Gun Bow - maybe the fastest ever

[keithting]

Thanks. That really says alot about Gun Bow's racing career. Very impressive indeed.

[richard]

His pedigree...
http://www.pedigreequery.com/gun+bow
He was sent to Japan after 8 years at stud in USA, it states .
I find that Harlan's Holiday http://www.pedigreequery.com/harlans+holiday and
Menifee http://www.pedigreequery.com/menifee2 have Gun Bow in the first 5 gens of their pedigrees due to both having the same sire , Harlan . It appears that Menifee was sent to Japan also . So to cross Gun Bow HH is the only one left standing in the US .

How about some mares with Gun Bow ?

[hockey2315]

The great Pocus Hocus? But who cares? He wasn't a good sire.

[richard]

That mating would result in Gun Bow 4dx5s at the top of the line breeding chart.

[The Indomitable DrugS]

The '64 Woodward where Gun Bow beat Kelso by a nose under a hand ride:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E29sSeEKyNo

By this point - they felt Gun Bow ran better when you didn't use the whip on him - no idea if that's the case or not - but that jockey had a lot of guts to stick to a hand ride after Kelso passed him... and he somehow came back on and nipped him. This was a great race.

[richard]

It doesn't get any better than that .
It's hardly possible to re-create a similar Gun Bow cross today (Hyperion tail male /Man O War tail male) . You cannot find a Hyperion tail mail line stallion of any note.

Kinda like the Gun Bows, Swaps, Forlis, Forgoes and Chateaugay's of the world were somehow wiped out after the 70s.

[Merlinsky]

The first photo finish picture I ever saw was the shot of the Woodward finish line in a book about Kelso. Whenever I see them now, I think about Gun Bow's nose win.