junius ( 15 march 1976 – 1997 ) was an american-bred , irish-trained thoroughbred racehorse and sire .

after fetching a price of $ 300,000 as a yearling he was sent to race in europe where he had his greatest success as a two-year-old in 1978 .

following a narrow defeat on his debut he won twice in ireland before traveling to england and winning the group one middle park stakes in record time .

he failed on his only appearance in the following year and was retired from racing .

he stood as a breeding stallion in ireland and japan but had little impact as a sire of winners .

junius ( horse )

the junius cup was the third race on day one , and creeper won it “in fine style” , according to the monitor of october 8 .
the junius cup comes from the estate of the late richard kelynack evans of rylstone , a direct descendant of the original winning owner , robert fitzgerald .
his millionaire father , junius , made his fortune by investing other people’s money and helped found modern investment banking . when john pierpont , or jp , is a child , junius has him handle a million dollars in cash so he knows what it feels like . jp morgan is taught early to avoid risk .
1 lithograph : color . | george washington on horse , soldiers fighting during the battle of the monongahela .
the junius cup has been documented in literature including “australian silver 1800 to 1900” by john hawkins , the catalogue for a 1973 exhibition held by the national trust of australia . further background has been researched by rkt’s jonathan alford .
the decision to hold the races on october 3 and 5 in 1827 , to fit in with the parramatta fair , was taken at a meeting at parramatta’s woolpack inn – which still trades today . the woolpack’s licensee , andrew nash , owned the original junius , which was renowned in the colony , and even issued his own pound notes featuring an image of the horse .
after a grim few years of economic gloom , ireland’s thoroughbred horse breeders are looking forward to bright year of the horse . my friends back home tell me forget france and red wine - lots of rich chinese are coming to visit studs and other bloodstock breeding grounds in ireland .
relatively humble yet functional and elegant , it is 21cm high with out - turned lip and gadrooned lower section , raised on a knopped stem , the interior being gilded . it is inscribed “the junius cup , presented to robt fitzgerald , as the winner by his horse creeper . . . ” while the reverse bears the wording “nsw , parramatta racing fund , october meeting 1827” .
the 3 . 3 million square metre site in panzhuang , ninghe county , tianjin is designed to meet the needs of china’s new horse industry .
as rocking horse entered the 1990s , the signs of financial distress w ere alarmingly abundant . saddled with an extremely large bank loan it could not pay , rocking horse had difficulty convincing its bank to a pprove a lease on a company vehicle . the company had a negative net w orth of $ 3 . 8 million and was reeling from the effects of successi ve annual losses . after rocking horse defaulted on its loans , the acc ounting firm of coopers lybrand issued a statement based on the child - care provider ' s 1991 results , stating that it was unsure if rocking horse had the capacity to survive .
booth next jumped off the stage , breaking his leg in the process , but managed to make it to his getaway horse before anyone in the shocked crowd could stop him .
tianjin has already hosted china’s richest - ever race day last autumn , which included the inaugural rmb1 million tianjin national cup . tianjin has a 150 year tradition of horse racing .
junius ( usa ) b . h , 1976 { 3 - n } dp = 14 - 6 - 6 - 2 - 0 ( 28 ) di = 4 . 60 cd = 1 . 14 - 5 starts , 3 wins , 1 places , 0 shows career earnings : $ 64 , 664
ayr gold cup and portland handicap winner 1977 grey horse foaled : 1974 by comedy star out of romany rose jon george was another superb sprinter we trained here at sheriff hutton . foaled in 1974 he went on to complete the ayr gold cup and portland handicap at the age of three . he was a grey horse by comedy star and went on to stand as a stallion . click here for more !
a year after petrarch had won the middle park , chamant became the first horse to win both the middle park stakes and the dewhurst stakes and the following year he also added the 2 , 000 guineas .
a bay horse , raja baba stood 15 . 3 hands . he was compact , short - legged and correct with strong forearms and extremely powerful quarters . he was said to have had a kindly temperament .
rocking horse began modestly , with a single child - care center that re corded $ 48 , 000 in revenue during its first year of operation . roc king horse did not expand until april 1986 , but once it began develop ing into a chain of day - care centers , the company did so with fervor . by the end of 1986 , the company ' s revenue total had increased mighti ly , swelling to nearly $ 3 million as it began an aggressive acqui sition campaign . between april 1986 and october 1987 , rocking horse a cquired 31 child - care centers and constructed two new facilities , ext ending its operating territory to an eight - state area . the company ' s energetic growth , however , did not translate into profitability . rock ing horse posted a net loss of $ 3 . 2 million in 1986 , $ 300 , 000 more than it collected in revenue .
