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Old 09-06-2008, 07:43 PM
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Default Abused horse recovers... races.

Veteran trainer John Attfield has been around Thoroughbreds his entire life, but he never trained one quite like Mr. Mann.

John Attfield said, "The hardest thing to do with this horse was to get him to trust people."

He was badly malnourished and near death when he and six other Thoroughbreds were rescued from a Niagara County Farm.

The four year old's wounds have healed and Mr. Mann ran his first race last week at the Fort Erie Race Track.



http://www.wivb.com/Global/story.asp?s=8961788
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Old 09-07-2008, 08:48 PM
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Nice story.. Thanks for posting it..I will have to keep an eye out for him to run. Glad to hear he ended up with a good home.
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Old 09-09-2008, 03:09 PM
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Nice story, but errors made it hard to find Mister Man (not Mr. Mann). After searching charts back to mid Aug, I had no luck, so searched by trainer and found it.

The race footage in the video in the story was of no help as it was Harlem Rocker in the Prince of Wales Stakes in July.

http://drfsimulcastweekly.net/drfPDF...20080901&RN=10

I updated his Ped Query page, as there was nothing but sire,dam,year. He earned $104 in his race. Hopefully he will have a decent life.
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Old 09-09-2008, 03:47 PM
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Mister Man, is running today in the 7th at FE ( 7 MTP). His debut race was on Sept. 1, 2008 at FE, Race 10.
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Old 09-09-2008, 04:48 PM
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DFL

http://www.drf.com/drfNCWeeklyHorseD...80909&raceNo=7
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I have been abused by the pieces of crap that I bought...Kill'em Kill them ALL
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WT?!
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Old 09-09-2008, 05:29 PM
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Well, he won't earn much feed running that way
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Old 09-09-2008, 11:26 PM
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I have been abused by the pieces of crap that I bought...Kill'em Kill them ALL
You sir, may be something that rhymes with grassbowl
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Old 09-09-2008, 11:27 PM
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Old 09-10-2008, 01:50 AM
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he needs to step down in cla...oh well...maybe he'll make a good show horse?
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Old 09-10-2008, 05:55 AM
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The horse’s name has been corrected in the copy. Thank you for your comment.

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Old 09-27-2008, 05:28 PM
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Old news, but I stumbled on this while cleaning out emails

He raced again on September 22, finishing 9 of 11

http://www.drf.com/drfNCWeeklyHorseD...0922&raceNo=10
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