eight 914958_917561 a New York businessman 917561_918859 Sam Rubin 918859_919612 &=in decided it would be fun to own a racehorse . 919612_922034 *DEBR: (.) &=in Well Mister Rubin didn't know anything about horses 922034_925096 &=in and the only thing he knew about racing 925096_927174 is where the valet parking was . 927174_928861 *DEBR: (..) &=in So he bought John Henry 928861_930796 over the telephone 930796_931837 sight unseen 931837_932681 for twenty-five thousand dollars . 932681_934521 *DEBR: (.) &=in John then went to New York 934521_936533 to his first trainer Bobby Donato . 936533_938484 *DEBR: (.) &=in In his very first New York start 938484_940789 he won a twenty-five thousand dollar claiming race 940789_943292 over the dirt 943292_943979 by one and a half lengths . 943979_945297 *DEBR: (.) &=in His next race was on turf 945297_947431 &=in which John preferred to run on 947431_949250 and again he won 949250_950238 but this time by fourteen lengths . 950238_952144 *DEBR: (..) &=in Well a group of horsemen who knew more about racing than Mister Rubin did 952144_956616 &=in advised him to send John west 956616_958788 (.) where the turf racing was more lucrative 958788_960837 more competitive 960837_961829 and run all year long . 961829_963276 *DEBR: (..) So in late nineteen seventy-nine 963276_965501 &=in John headed west 965501_966845 to his new trainer 966845_967846 (.) Ronald McAnally . 967846_968969 *DEBR: (..) &=in In nineteen eighty 968969_970560 John won over nine-hundred thousand dollars . 970560_972965 *DEBR: (.) &=in In nineteen eighty-one 972965_974601 John won the very first Arlington Million 974601_976906 &=in over one point seven million dollars 976906_979384 and was voted horse of the year . 979384_981003 *DEBR: (.) &=in In nineteen eighty-two 981003_982776 and nineteen eighty-three 982776_983680 John had some injuries 983680_984952 and only won four races 984952_986371 &=in but they mounted up to one point two million dollars . 986371_989249 *DEBR: (..) &=in And when Mister McAnally wanted to bring John Henry back as a nine-year-old 989249_993739 &=in folks were pretty skeptical about his chances of being competitive at this age . 993739_997964 *DEBR: (..) &=in Well John did lose his first race that year 997964_1000839 &=in but he went on to have his best year ever on the racetrack . 1000839_1004121 *DEBR: (..) &=in He won six graded stakes 1004121_1006163 including a repeat victory in the Arlington Million 1006163_1008752 &=in over two point three million dollars 1008752_1011081 and again was voted horse of the year . 1011081_1012975 *DEBR: (..) &=in When John was retired in nineteen eighty-four 1012975_1015920 he was the world's richest thoroughbred in history . 1015920_1018337 *DEBR: &=in With earnings over six point five million dollars . 1018337_1021482 *DEBR: (..) &=in Since then Alisheba has beat his record 1021482_1024246 but John is still the richest gelding . 1024246_1026126 *DEBR: (..) &=in John holds seven Eclipse Awards 1026126_1028572 which is second only to Forego's eight 1028572_1030617 &=in and was inducted into the racing hall of fame in nineteen ninety . 1030617_1033989 *DEBR: (..) John was also named the thoroughbred horse of the decade 1033989_1037242 for the nineteen eighties . 1037242_1038388 *DEBR: (..) &=in John has been retired here for eight years now . 1038388_1041352 *DEBR: &=in He is nineteen years old 1041352_1043065 and stands a very small: 1043065_1044707 &=in fifteen point one hands tall . 1044707_1046980 *DEBR: (.) &=in Ladies and gentlemen 1046980_1048451 the great great (.) John Henry . 1048451_1050719 *MANY: (.) &=APPLAUSE . 1050719_1056443 *DEBR: (..) Does anyone have any questions ? 1056443_1058774 *DEBR: (..) Yes . 1058774_1060497 *AUD: (.) The horses that retire here 1060497_1062479 how much exercise 1062479_1063456 and what kind of XX XXX . 1063456_1064866 *DEBR: Okay . 1064866_1065359 *DEBR: (.) These horses are (.) are not ridden anymore 1065359_1067812 um 1067812_1068087 they're just 1068087_1068506 &=laugh l- like you said 1068506_1069340 they're retired 1069340_1070066 &=in they each have their own paddock 1070066_1071725 except for Sergeant Pepper and Imperator 1071725_1073583 they +/. 