Shake You Down

[deltagulf]

Originally Posted by Thoroughbred Fan

One of my partners tried to claim him at Laurel when he was going in for $5k. He was going to just put the money up then retire the horse. He had our trainer call and ask about just selling him since he was gonna take him anyway. The jocks agent told the trainer that it wasn't the first call he had gotten like this. Suddenly, the assbag Cole scratches him and runs him back for $15k instead. He finished 3rd. My partner wasn't about to spend $15k to retire the horse, especially since Cole would have gotten the money. This horse deserves better, but more importantly, Cole should be embarassed.

cole and lake are jerks

[saucon17]

FYI

Here is SHAKE YOU DOWN's sponsor page.

http://www.trfinc.org/sponsor/avail.php?id=12

I'm going to sponsor him with half of my winnings
on Tiago in the SA Derby.

[philcski]

Originally Posted by saucon17

FYI

Here is SHAKE YOU DOWN's sponsor page.

http://www.trfinc.org/sponsor/avail.php?id=12

I'm going to sponsor him with half of my winnings
on Tiago in the SA Derby.

Way to go Saucon. I'll follow your lead and pledge 1/2 my Derby winnings (if there is any )

[Sightseek]

I don't mean to sound like a jerk, but shouldn't Cole be sponsoring SYD for putting him in the limelight? I fully believe in sponsoring horses, but he milked every start out of him that he could and now they have to ask for help from other people?

[Scav]

Once one of the top sprinters in the country, Shake You Down finished third in the 2003 Breeders' Cup Sprint and won six stakes races, including the Smile Sprint Handicap and the True North. With age and with the typical aches and pains that often come from a long career, he started to slow down and was racing in $14,000 claimers in early 2007 at Laurel. To their credit, owner Robert Cole and trainer Scott Lake did not want to take any risks with a horse who had been so good to them, so they retired Shake You Down when he was still sound and healthy and donated him to the TRF. A grand-looking chestnut, he exudes class, says TRF farm manager John Evans.

This was from his page...

[Cajungator26]

Originally Posted by Scav

This was from his page...

I saw that too... what a crock.

[saucon17]

I'm just happy he is there and there is no way Lake/Cole
can break him down now.