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[Cajungator26]

Originally Posted by slotdirt

I don't know though, there are plenty of crooked horses that make darn good runners!

Unfortunately, they don't last.

[dr. fager]

Originally Posted by Cajungator26

Unfortunately, they don't last.

Yeah, he ran a mere 23 times

Canonero II, (1968-1981), was a champion thoroughbred race horse.

Bred by Edward B. Benjamin in Kentucky, the bay colt was born with a noticeably crooked foreleg, and as such was considered to have no future in racing. He was sold as a yearling for a mere $1,200 at the Keeneland auction. Purchased by Edgar Caibett, the horse was shipped to his native Venezuela where it earned an undistinguished record racing as a two-year-old.

[Cajungator26]

Originally Posted by dr.fager

Yeah, he ran a mere 23 times

Canonero II, (1968-1981), was a champion thoroughbred race horse.

Bred by Edward B. Benjamin in Kentucky, the bay colt was born with a noticeably crooked foreleg, and as such was considered to have no future in racing. He was sold as a yearling for a mere $1,200 at the Keeneland auction. Purchased by Edgar Caibett, the horse was shipped to his native Venezuela where it earned an undistinguished record racing as a two-year-old.

How many in RECENT times have ran more than a handful of times? (And we're not talking about an exception to every rule as the horse you stated above was an exception to the rule.) And secondly, would YOU as a responsible breeder ever want to encourage a horse to be born crooked if it was BETTER for the horse to be born with straight legs?

You always try to get me going...

[dr. fager]

Originally Posted by Cajungator26

How many in RECENT times have ran more than a handful of times? (And we're not talking about an exception to every rule as the horse you stated above was an exception to the rule.) And secondly, would YOU as a responsible breeder ever want to encourage a horse to be born crooked if it was BETTER for the horse to be born with straight legs?

You always try to get me going...

I get history lessons daily from Damascus'67....so long story short you're right about the last part,

[slotdirt]

I don't know, wasn't old Seabiscuit renowned to be as crooked as can be?