Meanest Horse Ever?

[Betsy]

Originally Posted by Merlinsky

Yeah Hastings was supposed to be nasty. Fair Play still a bit bonkers (not sure if he was mean or mental). Walter Farley writes the fictionalized MOW book as Mahubah being brought in to that line because the Rock Sand influence would temper the Fair Play crazy if memory serves, but this is supposedly BS. Was Rock Sand a piece of work?

From what I've read, Hastings was genuinely viscious. Fair Play was not - Fair Play was a bit "off", but not like his sire. MOW was not a horse who necessarily liked to goof around, but he was not a mean horse at all. Thanks to Farley, MOW is my favorite horse of all time.......I always wanted to be that fake groom, Danny, who jumped on MOW and took off for a midnight ride.