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Originally Posted by Hickory Hill Hoff
Steve, I thought I heard on Weds. you had on Eric Reed, did he say or did you ask why Catman Running didn't race two weeks ago in the Lane's End? Missed the show that day.
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Hoff..
Reed had always intended Catman Running for the IL Derby from right after the Battaglia. He considered the Lane's End but his preference was another race for the colt over a 'real' dirt track. And considering Catman's 2yo run at HAW, going to Illinois was a logical move.
Am really pulling for this one Saturday. I met Reed's dad, who's been suffering from severe heart problems, when I attended my first Derby in '01. Herbie Reed and his wife have a nice B&B ("Rabbit Creek") near Keeneland and are lovely people. And the story behind Catman and his owner Joe Harris, who is a miraculous cancer survivor after complete blood marrow transplanting in Germany, is great. Reed had this colt's brother, who was a barn pet but brokedown in a workout in 2005. When Catman came up in the KEE '05 'Fall Sale, Reed jumped on him with Harris' OK. Reed has felt this was a special runner from the day he got him.
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Last edited by Kasept : 04-06-2007 at 06:51 AM.
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