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socantra · 09-15-2008, 09:58 AM

Mine is also my avatar, Assault, Tripple Crown winner and Horse of the year in 1946. I never saw him run, but I visited him several times a week when I was growing up in Kingsville, Texas. A Kentucky Derby winner was pretty heady stuff for a small town Texas kid.

I never rode the horse, but we had a lot of very serious conversations about racing, growing up, girls, baseball and life in general. He was a very good listener and one of mt best friends.

I visited him several days before I left South Texas in 1962 and then a couple of more times when I was back through town.

Assault broke a bone in his foreleg at the age of 28 in 1971, was put down and buried there on the King Ranch. A friend sent me the obit from the local paper and I shed a quiet tear for my old friend.

Dick

09-15-2008, 09:58 AM	#14
socantra Grade 1 Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Norman, OK Posts: 387	Mine is also my avatar, Assault, Tripple Crown winner and Horse of the year in 1946. I never saw him run, but I visited him several times a week when I was growing up in Kingsville, Texas. A Kentucky Derby winner was pretty heady stuff for a small town Texas kid. I never rode the horse, but we had a lot of very serious conversations about racing, growing up, girls, baseball and life in general. He was a very good listener and one of mt best friends. I visited him several days before I left South Texas in 1962 and then a couple of more times when I was back through town. Assault broke a bone in his foreleg at the age of 28 in 1971, was put down and buried there on the King Ranch. A friend sent me the obit from the local paper and I shed a quiet tear for my old friend. Dick __________________ "Ils Sont Partis"