on may 10 , 1838 , john wilkes booth was born near bel air , maryland . booth was the second youngest of 10 children . his father , junius brutus booth , was a well - known actor and was eccentric , with a reputation for heavy drinking . john and his siblings were raised on a farm , which was worked by the family & apos ; s slaves .
three years later the great bahram gave notice of his immense talent as he won the gimcrack stakes and middle park stakes . in 1935 he was a fantastic winner of the triple crown and became the last horse to accomplish this feat before nijinsky in 1970 .
when clegg joined rocking horse in may 1992 , he inherited a company t hat had lost $ 10 . 2 million during the previous two years . the los ses were out of control , delivering staggering blows to a company tha t only generated roughly $ 30 million in annual sales . clegg worke d quickly to trim the company ' s liability , reducing rocking horse ' s d ebt by nearly $ 7 million within a year . he raised money for much - needed restructuring through private placements , initially raising & #
though his father junius believes it a fad , electric light becomes a must have modern utility for the city’s elite . against his father’s advice , morgan invests everything in edison to form the edison electricity company . they create the world’s first power station and soon half of manhattan’s connected . but every home and business lit electrically is a lost customer to rockefeller who supplies kerosene to the oil powered lamps . so he starts planting scare stories in the press .
in 2012 reckless abandon became the latest horse to complete the prix morny - middle park stakes double , having already won the norfolk stakes and prix robert papin . he ended the year unbeaten in 5 races but ran well without winning as a 3 year old sprinter .
the first winner of the race was a horse called the rake in 1866 and just five years later , the 1871 winner was called prince charlie and the following years he went on to become the first colt to land the middle park - 2 , 000 guineas double .
jingle bells
was written by james l . pierpont , the uncle of famed financier j . p . morgan . the song , originally titled
the one horse open sleigh ,
was actually written about thanksgiving , and was considered a failure when first published in 1857 .
desert star holdings chairman teo ah khing’s tak design has an impressive pedigree , being responsible for the design , development and delivery of the meydan grandstand and racecourse in dubai . he is also behind the china horse club , the exclusive membership group connected to the tianjin equine culture city .
coolmore is helping to set up the stud farm , with broodmares from ireland . the breeding programme has already started . more than a hundred mares will be sent to china over three years . stallions will follow . coolmore is hosting china’s top agriculture graduates from the inner mongolia agricultural university , so they can learn how to run the equine operation . coolmore’s tom magnier said :
this major new chinese project is great news for the world horse racing and breeding industry ,
adding he was very excited by the continued growth in this relationship with the china horse club .
bold lad and petingo were smart winners of the race in the 1960s but both failed to add classic glory the following season . right tack however , won the 1968 middle park stakes and the following season became the first horse to win both the english and irish 2 , 000 guineas .
this is the first of its kind on the mainland and is the first international joint venture into horse racing and breeding and is designed to help china to get started at the highest level . tianjin , population 12 million and close to beijing , is opening the equine centre in phases .
indeed , ireland’s famous coolmore stud has joined forces with the china horse club and last year spent almost us $ 4 million ( hk $ 31 million ) on two blue - blooded colts , sired by fastnet rock , at the inglis australian easter yearling sale . the horses are being trained by coolmore in australia . it was the start of their joint venture , destined to set the tone for china’s new racehorse and breeding industry . this partnership between the globally renowned coolmore and the chinese government backed tianjin state farms agribusiness group and desert star holdings , affiliated to the china horse club , sees the establishment of a huge breeding operation . this is part of china’s new world class tianjin equine culture city project .
robert fitzgerald , to whom the cup is dedicated , was the son of richard fitzgerald , a convict turned rich pastoralist who became a close friend of governor macquarie and his wife . aged only 20 when his horse creeper won the cup , the son went on to become one of the colony’s biggest landowners , an mlc and a director of the bank of nsw .
despite the loss , the company continued to expand into the late 1980s . rocking horse raised $ 5 million in a public offering of stock i n october 1987 , the capital from which was used , as its president , jo hn w . quaintance , told the philadelphia business journal in th e october 12 , 1987 , issue ,
to continue our acquisition strategy .
by the end of 1988 , the company operated 41 of what it called
preschoo l learning centers .
there were ten each in georgia and florida , eigh t in south carolina , four each in illinois and pennsylvania , three in new jersey , and one each in maine and massachusetts . rocking horse h eld licenses to accommodate 5 , 538 children , allowing an average of 13 5 children per center . the company charged between $ 43 to $ 14 0 per week for its child - care services , the nature of which represent ed the hidden and unexploited strength of the chain . to distinguish i tself from the scores of other child - care companies in existence , roc king horse used professionally developed educational and recreational programs administered by trained supervisors and teachers . by tailor ing itself as more than a traditional day - care provider , the company ' s management hoped to attract parents and their children away from th e competition , but the strategy never worked , at least not financiall y . by the end of the decade , rocking horse was a company suffering fr om profound financial problems .
