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@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
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