Merri Travels

The Way He Were

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Tuesday January 19 2010

Stormy (ex-racehorse) wishes to pay tribute to those two great Champion Thoroughbred mares, Rachel Alexandra (2009 Champion 3-year-old Filly, Horse of the Year) and Zenyatta (2009 Champion Older Mare).

He acknowledges they would have run double circles around him, but they have the same ancestors running in their pedigrees.

Stormy recalls:

Cooling out on the walkers after a workout, steaming on a cold morning



Schooling in the starting gate


Ready to head to the track


Going onto the track


Posing on the backstretch - look at that slick coat!


Having the wet racetrack to himself


Stall living - and sharing watermelons with his favorite exercise rider


Winning! (photo by Longacres racetrack photographer)


You know how parents keep stacks of photo albums of their kid, and they want you to sit down and look at every single picture, as if every single one would mean something to you, as it does to the proud mother? Fortunately for all of you, Stormy's many, many photo albums are in an attic in Seattle, so you don't have to do this. Stormy picked out his best photos here.

Cheers to the Queens of the Turf!