, beaten just over two lengths . he was exactly the same distance behind cockney rebel when they were again first and fourth in the irish 2 , 000 guineas three weeks later , but he had his revenge on that horse ( and on dutch art ) when finishing second in an aidan o’brien - trained trifecta in the st . james’s palace stakes at royal ascot , splitting
the 1980 middle park went to mattaboy , a colt who was narrowly defeated by to agori mou in the 1981 2 , 000 guineas . then after cajun had won the race for sir henry cecil in 1981 , the champion trainer added a second consecutive middle park stakes in 1982 , through diesis . the son of sharpen up , racing in the apricot silks of lord howard de walden , was a fully brother to kris and then won a sensational dewhurst stakes in which the long odds - on favourite and so - called “wonder horse” gorytus was virtually pulled up amid allegations of doping . the headlines rather robbed diesis of his achievement in winning the double and he became the last horse to win both the middle park stakes and the dewhurst stakes , although he sadly failed to reproduce his form in 1983 .
john pierpont morgan was born into a distinguished new england family on april 17 , 1837 , in hartford , connecticut . one of his maternal relatives , james pierpont ( 1659 - 1714 ) , was a founder of yale university ; his paternal grandfather was a founder of the aetna insurance company ; and his father , junius spencer morgan ( 1813 - 90 ) , ran a successful hartford dry - goods company before becoming a partner in a london - based merchant banking firm . after graduating from high school in boston in 1854 , pierpont , as he was known , studied in europe , where he learned french and german , then returned to new york in 1857 to begin his finance career .
multiple winning sprinter and successful stallion brown horse foaled : 1969 by firestreak out of silver sand wins : 6 workboy was a magnificent looking brown horse he was bred by mrs k e cooke , by the stallion firestreak out of singing sand . a very fast horse over sprint distances , workboy was a six times winner earning black type by being placed in four group races . his list of wins included the cherkley sprint at epsom , and the zetland handicap at doncaster . he was also placed seven times including the group 3 king george stakes at goodwood , the palace house stakes , the national stakes and the group 1 kings stand stakes . his career earnings were £13 , 387 when he was retired . workboy went on to stand as a stallion at easthorpe hall stud , malton and also ham house stud and norton grove stud , siring many winners both on the flat , over jumps and also point to pointers . his stud book entry described him as a
racehorse of phenomenal speed and courage
. workboy had a successful stud career , and offspring included spriteband , beckingham ben , peacework , contact kelvin and grange hill girl . the photo shows him winning the north cave auction plate at beverley westwood on 7th may 1971 . thank you brian bivens for the photos and information .
cesarewitch winner , newmarket 1967 bay horse foaled : 1965 by mossborough out of branches park boismoss became one of our earliest big winners when he won the cesarewitch in 1967 ridden by ernie johnson . sent off at 13 - 1 , he saw out the marathon 2m 2f trip to win the race at the age of three . he is pictured here leading the string , ridden by jock skilling . thank you to brian bivens for the photo .
it took roughly a decade before nobel arrived at the strategy , the co rporate structure , and the leader capable of achieving consistent suc cess . the years in between were difficult , a period when nobel operat ed under a different name and pursued a different corporate mission . nobel began operating in 1984 as rocking horse child care centers of america inc . , a cherry hill , new jersey - based operator of private chi ld - care centers .
bahamian bounty won the 1996 middle park stakes but disappointed in the dewhurst stakes and the following year david morley was back in the winners’ enclosure thanks to hayil . tragically morley passed away early the next year and the horse moved to the french yard of freddie head but never made an impression . the middle park stakes really underlined the training prowess of david morley who had successfully trained national hunt horses since the early 1970s and was a hugely popular figure .
the next two years proved that duke of marmalade’s injury had healed very well , because through the ’07 and ’08 seasons he proved himself a very tough horse , as well as a very good one . he was thrown straight in at the deep end first up at three : having his first run for nearly 10 months , he was one of aidan o’brien’s three runners in the 2 , 000 guineas . he fared the best of this trio , finishing fourth behind
the third and most famous woodcut from dürer ' s series of illustrations for the apocalypse , the four horsemen presents a dramatically distilled version of the passage from the book of revelation ( 6 : 1–8 ) :
and i saw , and behold , a white horse , and its rider had a bow ; and a crown was given to him , and he went out conquering and to conquer . when he opened the second seal , i heard the second living creature say , ' come ! ' and out came another horse , bright red ; its rider was permitted to take peace from the earth , so that men should slay one another ; and he was given a great sword . when he opened the third seal , i heard the third living creature say , ' come ! ' and i saw , and behold , a black horse , and its rider had a balance in his hand ; . . . when he opened the fourth seal , i heard the voice of the fourth living creature say , ' come ! ' and i saw , and behold , a pale horse , and its rider ' s name was death , and hades followed him ; and they were given great power over a fourth of the earth ; to kill with sword and with famine and with pestilence and by wild beasts of the earth .
