tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6935370618605188900.post343403835674047886..comments2024-03-28T11:44:27.030-04:00Comments on Paco Enterprises: What's playingPacohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08004124282907287652noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6935370618605188900.post-18044315313141549682010-10-09T22:04:22.579-04:002010-10-09T22:04:22.579-04:00Great story, Nash! From all I've read, horses ...Great story, Nash! From all I've read, horses really do tend to have distinctive characters.<br /><br />Er, how much would you take, incidentally, for that lock of mane?Pacohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08004124282907287652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6935370618605188900.post-49808737831060686262010-10-09T21:52:51.827-04:002010-10-09T21:52:51.827-04:00A true Secretariat story. Years ago, when Secretar...A true Secretariat story. Years ago, when Secretariat was still residing at Claiborne Farm, my dad, who was a locally celebrated athletic trainer at the University of Kentucky, arranged for me to get a tour of the famous home for Thoroughbreds. Fortunately, my only companions were a cute Japanese couple and one or two other people. The climax of the tour, which was very interesting, came when Secretariat was brought out for us to see. I not only got to pet his nose, I got a lock of his mane.<br /><br />Well, he proved to be quite a ham. While we were standing around admiring him, he yawned, lowered his head, looked around, and generally cut the fool. But the instant someone raised a camera, he noticed out of the corner of his eye and immediately struck a heroic pose until the cameras were lowered, at which point he resumed his clowning around.<br /><br />Seeing him at close range brought home to me that this was a creature, not just of awesome physical ability, but also possessed of a strong and loveable character. Our tour guide had been his groom for a while and told us the story of how Secretariat once took the stable broom away from him and swept out his own stall.<br /><br />Secretariat truly was regarded by the community as a beloved athlete and the whole area mourned his death. That's about as good a tribute as any human could aspire to.Nashville Beathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03946662890622040279noreply@blogger.com