Wise Dan forced to retire; Firecracker renamed for him..

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From the article:

“About two days after we’d announced his retirement I was grazing him on the lawn. He loves to graze, and he’ll just stare at the racetrack. Most of the time he’ll get a little ramped up, but this morning it was quiet, and horses were coming back and forth, and he stood there staring.
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“I got to looking at him and my eyes started tearing up, and the tears started running down my face. He turned around and he looked at me. He kind of cocked his head and then he reached out and pressed his muzzle up against the side of my face. It was like he was saying, ‘It’s okay. It’s all going to be fine. I’m not mad anymore.’ He’s just like that. He has a lot of human qualities.”