transforming what was a relatively staid and unthreatening image in earlier illustrated bibles , dürer injects motion and danger into this climactic moment through his subtle manipulation of the woodcut . the parallel lines across the image establish a basic middle tone against which the artist silhouettes and overlaps the powerful forms of the four horses and riders—from left to right , death , famine , war , and plague ( or pestilence ) . their volume and strong diagonal motion enhance the impact of the image , offering an eloquent demonstration of the masterful visual effects dürer was able to create in this medium .
chestnut mare foaled : 1983 by junius ( usa ) out of restless lady wins : 14 catherine ' s well was bred foaled in 1983 , a bright chestnut filly by junius . she made her racecourse debut as a two year old and proved she had bags of speed . she won her first race at doncaster in september 1985 and the same season also won at newmarket and again at doncaster later in the year . her biggest win came at ripon in her three year old season when she won the great st wilfrid handicap , a season which also saw her win at beverley , newcastle and newmarket . catherine ' s well had won seven races when she was then retired to the paddocks but she failed to produce a winner from her first three foals . she returned to training in 1991 , but her second career didn ' t start well as she was left at the start in her first race at ripon in april 1991 . however , she soon got back into the racing game and that season she won at catterick and ripon . catherine ' s well raced for another two seasons winning again at doncaster ( twice ) , catterick , thirsk and york . in all she managed to win seven races between her first and her second retirements . returning to the paddocks , her second spell as a broodmare was a huge success and she will be remembered as a brilliant broodmare in her later career as well as a 14 times winner . she was to be the dam of many winning sprinters including williams well who also went on to win the great st wilfrid handicap in 2000 and other multiple winners including emperor ' s well and elvington boy .
’s st leger . this is clearly “a stallions’ family” – but that , of course , is no guarantee that duke of marmalade will prove a good stallion . however , the most obvious clues are often the best ones – and in this case the most obvious clues are that duke of marmalade is a beautiful horse who proved himself to be close to the perfect racehorse in three testing seasons of racing . it would be a foolish man who wrote off his prospects at this very early stage .
certainly the middle park stakes does not hold the same sway it did 50 years ago , when it was a major pointer to the following year’s classics . often the speedier early season type of horse competes in the race nowadays and it has perhaps more bearing on the following year’s major sprints . however every so often a rodrigo de triano might come along and the race remains one of the big prizes of the year as one of only three group 1 races exclusively run for two year old colts in britain .
duke of marmalade retired to coolmore stud in 2009 at a fee of 40 , 000 euros . the relatively quiet season enjoyed by his first juveniles last year proved a major factor in his foals selling badly last autumn ( averaging 8 , 856 gns , having been conceived in 2011 at a fee of 25 , 000 euros ) and in his fee being reduced to 12 , 500 euros for the current season . however , it would be extremely premature to write the horse off . he himself improved notably as he matured and , with
another brilliant colt appeared in the 1888 middle park stakes , which was won in terrific style by donovan . the colt had started off winning the brocklesby stakes at lincoln and later won at the royal meeting . after landing the middle park stakes donovan stepped up to 7 furlongs and became the latest horse to add the dewhurst stakes and by the season’s end , had won 11 of his 13 races . as a 3 year old , donovan won the derby and st leger and was denied a triple crown by just a head in the 2 , 000 guineas .
the task of rescuing rocking horse fell to a new management team head ed by a . j .
jack
clegg , whose arrival marked the beginning of a new and decidedly more successful era . clegg ' s professional background in cluded the 1979 founding of empery corporation , an operator of cable television and printing business . at empery , clegg served as chairman , president , and chief executive officer from 1979 to 1992 , but his d uties at empery represented only a fraction of his business backgroun d in the decade preceding his arrival at rocking horse . between 1983 and 1993 , clegg served as chairman and chief executive officer of tvc , inc . , a distributor of cable television components . during the same period he also held identical titles at design mark industries , a ma nufacturer of electronic senswitches . clegg served as chairman and ch ief executive officer of globe ticket and label company from 1984 to 1991 and was on the board of directors of ferguson international hold ings plc . in the academic world , he was a member of the advisory boar d of drexel university , an honor bestowed on the then - 50 - year - old cle gg in 1989 .
