Kona Gold RIP

[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.

[The Indomitable DrugS]

We are almost 3/4ths of the way through 2009 ... and so far the best Beyer figure earned in a sprint race this year is 115.

From Jan 3rd of '99 to Oct 6th of '01 .. Kona Gold made 15 starts and had an avg Beyer of 115.33 over those 15 races.

He made 5 starts in 1999 ... running Beyers of 115, 115, 115, 115, and 123. In those 5 starts ... he managed to win only one race.

[chucklestheclown]

RIP.

[Indian Charlie]

I always wanted to see him try a longer distance.

Java Gold, Slew o' Gold?

[Pedigree Ann]

Had a friend with lovely grey eventing horse (a TB) she called Teddy (for Teddy Bear). He was kind and honest, so gentle she could ride around with her toddler in front of her in the saddle. One morning he didn't come to the gate to be led in for his breakfast; they searched the paddock and found him down with a broken shoulder. Never found out how he did it. All those years of running cross-country courses with tricky fences and he was never seriously hurt, then when out in his pasture he managed to suffer a fatal injury. It happens.