I remember him well and he is a Wisdom son but I forget who
his dam is. He's a small horse that has carried a few heavyweights.
Gold Medal Farms was created between friends in 1987 with Larry Lewis from
Kansas, Curtis Weinstein of Aries Arabians in Wisconsin who had some really good
horses but went bankrupt and I'd go do landscape jobs on the farm and one time
took a 32' trailer of plants and came back with 8 horses here to Va., where
Curtis' uncle had a farm and we raised a lot of the culls from the show ring
where the money was. At one time I had accumulated 22 and it was a lot to
handle and work with the commute to DC. Larry came east to pick up a few
for distribution to his area and he took Staccato and Rashid who was the sire to
Lynn Golemans Legacy by Wickery. Rashid was always a pawer and I still
have a small piece of his foot he pawed and I cut off as it wasn't possible to
sew it back. He went to Kansas and pawed and was put down due to
it. He was Baymars big brother and quite the bulk and size for an Egyptian
Arabian, but he pawed, the dumb ass. When Staccato was getting into the
trailer I told Larry this will be the best horse I ever send west and as he
tapped me with his foot on my thigh going in the trailer (He could have really
kicked me but he didn't), Larry's uncle Lewey said we don't want to take
that horse. Connie Farmer from Kansas trained him to saddle and
said he was the toughest horse she ever broke. Larry rode him and tho
he had finished the Tevis on Fadali he had been snakebit at the OD.
So Larry comes East with a green small horse to do the OD. Give
Larry credit...he took his time and Staccato finished. Larry sold him to
Johanna and she and a lot of people rode him over the years and perhaps Ami
loves him most. He was never raced and I'd be suprised if he ever had a
win. There are 3 things I'd like to point out on this. There are a
lot of good horses out there that are going under the radar and all it
takes is someone to recognize and nurture them. A lot of good horses are
going to people who have no desire to win that could be stellar athletes under
other training/riding programs (Bravado by Triton/Bajdea was one that went cheap
and never found his potential). But last and mostly...when all the dust
settles and you see that you don't make the big bucks and probably lost... it is
so refreshing to see horses you had a part of do good over a long period of time
and people love them and not think of them as chattel. In fact the
first part of my sales contracts is that you Love them. Ami, I'd really
like to ride him once.ts
