She really was ' The Little Engine That Could' !  So small in build & yet so powerful ! Guess they bred horses differently back then !!!! ~ (especially since her mom may not have had any ears?)

What a wonderful horse ! I'm so sad that perhaps a cellophane wrapper may have contributed to her passing, especially at the tender age of 4.

Bless her !

Yes, leaving in a couple hours, we'll stop overnight in Maryland and get to Richmond tomorrow about 1:00 to get mom checked in!

Oh that's great!  Forgot this was the weekend your Mom is coming to VA.   Maybe coming home : )

It is such a shame.  But what a filly.  Yes, the little one who could and did.

It'll be her home for almost three weeks LOL, after that we'll see ;o)

Oh cool - can't wait to hear how mom likes VA!

XXOO

I had never heard, or had read and forgotten, of this public appearance of Man o' War with Jack Dempsey and John Kelly that happened just before Man o' War was sent to stud. 

Halfway down there is a link to a video of the event - never have seen it before!

Man o’ War in Pennsylvania

I recently moved from Kennett Square to Media, Pennsylvania. Media is a small town about fifteen miles from Center City Philadelphia. Among its famous residents is Samuel Riddle, owner of the racing stable Glen Riddle Farm under whose colors Man o’ War and War Admiral ran. Not far from my new home is Rose Tree Park the former site of the Rose Tree Hunt Club, one of the oldest hunt clubs in America where Riddle served as president. It was there on October 20, 1920 that Riddle sent his legendary horse to make the final public appearance in his home state of Pennsylvania before being shipped to Kentucky to begin his stud career.

 

On October 20 1920, Man o’ War appeared at Rose Tree along with boxing champion Jack Dempsey and local rowing champion Jack Kelly. Kelly had recently won two gold medals in the Antwerp Olympics and Dempsey was the reigning heavyweight champ. In an era when sports figures were first elevated to grand heights, Kelly and Dempsey were near the pinnacle of their fame in 1920. Even among sports royalty of the human kind, it was the horse who stole the show.

http://colinsghost.org/2012/07/man-o-war-in-pennsylvania.html

What a beautiful filly...........with that legendary TB heart........so glad to know about Dark Mirage.  Losing her at 4 is very heartbreaking...........it reminds me that we get gifts like Dark Mirage for just a little while.......God gets her for Eternity.  She's an inspiration.


Jamie

Nice sentiment Jamie, thanks.  She was very special and I was happy to find her story.

I hope others here use this thread to post stories of others from the past.

Timely story given today's running of the Suburban H.,  a nice story on a filly from the past from Teresa Gennaro this week....

The first filly to win the Suburban Handicap: Imp, 1899

On June 17, 1899, the Suburban Handicap was won, in its 16^th running, for the first time by a filly or mare. She set a stakes record (2:04 4/5), and she won by two lengths, in a field of 13. Her name was Imp.

 more:  http://www.brooklynbackstretch.com/2010/07/03/the-first-filly-to-win-the-suburban-handicap-imp-1899/