April 30, 2008
Take That, Barbaro: Better Horses Get Honor
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Did I hear that right? Two better horses -- who won 66.7% of the Triple Crown races, instead of just 33.3% -- got replicas and Barbaro is nowhere to be found? That's what I'm talking about! Let's get confirmation from Amy Needle, CEO of the carousel or something:
"These horses are made for us by our horse carousel-making company in Wichita, Kansas. We sent them pictures of the horses and these are exact replicas of racing carousel horses painted with Smarty and Afleet colors and numbers."
It makes sense that there are only replicas of Alex and Smarty; unlike a regular racehorse, you can't ride a carousel horse to its death.
Each carousel horse cost $30,000 of course, which in these booming economic times is no big deal.
Philly Carousel Gets Replicas of Local Winning Race Horses [KYW 1060]
Posted by D-Mac on April 30, 2008 08:43 AM
Posted to Afleet Alex
, Barbaro
, Franklin Square
, Liberty Carousel
, Racehorses Better Than Barbaro
, Smarty Jones
, Triple Crown
, Zombie Barbaro
Comments
this is a poor excuse for journalism.
Posted by: chrissmari at April 30, 2008 09:10 AM
Holy shit... here come the death threats from the Barbaro fans^H^H^H^H zealots.
Posted by: EastChestnut at April 30, 2008 09:27 AM
Barbaro doesn't care about the poor!
Posted by: 207 at April 30, 2008 10:05 AM
Also, please note I don't think getting a replica carousel horse made of yourself is an "honor," it just fit better in the headline space.
Posted by: dmac at April 30, 2008 11:38 AM
Indeed there is a replica carousel horse of Barbaro located near Philadelphia, but, of course you wouldn't want to know about that, as it would destroy the point of your ridiculous piece. Would that you were as talented in your realm as Barbaro was in his!
Posted by: Ihatemorons at April 30, 2008 12:45 PM
Actually, I think dmac is more talented than Barbaro. He blogs successfully more than 33.3% of the time, and isn't, you know, dead.
Posted by: Lynn at April 30, 2008 10:58 PM
If, for some reason, there is already a Barbaro carousel horse somewhere, please do not let me know about it. Thanks.
Posted by: dmac at April 30, 2008 08:52 AM