Kona Gold RIP

[Oaklawnfan]

What a wonderful horse. May he rest in peace. He was one of the first horses that I followed closely back when I became serious in learning and participating in this sport.

[HaloWishingwell]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-BU0lFOp8gM

[HaloWishingwell]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=49N8e0PGSGc

[HaloWishingwell]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CIM-BmN55go


One of my favorites

[Danzig]

crypto and now this guy...been a rough few days for the horses. always enjoyed kona golds races, he was a lot of fun to watch.

[Merlinsky]

Steve mentioned it a minute ago on his show and I was just floored. This week's been so tough.

Here's an article on it: http://www.thehorse.com/ViewArticle.aspx?ID=14974

They don't think it was a kick from another horse, based on the nature of the injury, but possibly he just twisted it wrong. Talk about a bad step.

[The Indomitable DrugS]

He was a great sprinter handled with kid gloves .. but was always at the top of the division back in years when the sprint division was absolutely loaded with talent.

[The Indomitable DrugS]

Originally Posted by HaloWishingwell

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CIM-BmN55go


One of my favorites

What the hell is wrong with you for thinking a win in a Breeders Cup race was one of his great moments.

Any true fan of Kona Gold that actually followed his career knows that his single greatest career achievement happened in April of 2002.

SA 04/26/02 5F Dirt 57.80 Handily 1/38
SA 04/18/02 5F Dirt 58.60 Handily 1/27
SA 04/10/02 5F Dirt 58.20 Handily 1/35
SA 04/03/02 5F Dirt 58.60 Handily 1/26


He strung together a personal best 6 straight bullet works between April and May of '02.

Now that is greatness ... who cares about actual racing?

[RolloTomasi]

Originally Posted by The Indomitable DrugS

What the hell is wrong with you for thinking a win in a Breeders Cup race was one of his great moments.

Any true fan of Kona Gold that actually followed his career knows that his single greatest career achievement happened in April of 2002.

SA 04/26/02 5F Dirt 57.80 Handily 1/38
SA 04/18/02 5F Dirt 58.60 Handily 1/27
SA 04/10/02 5F Dirt 58.20 Handily 1/35
SA 04/03/02 5F Dirt 58.60 Handily 1/26


He strung together a personal best 6 straight bullet works between April and May of '02.

Now that is greatness ... who cares about actual racing?

Whatever, dude. Thanks for putting words in my mouth. I guess when I challenged the "kid gloves" comment I was outting myself as the President of the Kona Gold fan club (should I be a suspect in his death?)

Nonetheless, I was wrong. I can see where working him in bullet fashion every 8th day (as opposed to every 7th) could be considered conservative.

Maybe the clockers should have denoted "Handily---with kid gloves".

My bad.

[philcski]

Great horse, was at the KHP today and the hall of champions was roped off, wanted to go pay my respects.