Reminds me of a story, not particularly relevant but funny. I met a good old man, he was fuming at the time! Pulled out the premier bloodstock magazine and there was a two page ad somebody had taken out, "Beat Avenger M!" Inch or two tall letters over and over! It was true, they had met eight times and for whatever reason this horse beat Avenger M once when he had an off day for whatever reason. I pointed out that this was the best the man could say when Avenger M had won multiple Stakes. The gentleman saw the merit of what I was saying and finally cooled off a little.
A fine old gentleman. I was having a rough day with an eighteen wheeler upside down in a ditch and just to make my life better on a bad day he gave me a free breeding to AM. Private treaty but twenty thousand or so in the eighties and we were strangers.
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