Broad Brush euthanized at 26

[ShadowRoll]

Originally Posted by blackthroatedwind

He was a marvelous horse. If he was running today people would be calling him the greatest horse of all time.

This may be apocryphal, but I remember reading, a few years back, that he liked to travel so much that even after he was pensioned, they'd load him up in a trailer every once in a while and just take him for a ride. He was an admirable horse.

[Danzig]

i saw this earlier, was going to post, but gave up. loved this horse. one of the stars of md racing and breeding, so of course i was that much more proud to have a horse like that come from 'home'. he was an awesome horse, i hate to see that he's passed on-but he had a good, long life. i just hope that include can do well at stud, seems to be broad brushes best chance to carry on the line. you could certainly do worse than have a horse like broad brush.

[Danzig]

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[Sightseek]

Originally Posted by ShadowRoll

This may be apocryphal, but I remember reading, a few years back, that he liked to travel so much that even after he was pensioned, they'd load him up in a trailer every once in a while and just take him for a ride. He was an admirable horse.

I read that too. I think it might have been in the Blood-Horse. He'd stick his head out the window like a dog does and get mighty angry if it had been awhile since he was taken for a ride.

[Kasept]

Small explained the back story of why Broad Brush came to like riding in the trailer.

[prudery]

He was all that he is given credit for here, and what an oldtimer might call a " hickory " horse--tough--and he meant business .

[DaTruth]

Originally Posted by prudery

He was all that he is given credit for here, and what an oldtimer might call a " hickory " horse--tough--and he meant business .

Toughness was a trait that Broad Brush passed on to many of his offspring. We got to see a lot of them during the few years that Small wintered at Fair Grounds.