Cost of Freedom
 

Hate seeing this especially after what happened with poor Monzante.


Santa Rosa
August 7, 2013
Race. (C7) CLAIMING $8,000-$7,000
Purse $14,600 5 Furlongs(Turf)
For Three Year Olds and Upward.

1 THERE GOES KEVIN (L) '07 G $8,000 121 Herrera, H Gary D. Greiner or Evelyn Mazoue Greiner, Gary
2 SPEED ROUSER (L) '02 G $8,000 121 Duran, F(alt) Gloria Haley or Carolyn Perkins Haley, Gloria
3 ONE MO (L) '08 G $8,000 123 Frey, K Wendy Way Farms, Richard Koch or Andy Mathis Mathis, Andy
4 EASY LADDIE (L) '09 G $8,000 123 Terrero, P Joe Liskey or Paul Liskey Rogers, Allen
5 COST OF FREEDOM (L) '03 G $8,000 121 Baze, R(2) Battle Born Racing Stable or Nick Ferrara Vallejo, Genaro
6 SUNDAY COMIC (L) '08 G $8,000 **114 Gonzalez, R William Burton or Myles McMahon Thomas, Jamey
7 FIRE IN EXCESS (L) '07 G $8,000 123 Flores, Pablo(alt) Jose Saldivar Preciado, Guillermo
8 A PINT FOR MARY (L) '06 G $8,000 123 Stortz, M Reina E. Gonzalez or Jorge Viramontes Gonzalez, Reina E.
9 ROCKZIG (L) '09 G $8,000 121 Martinez, C Y-Lo Racing Stables LLC Ledezma, Sergio
10 GOLD COAST EXPRESS (L) '08 G $8,000 123 Antongeorgi III,
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Donna Hjort Hjort, Donna

--Also Eligibles--
11 PRIDE OF WILSHIRE (L) '07 G $7,000 119 Harvey, B Juan or Sally Rivera Martinez, Silverio
12 ALABAMA BOY (L) '06 G $7,000 119 Flores, E Denise Gero Hill, Jimmie E.
13 DEFENSIVE MOVE (L) '04 G $7,000 119 Mawing, L Bruce Towell Towell, Bruce
14 RED COATS R COMIN (L) '07 G $8,000 121 Baze, R(1) Dunn Bar Ranch LLC & Gordon Jarnig McCanna, Tim
Blinkers On: Fire in Excess
Shoes On: Gold Coast Express

http://www.equibase.com/premium/eqbD...=D&country=USA

I just love this old guy still knocking hard day in and day out. Lots of meds to keep him happy and pain free.

Wasn't he scratched out of the Cup because he was so unsound? Sad

Hey Gary ...where the F are you :mad:


http://www.horseracingnation.com/person/Gary_Barber

Yes, i remember the ordeal very well. The Barber bros. made a big stink about the vets not passing him for the Sprint. Took him over a year to get off the vets list!

He's $633 short of a $1 million in career earnings.

Could become, possibly, the first horse in history to surpass $1 million in career earnings, in a 5 furlong 8k claiming turf sprint at Santa Rosa.

An unchallenging 5th or 6th place.

At least he's alive still.

Battle Born Racing Stables - Owns COF.

http://www.rmtcnet.com/content_headl...=&article=1185


"Battle Born Racing Stable managed by former trainer and current TVG analyst Nick Hines."

:eek: As Randall said, at least he is still alive. And enjoying that California sunshine.:)

Can't imagine they're not aiming for $1 million before retirement. Came up just short. Hopefully one more start will do it and get him that final $291. I know it sounds silly to have a G1 winner in that situation, but if he's sound, it's not the worst goal. He won't be getting back to GSW level so this is the biggest achievement he can still get.

He's had a couple really long layoffs in his career, but it's been a few years since then. Monzante was coming back off a 3rd long layoff when he had his problem.

Golden Gate Fields - Friday, September 6, 2013

Race 1 - 1:15 PM
CLAIMING $10,000 – $9,000

Purse $13,000. For Three Year Olds And Upward. Three Year Olds, 119 Lbs.; Older, 123 Lbs. Non-winners of two races since June 15 Allowed 3 Lbs. A race since then Allowed 5 Lbs. Claiming Price $10,000, if for $9,000, allowed 2 Lbs. (Maiden, Claiming and Starter races for $8,000 or less not considered). Five And One Half Furlongs. (All Weather Track)

1 1 Worldly Lad (CA) 4/C L $10,000 R A Baze 118 J Hollendorfer 7/5
2 2 Peppered Pro (CA) 5/H L $10,000 I Beato 118 G Greiner 10/1
3 3 Four to Score (KY) 4/G L $10,000 P M Terrero 118 G C James 6/1
4 4 Cost of Freedom (CA) 10/G L $10,000 J J Hernandez 118 G Vallejo 3/1
5 5 Man From Lagos (CA) 5/G L $10,000 F T Alvarado 118 T Bellasis 5/2

wins easily, gate to wire :tro:

Claimed for 8K Sat by Robertino Diodoro for Rick Wiest - ran 2nd to last at $1.07/1

Maybe they will turn him into a house pony. :wf

He runs until he breaks down...."It is the business we've chosen."

@carlocallghan : Retire Cost of Freedom hasn't he done enough? Runs 2nd last for $8000 (greed)

Well said.....hope the new connections have class enough to do the right thing by this guy

So the previous owners hit $1 million and kept going? Ok, I think I'm allowed to call anybody who races after that point jerks. It was understandable enough (though not applaudable) when it was a matter of hundreds of dollars until he hits a milestone like that. He could've gone out a winner to boot. Hopefully he'll at least go out after that 10th place. If you thought it was bad when Monzante broke down, wait til a millionaire has to be euthanized. The outrage will be deafening. Talk about a PR nightmare too.

It's not just about the big name horses, but it's what they represent about our commitment to dealing with this issue. Definitely hope the new connections do the right thing. Maybe they claimed him for that purpose. He's earned a retirement many times over.

Hear Hear! :tro:

From Twitter...hope this isn't a repost

John Malone ‏@clockersinsider 15h
@raypaulick A group of us have purchased COST OF FREEDOM. Officially RETIRED. He has his own page on Facebook for latest news.

:)

https://www.facebook.com/costoffreedomhorse