bay gelding foaled : 1999 by bluebird out of suedoise races : 92 wins : 9 blue spinnaker arrived in 2002 after i bought him from john hammond in france . he had had problems with his legs but i knew i could fix him up and i knew he would be good once i had ! he showed lots of promise on his debut at pontefract where he was narrowly beaten by a head in a maiden race for older horses at odds of 100 / 1 . at that point i knew i had a serious horse on my hands . spinnaker went on to win the thirsk hunt cup and the zetland gold cup along with seven other races in 92 outings . he earned a total of £160 , 000 in prizemoney . blue spinnaker liked doncaster , winning there three times and he also won twice just up the road at york and twice at thirsk as well as at redcar and haydock . it was his fifth win , at york in 2006 , that got me into trouble . i was interviewed about how i bought him and i got pulled up for what i said on the telly . i had no idea it was a forbidden word that i ' d used , but i got a letter for me troubles and a slap on the hand . blue spinnaker was retired in 2011 . he is still with us here at the yard and now in his 18th year he provides a valuable role , babysitting the yearlings when they are out in the fields . it suits him y ' see , ' cos he ' s a bossy sort and he likes to put the youngsters in their place . a bargain horse that goes on to win some big races and wins twice on our home track at york , that ' s the sort of horse that gives me so much satisfaction . click here for more !
in 1890 , morgan’s father dies after a horse carriage accident . it instantly quadruples morgan’s wealth . the 1893 world fair is to be held in chicago and organisers want the entire event lit with electricity . westinghouse underbids at a quarter of the cost offered by morgan . over 27 million people flock to see the 200 , 000 light bulbs that illuminate the event , powered by westinghouse generators . and in 1895 , it’s the westinghouse ac electric generating plant that is built at niagara . it seems it will be him , not morgan who will light america . in 1897 , tesla tears up his patent claim on his ac design , reducing his rights to profits which immediately attracts investment into the westinghouse / tesla company .
gimcrack stakes winner , york 1986 chestnut horse foaled : 1984 by thatching out of lustrine races : 13 wins : 5 wiganthorpe was foaled in ireland on 12th april 1984 . we purchased him for just 2 , 000gns as a yearling after he failed the veterinary checks at the sales with a wind infirmity . wiganthorpe was a striking bright chestnut with three white socks , making him very easy to spot in his races . he was a precocious individual and at the age of two he won the prestigious gimcrack stakes at york , ridden by the legendary willie carson . after several seasons at stud in the uk , wiganthorpe was exported to australia on 22nd september 1993 and went on to stand as a successful stallion in the southern hemisphere . he died at the age of 23 in november 2007 .
while facts and figures of a stallion’s first crop of two - year - olds make one tool which many people use to help themselves rush to judgement about whether or not a stallion is going to make the grade , another factor which people seem to consider important is whether or not the horse comes from “a stallions’ family” . this , of course , is also nonsense , because it is not uncommon to find excellent stallions who have no other notable sires in their immediate family ; while there are likewise plenty of indifferent sires who are closely related to extremely successful stallions . duke of marmalade’s pedigree provides a perfect example of the fact that hailing from “a stallions’ family” means nothing : he is related seemingly to dozens of horses who have retired to stud over the past few decades , some of whom have done very well and some of whom proved bitterly disappointing .
bay gelding foaled : 2004 by machiavellian out of magna graecia races : 94 wins : 7 ancient cross joined us in march 2008 after running just once for mark johnston . he was placed five times in his first season here , but did not win his first race until the age of five . ancient cross was a horse who got better with age . after many placed runs he won his first race at musselburgh in 2009 and won again a few weeks later at catterick . after winning at york in may 2011 he scored his biggest career win in the 2011 gosforth park cup at newcastle . ancient cross was again a winner at york ' s dante festival in 2013 and the following month he won the ayr silver cup under top weight . as time was catching up with him , it was decided to retire him in june 2016 . however , he went out with a bang and he became a popular winner at hamilton park when he came home in front for joanna mason , which was to be ancient cross ' s last race . click here for more !
thirteen wins , including flat , hurdles and fences bay gelding foaled : 2006 by dansili out of bay shade races : 65 wins : 13 shadows lengthen came to the yard as a yearling having being bought at tattersalls for a mere 5 , 500 gns . and what a bargain for a horse that went on to become a 13 times winner ! running in the red and white colours of thomas frost , his two year old career started unspectacularly , finishing second last on his debut , and signing off his juvenile year at redcar where he finished 20th of 20 . gelded in the autumn of 2008 , his first win came at southwell in november , the first leg of an amazing six - timer as he won five times at southwell and once at wolverhampton in the space of just over two months . he became a certainly throughout the autumn on the all weather , twice sent off odds on in what should have been competitive handicaps . however , as always happens the handicapper was to put an end to the winning streak as shadows was put up 32 pounds in the ratings . the remainder of 2010 proved more difficult , and the beginning of 2011 saw shadows began his hurdling career , winning at catterick and doncaster . rated 120 , in december 2012 he was switched to jumping fences , and won at the second time of asking at sedgefield . further victories came at bangor , doncaster and haydock . shadows saved the best ' til last , and his final win proved to be his biggest when he came home in front at wetherby , winning the listed bet365 handicap chase in october 2014 . shadows lengthen was retired in october 2017 , a thirteen times winner and one of the toughest most genuine horses we have ever trained .
