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08-07-2006, 07:35 PM
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Salute To The 2005 Bc Mile Winner
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08-08-2006, 08:30 AM
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Thx to Getaway..
Thanks Getaway for the info. I wasn't aware of the backstory of "Artie" either..
I was very pleased for Team Artie when he won the Mile last year as I believed he was really due for the one "big" win. Jimmy Jerkens had said it would be the biggest failure of his training career if he couldn't get Artie Schiller to win an important race, and "JJ" is an easy guy to root for... No matter what happens going forward, it's great that all concerned have the career 'chops' with Artie... He's always tried, even when falling just short. A really nice horse who won the hearts of a lot of fans, and obviously nice people involved with him.
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08-08-2006, 08:40 AM
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Thank you for sharing your story with us. I hope that everything works out for the best with Artie. (Both of them
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08-08-2006, 08:50 AM
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I'm a naysayer, I'll be honest about that. That's not to say I don't appreciate the horse as an animal, or his story, or what he's meant to the connections. Shoot, anybody who aspires to own horses would probably be satisfied with a horse that's achieve even a tenth the success that Artie has.
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08-08-2006, 01:09 PM
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I'm posting this despite how unbelievably sugary it sounds, but it's a true story. I've been an Artie Schiller fan from the very start, you might even call me rabid. This year I went to the BC with a good friend, who's father used to have a small string of horses at Saratoga each summer. He died about 7 years ago, and she actually scattered his ashes on the Oklahoma track. Anyway, before the Mile I looked over and saw she was in tears. She said she couldn't stop thinking of her father, with whom she'd been to a lot of past BC's. I really didn't know what to say, and the horses were just coming on to the track so I told her to look at the field and try and imagine who her father would have rooted for.
It only took a second, Artie Schiller. Watching that replay still makes the hairs on the back of my neck stand up (of course it would have been even greater to me had Migliore been riding.) Artie sure looks done to me, but he's run some terrific races and has obviously provided many of us with memorable racing thrills. He is a very neat horse.
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08-08-2006, 01:10 PM
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For gambling purposes I hope he keeps on running, and for sentimel purposes also....
WHEN AM I GETTING A HORSE NAMED AFTER ME? When this happens, watch out world, guaranteed confirmed hanger that will get beat by a nose EVERY TIME, and not only that, he will open up 15 lengths lead ONLY TO GET BEAT BY SHANE LAVIOLETTE For the record, this is my ultimate nightmare Good luck to the real Artie and the connections
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