deltasports
04-11-2006, 08:19 PM
THIS AFTERNOON I WAS GETTING INTO MY CAR IN THE HORSEMANS LOT AT TAMPA BAY DOWNS AND I GUY I HAVENT SEEN IN A LONG TIME WAS PARKED RIGHT NEXT TO ME.IT WAS "WALTER" THE ORIGINAL OWNER OF "MAGIE HAWK" THE MOTHER OF AFLEET ALEX.HE VERIFIED THE STORY THAT I HAVE HEARD MANY TIMES.WALTER BOUGHT HER AS A FOAL OF 1994 AT THE OBS SALE WITH A WINNING BID OF $5,000.SHE STARTED FOUR TIMES AND WON $15,000 ..4-1-1-1..AND WAS RETIRED AFTER SHE STEPPED IN A HOLE IN A TURF RACE. WALTER HAD A FRIEND THAT HAD A FARM AND A CHEAP STUD AND SENT HER OVER TO BE BRED ON A HANDSHAKE...LONG STORY MADE SHORT.THE GUY HAD THE FOAL PAPERS & WENT BANKRUPT FAST AND THE VENDORS MADE A RAID ON THE GUY AND HIS FARM AND TOOK EVERYTHING UNDER THE LAW..POOR WALTER HAD NO RECOURSE....THAT MARE IS WORTH MAYBE 4-5 MILLION...ALSO FOR THOSE THAT DON'T KNOW...MAGGIE HAWK IS ALSO THE MOTHER OF A FOAL OF 2000 NAMED "UNFORGETABLE MAX" A WINNER OF $384,000 &
A FULL BROTHER TO "AFLEET ALEX"...NOW WALTER TOLD ME THE WHOLE STORY WITH A SMILE ON HIS FACE...I KNOW SOME GUYS THAT WOULD JUMP IN THE GULF OF MEXICO IF IT HAPPENED TO THEM..AND BY THE WAY,I HAVE KNOWN WALTER FOR 28 YEARS....P.S. THE REASON TIM RITCHY BOUGHT AFLEET ALEX AT THE EASTERN SALE
FOR 75K WAS BECAUSE THAT IS WHERE HE BOUGHT UNFORGETABLE MAX AS A YEARLING IN 2001.WHEN AFLEET ALEX WON HIS 3RD LIFETIME START AT SARATOGA I OFFERED CHUCK ZACHNEY $1,250,000 AFTER STARTING AT $750,000..HE TURNED DOWN ALL MY OFFERS.AND WHEN ALEX WON THE NEXT STAKE AT SARATOGA HE TURNED DOWN 2,000,000.THATS WHEN I SAID "THATS WHEN 2 FOOLS MET..THE ONE THAT MADE THE OFFER AND THE ONE THAT TURNED IT DOWN.. TRUTH IS STRANGER THAN FICTION gah;
A FULL BROTHER TO "AFLEET ALEX"...NOW WALTER TOLD ME THE WHOLE STORY WITH A SMILE ON HIS FACE...I KNOW SOME GUYS THAT WOULD JUMP IN THE GULF OF MEXICO IF IT HAPPENED TO THEM..AND BY THE WAY,I HAVE KNOWN WALTER FOR 28 YEARS....P.S. THE REASON TIM RITCHY BOUGHT AFLEET ALEX AT THE EASTERN SALE
FOR 75K WAS BECAUSE THAT IS WHERE HE BOUGHT UNFORGETABLE MAX AS A YEARLING IN 2001.WHEN AFLEET ALEX WON HIS 3RD LIFETIME START AT SARATOGA I OFFERED CHUCK ZACHNEY $1,250,000 AFTER STARTING AT $750,000..HE TURNED DOWN ALL MY OFFERS.AND WHEN ALEX WON THE NEXT STAKE AT SARATOGA HE TURNED DOWN 2,000,000.THATS WHEN I SAID "THATS WHEN 2 FOOLS MET..THE ONE THAT MADE THE OFFER AND THE ONE THAT TURNED IT DOWN.. TRUTH IS STRANGER THAN FICTION gah;