1073583_1073842 *DEBR: We turn them out together 1073842_1075007 because they're friends 1075007_1075946 &=in and mostly they just hang out in their paddock 1075946_1077988 and they graze and 1077988_1078805 &=in they exercise themselves 1078805_1080325 they run around a lot 1080325_1081383 and keep themselves in shape 1081383_1082745 and 1082745_1083061 &=in that's about all they do [% laugh] . 1083061_1084424 *DEBR: They [% laugh] get [% laugh] 1084424_1084815 &=in they get lots of treats 1084815_1086212 and lots of lo:ve and 1086212_1087496 (.) s- we think they're happy . 1087496_1088976 *DEBR: (.) But 1088976_1089410 &=in they still run around 1089410_1090575 um 1090575_1090886 just (.) like young horses 1090886_1092227 sometimes John will get out there and run around 1092227_1094180 he'll rear up on his hind legs 1094180_1095901 like (.) Silver [% laugh] 1095901_1096856 &{l=@ you know and do &}l=@ +/. 1096856_1097316 *DEBR: &=in And uh it's real cute 1097316_1098807 uh Forego'll run around 1098807_1100243 &=in Willie 1100243_1101013 (.) and his little goat will get out there and 1101013_1102956 &=in and run and 1102956_1104057 (.) Imperator usually likes to trot . 1104057_1105966 *DEBR: He doesn't gallop a lot 1105966_1106997 but he trots around like he did when he was showing and 1106997_1109088 &=in it's +/. 1109088_1109773 *DEBR: (.) They're real cute . 1109773_1110460 *DEBR: (..) There any other questions ? 1110460_1112462 *AUD: (..) Yes . 1112462_1113871 *AUD: (..) What +/. 1113871_1115063 *AUD: (.) Uh 1115063_1115867 (.) the goat (.) in with the horse . 1115867_1117531 *AUD: Are they just (.) good friends ? 1117531_1118604 *DEBR: Uhuh . 1118604_1118882 *DEBR: (.) That's his little buddy &=laugh . 1118882_1120121 *DEBR: (..) They're just friends . 1120121_1121578 *DEBR: &=in He- +/. 1121578_1122058 *DEBR: Willie doesn't really like other horses very well . 1122058_1124266 *DEBR: (.) &=in And and he likes people 1124266_1125702 but he's not as affectionate as maybe Perry 1125702_1128356 or (.) Sergeant Pepper so 1128356_1129642 &=in we don't want him to get lonely 1129642_1131084 &{l=@ and that's his &}l=@ 1131084_1131853 (.) &=laugh that's his little friend &=laugh . 1131853_1133391 *DEBR: (..) &=laugh &=laugh (.) &=laugh 1133391_1136109 (..) Originally they had got the goat for John Henry 1136109_1141567 when he first came to live here 1141567_1143064 eight years ago 1143064_1143986 &=in and they put the goat in the stall with him 1143986_1145614 he kicked it back out 1145614_1146636 &=laugh &=laugh &=in &{l=@ and um 1146636_1147961 &=in &}l=@ so Willie adopted it . 1147961_1149413 *DEBR: &=laugh &=laugh 1149413_1149903 And that (.) original goat died about a year ago 1149903_1151769 and Willie was real sad and depressed 1151769_1153299 so they got him a new one . 1153299_1154425 *DEBR: (..) &=in Our last horse to come out today 1154425_1159690 is our standardbred representative 1159690_1161583 Rambling Willie . 1161583_1162538 *DEBR: (.) &=in A standardbred races at a trot or a pace 1162538_1165598 and they pull a sulky with a driver . 1165598_1167368 *DEBR: (..) &=in Willie is a pacer . 1167368_1168820 *DEBR: (..) &=in Willie was born in Monroeville Indiana 1168820_1171777 and he began his racing career as a to-year-old 1171777_1174235 for his owner Raymond Gibson . 1174235_1175830 *DEBR: &=in He had four starts with two seconds and two thirds 1175830_1179257 &=in so he did show some promise 1179257_1181152 but Mister Gibson decided to sell Willie as a three-year-old . 1181152_1184290 *DEBR: (..) &=in Willie was sold to a hall of fame trainer and driver 1184290_1187709 Mister Robert Farrington 1187709_1189001 for fifteen thousand dollars . 1189001_1190663 *DEBR: &=in But not long after he bought him 1190663_1192489 Mister Farrington decided he'd spent too much money on this horse 1192489_1195916 &=in so he called a friend of his from Cincinnati Ohio 1195916_1198888 Mister Paul Sebert 1198888_1200039 &=in and he tried to talk Mister Sebert into buying a half interest in Willie . 