Toughness was a trait that Broad Brush passed on to many of his offspring. We got to see a lot of them during the few years that Small wintered at Fair Grounds.

i read that he thought he would have to jump clear, rather than take the chance of being on the horse should he try to leap the rail.
i also read after the race that he said he'd never ride that blankety blank horse again...of course, he rode him again!

some reading on broad brush and the domino line...

http://cs.bloodhorse.com/blogs/scot/...es-domino.aspx


http://www.reines-de-course.com/broad_brush.htm


mongoose was mentioned in the second column as being one that would hopefully carry on the line, but he's now in peru.


http://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-raci.../brush-strokes

What wonderful recollections . I recall the Kelly Kip thread as well , where very interesting remembrances were recalled .

Ack Ack was a pretty cool horse too (his sire). That horse could do anything!

they have a show on rfdtv that once had an episode with racehorses from days gone by. they showed video of the horses and some of their races-ack ack being one of them. i hadn't realized til that show that ack ack had been owned later in his career by a big hollywood celeb. they also showed round table, swaps, silky sullivan....


a second trivia question-who was ack ack's star owner?

He is, and always will be, my favorite horse. I grew up in Maryland and watched him run several times in person, including the absolutely crazy Pennsylvania Derby.

30th anniversay (9/27/86) of Broad Brush's PA Derby:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tmg5pOSBEEE

Fantastic. Thx for the link!