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Postby reenci » Tue Dec 09, 2008 10:37 am

the hell with his finish...99% of us would beg for a horse like him ....good luck next year.
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Postby Twingirl » Sat Dec 13, 2008 10:07 pm

El Camino, thank you for sharing all this on the forum. Very exciting, interesting, and just darn fun! The backstory on this horse, and everything you all have been through is just fascinating.

It would make a great "feel good" movie, you know, Hallmark movie of the year sort of horse movie. :)
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Postby el camino » Sun Dec 28, 2008 5:59 am

Tin Cups promising 2yo brother, Mr Fantasy is scheduled to make his debut today in race 4 at Aqueduct. I sold him as a yearling for 135,000 before Tin Cup ever ran so that should give you an idea of how good looking he was. There is a nice photo of him on the WestPoint website.
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Postby Crystal » Sun Dec 28, 2008 12:24 pm

well did you get photos of the trip???
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Postby Twingirl » Sun Dec 28, 2008 1:02 pm

el camino wrote:Tin Cups promising 2yo brother, Mr Fantasy is scheduled to make his debut today in race 4 at Aqueduct. I sold him as a yearling for 135,000 before Tin Cup ever ran so that should give you an idea of how good looking he was. There is a nice photo of him on the WestPoint website.


And he won. :)

wish I'd seen this before the race went off. but he went off as the favorite anyway. :)

Nice horse!
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Postby el camino » Sun Dec 28, 2008 1:15 pm

That was scary good. He might be the better brother. I can't say this guy is a surprise. While Tin Cup was a difficult road to go and a difficult horse to handle Mr. Fantasy was a dream to be around and always looked and acted like he was of high class. Very different looking in the paddock but same beautiful stride, speed and prof on the track.
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Postby Twingirl » Sun Dec 28, 2008 1:24 pm

el camino wrote:That was scary good. He might be the better brother. I can't say this guy is a surprise. While Tin Cup was a difficult road to go and a difficult horse to handle Mr. Fantasy was a dream to be around and always looked and acted like he was of high class. Very different looking in the paddock but same beautiful stride, speed and prof on the track.


Indeed! Looks the part. That was a nice photo and write up on him at West Point, so no, not suprised at all!:
http://www.westpointtb.com/roster/view-horse.jsp?horseID=191
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Postby reenci » Sun Dec 28, 2008 3:06 pm

el camino wrote:That was scary good. He might be the better brother. I can't say this guy is a surprise. While Tin Cup was a difficult road to go and a difficult horse to handle Mr. Fantasy was a dream to be around and always looked and acted like he was of high class. Very different looking in the paddock but same beautiful stride, speed and prof on the track.


the mare the mare its always the mare.................. :!:
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Postby Strategic Maneuver » Sun Dec 28, 2008 5:06 pm

Watched the race on HRTV and thought he was really impressive. Looking forward to his next out. Jeff Siegal also had some really nice things to say about TCC. Also looking forward to his comeback after a well deserved rest.
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Postby spex4me » Sun Dec 28, 2008 6:16 pm

reenci wrote:
el camino wrote:That was scary good. He might be the better brother. I can't say this guy is a surprise. While Tin Cup was a difficult road to go and a difficult horse to handle Mr. Fantasy was a dream to be around and always looked and acted like he was of high class. Very different looking in the paddock but same beautiful stride, speed and prof on the track.


the mare the mare its always the mare.................. :!:


glad I am not alone on this thought!! Maybe someone should create TruePICKS to accentuate the dam lines as opposed to the sire lines. :wink:
Awesome job in helping in creating these horses El C!!
trying to come up with something brillant..... this may take a while. :)
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Postby Derby132 » Sun Dec 28, 2008 8:58 pm

el camino wrote:
That was scary good. He might be the better brother. I can't say this guy is a surprise. While Tin Cup was a difficult road to go and a difficult horse to handle Mr. Fantasy was a dream to be around and always looked and acted like he was of high class. Very different looking in the paddock but same beautiful stride, speed and prof on the track.

I actually drove five hours from upstate NY to Aqueduct today just to watch Mr. Fantasy's race. WOW!!! I've followed this colt since he was a yearling and happened on him at the FT sale. He was so nice, so young! But how he has developed. He is just awesome. I spent a lot of time looking at him today in the paddock and also watching others reactions to him. He really made an impression. You have a lot to be proud of, congratulations.
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Postby Derby132 » Sun Dec 28, 2008 9:02 pm

Link to West Point Thoroughbred's write up of Mr. Fantasy's debut...there's some excitement there!

http://www.westpointtb.com/news/article.jsp?id=14232
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Postby el camino » Mon Dec 29, 2008 4:22 pm

They gave him a 97 beyer. Thats pretty good for an NY bred in his first start at age 2, atleast for a few days, and he is a May 24th foal.
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Postby bdw0617 » Mon Dec 29, 2008 5:09 pm

el camino wrote:They gave him a 97 beyer. Thats pretty good for an NY bred in his first start at age 2, atleast for a few days, and he is a May 25th foal.
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Postby madelyn » Tue Dec 30, 2008 3:55 pm

And hopefully you still have the mare?
So Run for the Roses, as fast as you can.....
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