clamart is recorded as a foal in volume 9 of the french stud book where his sire is given as saumur or soukaras , in that order . in all later editions his sire is given only as saumur .
owner : s . fraser breeder : warner l . jones jr . state bred : ky winnings : 5 starts : 3 - 1 - 0 , $ 64 , 664 at 2 : won william hill middle park s . ( eng - g1 ) 1977 sent from us to ireland . 1984 sent from ireland to japan . ( close )
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on april 14 , 1865 , actor john wilkes booth assassinated president abraham lincoln while he was watching our american cousin at ford theater in washington , d . c .
john wilkes booth was born may 10 , 1838 , near bel air , maryland . at age 17 , he made his acting debut . in the 1850s , he joined the know - nothing party . during the civil war , he was a confederate secret agent . in march of 1865 , his attempt to kidnap president abraham lincoln failed . on april 14 , 1865 , he assassinated lincoln at ford theater . booth was killed on april 26 , 1865 , in port royal , virginia .
as a youngster , booth attended the milton boarding school for boys—and later st . timothy & apos ; s hall—sporadically . from a very young age , he was described as disarmingly handsome . to those who knew him , it seemed only natural that he would follow in his father & apos ; s footsteps , by gracing the stage with his charismatic presence .
when he turned 17 , booth made his acting debut in baltimore , with a role in a production of shakespeare & apos ; s richard iii . his early performances were such a hit that booth was soon invited to tour all over the country with a shakespearean acting company based in richmond , virginia .
in 1862 , booth made his new york debut , this time as the lead in richard iii . the new york herald described him as a
veritable sensation .
when describing his natural inclination for the role , booth tellingly expressed his credo with the declaration ,
i am determined to be a villain .
while on tour , he achieved national praise as an up - and - comer , but a respiratory illness in 1863 meant booth had no choice but to take temporary leave from the stage . just days prior to delivering his famed gettysburg address that same year , president abraham lincoln watched a performance by booth in a play called the marble heart at ford’s theater .
in the 1850s , booth joined the know - nothing party , which aimed to limit immigration into the united states . in 1859 , he showed his support for slavery by joining a virginia militia that aided in the capture and execution of john brown , following his raid on harpers ferry . during the civil war , booth served as a secret agent for the confederacy .
faced with idle time during his break from the theater , booth became involved in a conspiracy to kidnap president lincoln . the plan involved bringing lincoln to richmond and demanding either peace or the release of confederate soldiers as a ransom . booth enlisted six southern sympathizers , but their march 1865 attempt in washington , d . c . , failed when the president failed to appear where they had anticipated .
frustrated at seeing his plot foiled , booth resolved to go to a far greater extreme . on april 14 , 1865 , just after 10 p . m . , booth shot and killed lincoln while he was watching a performance of the play our american cousin at washington , d . c . & apos ; s ford theater . directly after the shooting , booth leaped onto the stage and yelled ,
sic semper tyrannis ! ( thusever to tyrants ! ) the south is avenged !
after crossing the potomac river with some difficulty , booth and his co - conspirators arrived at richard h . garrett & apos ; s farm in port royal , virginia . investigators were in hot pursuit and on april 26 , 1865 , caught up to the criminals , who had been hiding in garrett & apos ; s barn . booth refused to surrender , which spurred his pursuers to set the barn on fire . as the blaze engulfed the barn , booth was shot by one of the investigators , thomas p .
boston
corbett , a union army soldier . corbett had intended to shoot booth in the arm , but his bullet struck booth & apos ; s neck instead . the shot paralyzed him . booth was then carried from the burning barn and lay three hours on garrett & apos ; s porch before he died .