1200039_1204062 *DEBR: (..) &=in Well Mister Sebert had owned horses before 1204062_1206956 &=in and his luck had been pretty bad . 1206956_1208791 *DEBR: (.) &=in The first horse he owned died 1208791_1210656 before it made it to the racetrack 1210656_1212179 &=in and the second horse he owned made it to the races 1212179_1214790 and she ran and ran 1214790_1215895 but just couldn't win anything 1215895_1217389 so he sold her . 1217389_1218305 *DEBR: (.) &=in And after he sold her 1218305_1219737 she went on to win her next four starts in a row for her new owner . 1219737_1223293 *DEBR: (..) &=in Well Mister Sebert did buy a half interest in Willie though 1223293_1226950 &=in and things didn't start off so well there either . 1226950_1229565 *DEBR: (..) Willie was being raced at county fairs 1229565_1232044 in Ohio and Indiana 1232044_1233422 &=in and was being beaten on a regular basis . 1233422_1235950 *DEBR: (..) &=in Well around this time Mister Farrington's wife Vivian was having a birthday 1235950_1240796 &=in and he was trying to decide what to get her . 1240796_1243074 *DEBR: (.) &=in So Mister Farrington decided that a good present for Vivian 1243074_1246318 would be the other half of Willie . 1246318_1248009 *DEBR: (..) &=in Well Vivian was a very religious person 1248009_1251110 &=in and her father at that time was the minister of a nearby church . 1251110_1254627 *DEBR: (.) &=in So Vivian decided 1254627_1256364 that if Willie ever had any success at the racetrack 1256364_1259159 &=in she would donate ten percent 1259159_1261170 of her half of Willie's earnings 1261170_1262853 to her father's church . 1262853_1264194 *DEBR: (..) &=in And that's when Willie's racing career took off . 1264194_1267106 *MANY: &=LAUGHTER . 1267106_1268069 *DEBR: &=in Because of his success 1268069_1269770 and his ties to the church 1269770_1271117 (.) there was a book written about Willie 1271117_1272721 titled 1272721_1273256 &=in Rambling Willie 1273256_1274340 The Horse That God Loved . 1274340_1275763 *DEBR: (.) &=in In order to promote his book 1275763_1277831 (.) Willie would hold autograph sessions . 1277831_1279795 *DEBR: (.) &=in One day when Willie was in New York 1279795_1282063 he had an autograph session at Macy's department store . 1282063_1284878 *DEBR: &=in And he was such a hit there 1284878_1286642 that Macy's gave him his very own charge card . 1286642_1289491 *MANY: &=LAUGHTER ⌈ &=lengthened ⌉ . 1289491_1291024 *DEBR: ⌊ &=in Well Willie ⌋ is without a doubt one of the toughest and most durable horses to ever race . 1290231_1295074 *DEBR: &=in He raced from the age of two to thirteen . 1295074_1297859 *DEBR: (.) He had an incredible three-hundred and five starts . 1297859_1301122 *DEBR: &=in He won a hundred and twenty-eight times 1301122_1303478 &=in sixty-nine times he finished second 1303478_1305696 (.) and seventy-nine times he paced the mile 1305696_1307976 in two minutes or less 1307976_1309189 &=in which is a record Willie still holds today . 1309189_1311706 *DEBR: (..) When he retired 1311706_1313162 he was the richest standardbred in history 1313162_1315120 &=in with earnings over two million dollars . 1315120_1317512 *DEBR: (..) &=in Willie is our other senior citizen here at the Hall of Champions 1317512_1321084 &=in he is twenty-four years old 1321084_1322933 and stands fifteen point two hands tall . 1322933_1325489 *DEBR: &=in Ladies and gentlemen 1325489_1326977 the horse that God loved 1326977_1328365 (.) Rambling Willie . 1328365_1329494 *MANY: &=APPLAUSE ⌈ &=lengthened ⌉ . 1329494_1335499 *DEBR: ⌊ (.) Now I'll just let everybody know 1334014_1335317 that ⌋ Willie's book is for sale here at the Horse Park gift shop . 1335317_1338527 *DEBR: (..) &=in And we'd like to thank everyone 1338527_1340436 for coming to the Horse Park 1340436_1341634 and to the Hall of Champions presentation 1341634_1343586 &=in we hope you've had a good day 1343586_1344953 and if you have any questions 1344953_1346178 feel free to ask us on your way out . 1346178_1347735 *DEBR: (.) Thank you very much . 1347735_1348735 *MANY: (..) &=APPLAUSE . 1348735_1354296 @End