[Tim Y]

I suppose that Big Red giant was such a part of me that I remember hearing of his passing so much. After he was euthanized, I sent a note to Penny Tweedy via the Jockey Club with my favorite shot of him cribbing on the fences at Claiborne (used to be my avatar at Paceadvantage). She responded a month later with HER favorite photo and a great handwritten note that I have framed in the entry of the house.

I have videotape of our feeding him peppermints and begging on the ground for more. How many times in one's life do you encounter such a force of nature as this one was? It was akin to visiting Mohamed Ali, Babe Ruth, Joe Montana, Michael Jordan and Tiger Woods manifested in a single individual. I befriended so many at that classical breeding farm in little Paris, Kentucky, received one of his shoes that I have kept over the years and just to have breathed the same air with this one was enough for me as that is the closest thing to perfection I have ever witnessed, up close and personal.

I will never forget this one and how his life touched me and set me thinking about a new path that has come to fruition just recently.