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big enough to bail out the us , buy in a president & build the first billion dollar company . meet jp morgan .
morgan escapes military service during the civil war by paying $ 300 to a substitute to fight for him . during the war he buys five thousand rifles at $ 3 . 50 each and sells them on at $ 22 apiece . the rifles are defective and some shoot off the thumbs of the soldiers firing them . later , a congressional committee notes this but a federal judge upholds the deal and morgan is exonerated .
dominated by his father , jp is 40 before he ignores his father’s business lessons . he wants to be synonymous with an industry , like rockefeller is with oil , and carnegie is with steel .
like the discovery of fire and the invention of the wheel , electric light will revolutionise mankind and morgan believes , make him rich , and crucially , richer than his rivals . morgan hires thomas edison , a telegraph boy turned inventor , to install electricity in his 5th avenue manhattan mansion . morgan’s home becomes a lab for edison’s experiments and a small generator is installed to power the home’s 400 light bulbs .
an apprentice of edison , tesla , creates alternating current , or ac , but edison believes its higher voltage unsafe , so sticks to direct current , or dc . but electrical pioneer george westinghouse invests in tesla . and to disprove suggestions that ac is dangerous , tesla stages magical light shows where electricity harmlessly crackles around him . orders for westinghouse power stations pour in . edison tries to discredit ac by using it in his new creation , the electric chair . the first execution goes horribly wrong and instead of killing the man quickly , it slowly roasts him alive . the resultant publicity damages edison , not tesla .
the niagara falls contract opens for bids . it could light the entire north east and the only real choice is between morgan and westinghouse . and morgan desperately wanted to replace rockefeller as the man who lit america .
so morgan threatens westinghouse with patent infringement . few could afford to fight a lengthy lawsuit with morgan . westinghouse , stretched to breaking point is forced to sign over tesla’s patents . morgan’s consolidated electric company ( minus edison and operating on ac ) general electric , will become one of america’s biggest corporations .
morgan now heads the biggest investment bank in america , and has consolidated both the electricity and rail - road industries . by 1900 , morgan controls 100 , 000 miles of railroad , half the country’s mileage .
when , after a two year depression , the us treasury becomes desperate , morgan , a private individual guarantees them a $ 100m ( $ 3bn today ) and bails out the federal government , effectively bailing out the country from collapse . morgan virtually single handily saves the us economy in both 1895 and 1907 .
the process of creating a monopoly through the elimination of competition and the maximisation of profits by slashing the workforce and reducing their wages is named after jp morgan .
but as profits soar , working conditions sink . pay reduces so that the average worker earns barely a dollar a day , over 90 % of americans survive on less than $ 100 per month . working hours and workplace fatalities increase .
in a single year , more men die inside a steel mill than died at the battle of gettysburg .
monopolies , cartels and trusts dominate everyday life . popular disgust at such unregulated capitalism leads to the rise of politicians such as democrat williams jennings bryan . he promises an end to the excesses of big business characterising the bosses as ‘robber barons’ .
sensing a common threat , morgan , carnegie , and rockefeller , put aside their bitter rivalry to ensure their man , william mckinley sits in the white house . bryan criss - crosses the country in the nation’s first press tour giving over 500 speeches . but he can’t compete against the robber barons contributions . mckinley outspends bryan by a factor of five to one .
in the 1896 election , 90 % of the electorate vote , double today’s turnouts . but back then voting was a public affair and workers know they may be fired if seen to be voting for bryan . mckinley wins . he rolls back regulations .
carnegie agrees to sell out to morgan for the equivalent of four hundred billion dollars nowadays ( or $ 480 back then ) . this is more than the entire budget of the us federal government . it gives carnegie the largest private fortune the world has ever seen .
it allows morgan , in 1901 , to create us steel , the first billion dollar company in history . it will dominate the steel business for almost a hundred years . at his peak morgan will sit on the board of 48 corporations .
but morgan’s power drew the attention of new york city police commissioner turned politician , theodore roosevelt . born into a wealthy family , roosevelt entered public life after an image makeover from new york aristocrat to man of the people . he joins the army and serves during spanish - american war . back in new york as governor , he clamps down on the abuses of big business . the robber barons hope making roosevelt into the vice president will silence him .
the vice presidency in those days was a place where people went to disappear . they became vice president , were never heard from again . it was almost like a modern witness protection program .
but in 1901 , president mckinley is shot by leon czolgosz , a factory worker who lost his job in a jp morgan takeover . czolgosz had joined the growing anarchist movement and mckinley’s big business ties made him a target .
roosevelt , impotent as mckinley’s number two , now becomes president . just five months into office he targets the morgan owned railroad consortium . morgan is furious . he sees the president of the united states as just another business rival to be bested , or bought off . the government sues the rail consortium in the first antitrust case filed against a major consortium . the case goes to the supreme court . roosevelt wins and jp morgan’s rail monopoly is broken .
undaunted , morgan invests in the new canal project in panama that hopes to link the atlantic and pacific oceans . morgan acts as the middle man for the government and raises $ 40m ( $ 70billion today ) to get the project started . over 75 , 000 workers labour in brutal heat , under the threat of deadly diseases , digging a 51 mile long canal . but in 1913 , a year before it’s completed , morgan dies in his sleep aged 75 . the new york stock exchange shuts down for 2 hours in remembrance ; an honour normally reserved for the passing of a president .
