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...star that rose out of Suffolk Downs two springs ago fell to earth unexpectedly last Saturday, accompanied by unusually grim fanfare, even for the hand of fate. The crack of a foreleg placed wrong, followed by the thud of a three-year-old colt hiring Belmont's hard dirt track at full speed, were the sounds to which the celebrated horse Timely Writer, made his final exit from racing...
What is so significant about Timely Writer's career is the style in which he repeatedly came back from injury and disappointment. Throughout every misfortune he demonstrated he was the same talented colt, with perhaps the greatest courage seen in any athlete so beset with ill fortune...
Last month in Kentucky the annual Keeneland Summer Sales, the Academy Awards of equine auctions, did even better. There, 279 yearlings averaged $344,183 apiece, up 32% over last year. One lively colt, son of the extraordinary Nijinsky II, went for an alltime auction record of $4.25 million. Said Kentucky Horse Breeder William O'Neil: "Last year's prices were mind boggling, but this year's are about unbelievable...
...does indeed, helped considerably by scrupulous attention to detail. Before settling on the still unnamed $4.25 million colt at Keeneland, for instance, Buying Agent Tom Cooper scrutinized the yearling carefully during his spring tour of U.S. farms. O'Brien then spent eight hours alone with the youngster, watching his mannerisms, his sweating cycle, whether he was bothered by crowds. Three vets, including a heart specialist, performed a physical, with full X rays. "Leg Man" Bob Griffin examined a race horse's most important assets. And because the colt's most important assets will change after his racing...
...store (open by appointment only). "I wanted to make something so American. I wanted to design a gun that people who hate guns would want to have and touch and play with because it's so pretty." So he had a leather handgrip fashioned for a .38-cal. Colt revolver at his workshop in Florence, inlaid the cylinder with 56 grams of 24-karat gold, and placed the gun in a mink pouch in a Baccarat crystal case embossed with the customer's name. Bijan's own signature is engraved in gold on the shank...