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Old 01-20-2008, 04:04 AM
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I guess it's an easy mistake for someone in the UAE to assume he's an American horse.

That's all I'm saying.

I know he's Canadian.....
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Old 01-20-2008, 04:10 AM
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I guess it's an easy mistake for someone in the UAE to assume he's an American horse.

That's all I'm saying.

I know he's Canadian but i guess it's an easy assumption.
Oh. I see. But now that I think of it he didn't run much up in Canada. The classics sure, but not much else that I can recall. Not trying to badger you, just trying to understand. Thanks.
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Old 01-20-2008, 04:17 AM
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Sorry, I've also been a little choked to see Manduro as a French horse so much lately.
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Old 01-20-2008, 04:17 AM
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Sorry, I've also been a little choked to see Manduro as a French horse so much lately.
Where was he from?
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Old 01-20-2008, 04:21 AM
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Where was he from?
Bred in Germany by Monsun.

Question. Does any one know if he was the first German bred to have the highest rating of the year?
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Old 01-20-2008, 06:50 AM
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Bred in Germany by Monsun.

Question. Does any one know if he was the first German bred to have the highest rating of the year?
I can imagine he probably is.

I know what you're all saying about where a horse is 'from'. It's a difficult argument. Over here we have plenty of horses bred in America, but if they happened to go back to America and race (for the English trainer), I know I'd refer to the horse as being an English horse.

Both ways work, I suppose.
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Old 01-20-2008, 10:24 AM
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cant wait to see Seachange race in Dubai.. She is a class horse.. Can she do what Sunline failed to do??
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Old 01-20-2008, 11:31 PM
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I can imagine he probably is.

I know what you're all saying about where a horse is 'from'. It's a difficult argument. Over here we have plenty of horses bred in America, but if they happened to go back to America and race (for the English trainer), I know I'd refer to the horse as being an English horse.

Both ways work, I suppose.
Not sure I buy that. If Secretariat was sold at age 4 and moved to France, raced there and came back to the US in the same year, can you imagine him being called a French horse? That would be cause for a riot with hardcore hr fans. The most I can see would be "French-owned and/or trained" imo
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