Pedigree Query

I remember this case but cannot remember the horse's name (spelled right, anyway)
Haji's Treasure?
Hagee's Treasure? something like that.
cannot find in this DB under many creative spellings.
It was sometime late 80's maybe...broke a leg in the Derby, survived, TV crew did a "heartwarming story" as I call them re his cards, gifts, etc.
Just wondering where he is now?
Thanks for any info

It could be Hajji's Treasure, an '82 model that could have been in the '85 Derby.

HaJJi's!

Double J! THAT variation never occurred. Yeah that's him.
And look...Double Jay appears in pedigree.
Thanks v. much Madelyn!

It was the '85 Preakness in which Hajji's Treasure broke down. He did not run in the Derby.

There was a 'follow-up' story on one of the subsequent Triple Crown broadcasts - I think it was the following year, since they showed him at stud in California. I have all that on tape someplace....

You'll be happy to know that Hajji's Treasure led a long life after his tragic breakdown, which occurred while he was running contentiously in the Preakness. He went to the New Bolton Center and was there a loooong time, almost a year. When he came home to Pleasanton, he looked like a skeleton. But he was fattened up, and retired to Ron Stolich's Blooming Hills farm. He stood at stud for many years, never reproducing himself, but getting some useful horses. He died a few years ago.

Stan and Fran Hodge deserve a lot of kudos for saving that horse's life. They are not rich like Barbaro's Jacksons. They just own a small glass company. Hajji was insured for $450,000 for death only. The vet bill was many hundreds of thousand, so it was a large expensive swing of money to NOT put him down. I thanked Stan for what he had done several years ago (after Hajji had proven a bit lackluster at stud), and he said, "Don't even talk to me about that. I'm not sure I did the right thing." I told him, "I know it didn't work out for you financially, but you are a helluva human being." He looked really surprised. I hope after all of the Barbaro coverage that he truly feels like he did the right thing.

thanks for all the info...my best friend's name is Taji, so this horse's name always stuck out in my mind.
yes, always nice when folks save a horse's life regardless of financials...although in this case it sounds a bit regretted!

Well, since Stan said he didn't want to talk about it, I respected that and didn't ask him to elaborate. To be honest, I was so choked up just thinking about it, I was relieved not to go on about it. I still remember exactly where I was when I was watching this local horse run on TV, and then suddenly-- disaster! I thought for sure that he would be put down. Then Stan said on the news that he thought that it was Hajji's money, he earned it, and he (Stan) was just holding it in trust for him, so it should be used to save his life.

The horse had a huge fused ankle, and probably had a lot of issues. I don't think it was financial. Maybe it was just that it would have been a lot quicker and easier if the injury had been just a little bit worse, a quick needle and you go home and cry, but pick yourself up and try again. I don't think that anyone who thought that the horse earned his own money would regret the expense later. They probably just went through a long saga like Barbaro's owners are doing, and in retrospect, it seemed like too much for them and the horse. But, like I said, I'd bet real money that now they feel better about that decision. The whole country is crying over Barbaro, and they went through it first.