Chelokee update: Donated to U of AZ-RTIP

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Great news.

[herkhorse]

Indeed great news, lets hope for the best.

[wac]

that is great news. when i saw it happen i was in amazment as to how something like this could happen to the same guy's "big horse". Feel so bad for Matz he seems like a super guy and i hope things get better for him.

[my miss storm cat]

http://www.courier-journal.com/apps/...AS03/808170325

[Habersham000]

Glad to hear he is doing good, he was one of my favorite horses, loved seeing him run! I wish he would have made it into the Derby his 3 year old year, I thought he had a great chance to win it.

[cowgirlintexas]

Yea!! Glad to see he pulled thru it and is perhaps now off to make baby "Chelokees"

[my miss storm cat]

Chelokee given to University of Arizona
By Glenye Cain Oakford

http://www.drf.com/news/article/109919.html

Grade 3 winner Chelokee is expected to cover about 15 mares this year at Arizona's Equine Center in Tucson.
LEXINGTON, Ky. - Centennial Farms has donated its Grade 3 winner Chelokee to the University of Arizona's Equine Center in Tucson, where the 6-year-old stallion will cover about 15 mares this year.

Chelokee, a son of Cherokee Run, sustained a career-ending injury to his right front foot in the 2008 Alysheba Stakes. After surgery and extensive rehabilitation, he entered stud in 2009 at Vinery in Lexington, where he covered 24 mares. He stood for $7,500 then, but mare owners will be able to breed to him this year for $2,000. That fee drops to $1,500 for black-type runners or producers, according to the Equine Center's manager, Laura Walker. Chelokee's 2010 book will include seven mares the center owns as part of its equine studies program.