Does anyone remember a former TC runner named Patience Game?

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Does anyone remember a former TC runner named Patience Game?

Postby Sunday Silence » Tue Jul 19, 2011 9:52 am

He finished 6th in the 1999 Belmont and 5th in the Preakness. Alex Hassinger trained him.

Whatever happened to him? He seemed to have disappeared.
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Postby ElPrado » Tue Jul 19, 2011 11:21 am

Ask Hassinger.
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Postby Sunday Silence » Tue Jul 19, 2011 2:01 pm

I'm a fan with no connections to the sport.
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Postby pfrsue » Tue Jul 19, 2011 5:36 pm

I searched around on the web today, but all I found was another person from a few years ago who was searching for him too, with no luck.

He was owned by the Thoroughbred Corp. which liquidated its stock after Prince Ahmed bin Salman died, but the stock weren't sold off until 2004 and he's not in the Barretts records from the dispersal sale. I would have thought Patience Game would have been retired to stud long before that anyway. Maybe people with better connections can check around?
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Postby Crystal » Wed Jul 20, 2011 9:17 am

I didnt see a Export certificate floating anywhere, so maybe he's a riding horse somewhere.
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Postby ElPrado » Wed Jul 20, 2011 12:29 pm

I don't even see Hassinger's name any where.
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Re: Does anyone remember a former TC runner named Patience G

Postby Monsun » Thu Jul 21, 2011 2:50 pm

Sunday Silence wrote:He finished 6th in the 1999 Belmont and 5th in the Preakness. Alex Hassinger trained him.

Whatever happened to him? He seemed to have disappeared.


There seems to be another horse with the exact same name, a filly born in 2008. Not sure on Jockey Club rules, but would think that the name would have to have been released a few years prior to 2008. Maybe someone can check into the circumstances of that release.
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Re: Does anyone remember a former TC runner named Patience G

Postby Monsun » Thu Jul 21, 2011 3:08 pm

Sunday Silence wrote:He finished 6th in the 1999 Belmont and 5th in the Preakness. Alex Hassinger trained him.

Whatever happened to him? He seemed to have disappeared.


You could also try checking with John Shirreffs who became trainer of the Thoroughbred Corporation's horses after Hassinger, about 2 weeks after Patience Game's last race of record on 7/15/2000.
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