RIP Black Tie Affair (1986-2010)

[Arletta]

Originally Posted by OldDog

who was also at Old Friends until he passed.

"He was just life-changing for us," Dee Poulos, wife of late trainer Ernie Poulos, said in a statement from Old Friends. "It was such a wonderful experience with him. He was, and will still be, an inspiration for me. When things got tough, I would think about Black Tie. He was my motivator."

Dee Poulos last saw Black Tie Affair at Old Friends in June.

"I felt I just had to see him, and I told my sister that we just had to go," she said. "I'm so glad we did. I spent a lot of time with him that day. We brought him out and he was just grazing, and I was playing with his ears–I always loved the feel of his ears–and he suddenly looked up at me and I thought, ‘Oh, Black Tie just said goodbye.’ I didn’t want to think that way, but it was a terrible feeling I had. It was just wonderful that he ended up at Old Friends. The horse was one of a kind."



http://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-raci...ie-affair-dead

http://www.examiner.com/x-43823-Hors...ack-Tie-Affair


I met him for the first time at Old Friends. RIP, big fella.

Awwww... You can see in the pictures where his tumors were.. Poor baby... He sounds like he was such a sweetheart