QUACKED – SADIE MAE by SADAIR Bay Gelding – Foaled 1984 86 Starts: 16 – 15 – 12 $807,817 Lifetime Earnings Quick Call is...
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Hemingway’s Key
NOTEBOOK - WHIRL’S GIRL by ISLAND WHIRL
Chestnut Gelding – Foaled 2003
15 Starts: 2 – 1 – 2
$220,322 Lifetime Earnings
Came to the TRF on 8/15/2008
Described as “leader of the paddock” and “lover boy”, Hemingway loves to play with his friends when turned out in the pasture. He also enjoys being groomed and brushed, and is quite a handsome fellow who definitely stands out from the crowd. Read more »
Pushed
DOUBLE NINER – PUSHMATAHA by REGAL N ROYAL
Chestnut Gelding – Foaled 2000
68 Starts: 16 – 8 – 17
$399,000 Lifetime Earnings
Ran 3rd in the Alysheba Stakes
Pushed is a sweet fellow who loves people and attention. If allowed, he will follow his caretakers to the paddock and back to his stall without a lead line. Before his arrival at the TRF farm at the Lowell Correctional Facility, Read more »
Shake You Down
MONTBROOK – MAUVIN GWAY by RAJAB
Chestnut Gelding – Foaled 1998
65 Starts: 22 – 9 – 8
$1,442,014 Lifetime Earnings
Ocala Stud Farm
Acquired by the TRF 03/23/2007
Shake loves to pose for pictures, as if he is auditioning for a major role in a Hollywood movie. One of his grooms, who has been caring for Shake for three years, describes him as “full of himself although he can be sweet as sugar and grew on me every day” she says. Read more »
Thesonofthesun
HALISSEE – NINEVEH by ANNIHILATE’EM
Grey/Roan Horse – Foaled 1998
13 Starts: 1 – 1 – 0
$8,550 Lifetime Earnings
Thesonofthesun raced only 13 times at Philadelphia Park before he was seriously injured. When Sonny arrived at the TRF, we weren’t sure that he would make it. But Sonny had other ideas, and slowly but surely recovered enough to be happily enjoying his retirement. Read more »
Stop Watch
LORD AT WAR (ARG) – WATCH THE TIME by TIMELESS MOMENT
Chestnut gelding – Foaled 1994
19 Starts: 6 – 6 – 1
$348,813 Lifetime Earnings
As a resident of the Blackburn Correctional Complex of the TRF, Stop Watch spends his days with his best friend, Dawn Steed, with whom he is inseparable. After 83 starts on the race track, Stop Watch retired with 23 wins and lifetime earnings of over $750,000. Read more »
Phantom On Tour
TOUR D’OR – WHITE WOOL SOCKS by WHITESBURG
Chestnut Horse – Foaled 1994
20 Starts: 7 – 6 – 1
$724,605 Lifetime Earnings
Phantom on Tour ran the race all Thoroughbred fans and owners dream of…the 1994 Kentucky Derby. Placing 6th, only six lengths behind the winner, Silver Charm, Phantom on Tour ended his career with lifetime earnings of over $724,000. Read more »
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