Who is this horse?

Jorge · Postby **Jorge** » Sat Jan 09, 2010 7:43 pm

Who is the white-leg-marked horse, racing in front, one furlong before the finish line, in the 1961 Jerome Handicap, won by Carry Back.
See the race here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=90EanSr_ ... re=related

Lucy · Postby **Lucy** » Sat Jan 09, 2010 10:11 pm

Looking at the chart, I believe the horse is Braxton Bragg.

http://www.pedigreequery.com/braxton+bragg

Jorge · Postby **Jorge** » Sun Jan 10, 2010 7:59 am

Thank you very much for your message Lucy. I solely understood the wood "Braxton", and lost the rest in the verbal "melee" :lol:

That equine makes perfect sense for his sire Billings was a clear sabino. Those 1950s and 1960s horse are always great finds.

Swaps1955 · Postby **Swaps1955** » Sun Jan 10, 2010 9:15 am

Interestingly, in this same race was Garwol. Pedigree Query shows him as starting 154 times and being in the money 80 of those times. He raced for 8 years and was claimed from Harbor View, but they claimed him back and retired him to a paddock with Roman Brother. What a nice story! But 154 starts...Wow!!!

Jorge · Postby **Jorge** » Sun Jan 10, 2010 11:58 am

Interesting note on the gelding, Garwol (1958)! He later had a younger full brother named Woolie (1961), who made it as a sire. Most probably, they decided to repeat that cross due to Garwol’s merits and durability.
Woolie later became a sire as you can see below:

http://www.pedigreequery.com/woolie
http://www.pedigreequery.com/progeny/woolie