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one of the most powerful bankers of his era , j . p . ( john pierpont ) morgan ( 1837 - 1913 ) financed railroads and helped organize u . s . steel , general electric and other major corporations . the connecticut native followed his wealthy father into the banking business in the late 1850s , and in 1871 formed a partnership with philadelphia banker anthony drexel . in 1895 , their firm was reorganized as j . p . morgan & company , a predecessor of the modern - day financial giant jpmorgan chase . morgan used his influence to help stabilize american financial markets during several economic crises , including the panic of 1907 . however , he faced criticism that he had too much power and was accused of manipulating the nation’s financial system for his own gain . the gilded age titan spent a significant portion of his wealth amassing a vast art collection .
in 1861 , morgan married amelia sturges , the daughter of a wealthy new york businessman . amelia morgan died of tuberculosis four months after the couple’s wedding . in 1865 , morgan married frances louisa tracy ( 1842 - 1924 ) , the daughter of a new york lawyer , and the pair eventually had four children .


lava man ( foaled on march 20 , 2001 in california ) is an american thoroughbred racehorse who was once claimed for $ 50,000 but wound up being inducted into the national museum of racing and hall of fame in 2015 .

in a forty-seven race career , he won seventeen times with his major victories including three hollywood gold cups , two santa anita handicaps and the pacific classic stakes .

lava man

lava man’s connections considered sending him to an equine retirement home . but they believed that lava man would be happier at the track .
watching lava man win race after race hasn ' t been easy for him .
for the third straight year , lava man had won the hollywood gold cup .
lava man may be going home to california for the last time . order this photo
there are no days off for lava man , the 2015 hall of fame inductee .
hey , lava man could not win at stockton , or santa rosa , either . that was three summers ago . this summer , it is all about lava man .
lava man was inducted into the national museum of racing’s hall of fame in 2015 .
four races later , lava man won a maiden special weight on the grass at golden gate . four races after that , lava man was 57 - 1 in the snow chief at hollywood park , a race restricted to california - breds . lava man finished last .
lava man retired as the richest horse ever to have been actually claimed during its career .
with his performances on the track , lava man answered that question with a definite no .
o’neill praised steve kenly , one of the partners in std racing , for noticing lava man .
really , what would you expect of lava man ? yes , that lava man - fourth in a maiden race at stockton , beaten by 3 3 / 4 lengths with a 27 beyer .
since his retirement from the track , however , lava man has transitioned into a new career .
it was a lackluster field ,
said doug o ' neill , who trains lava man .
what horse overcomes what lava man overcame last saturday ? it was one of those races you see , but don ' t quite comprehend . lava man really should not have won , but he did .
lava man and corey nakatani winning the 2007 sunshine millions turf . ( blood - horse / benoit )
lava man ' s total of seven grade 1 victories is the highest ever for a california - bred .
back in california , however , blacksmith jimmy jimenez made a special plate for lava man ' s foot .
a month later , he was retired for good . this time , lava man stayed at the track .
during the course of his career , lava man won seven grade 1 races and placed in four more .
lava man’s highest beyer speed figure was a massive 120 , earned for the 2005 hollywood gold cup win .
a lava man first appears in
incendium ,
walking through the fire kingdom . notably , finn and jake mention another lava man that is sleeping in their front yard in
prisoners of love
; however , early storyboards for the episode reveal that it was a different lava man that looked very different . jake also mentions a lava man in
morituri te salutamus
while singing
on a tropical island .
the goodwood victory was lava man ' s fourth consecutive grade i triumph and seventh straight overall this year .
kenly and wood envision a mixture of stakes on the turf and main track for lava man in 2007 .
though horses often peak at 5 , o ' neill is awed by lava man ' s consistency this year .
hall of fame inductee lava man , right , ponying dual classic winner i ' ll have another in 2012 .
lava man’s three straight wins in the hollywood gold cup equaled the record set by native diver in the 1960s .
after the race , veterinarians worked for an hour to stop the bleeding in lava man ' s right front foot .
still , lava man gave an outstanding performance , finishing 1 1 / 4 miles in 1 : 59 . 63 .
o ' neill says he hopes lava man will become a
poster boy
for stem cell research in thoroughbreds .
but one last time , lava man reminded the world that champion horses can come from anywhere . even with an unfamiliar surface under his feet and dozens of miles of racing behind him , lava man’s courage and determination never wavered . in the final strides , with jockey corey nakatani urging him on , lava man seemed to dig deep and find something extra .
a hawaiian man was filmed swimming in waters near a lava zone , where lava is flowing into the open ocean . aside from the obvious danger , the lava hitting the water is also releasing dangerous amounts of steam and shards of volcanic glass .
lava man is scheduled to move to old friends , near georgetown , ky , on sept . 16 . order this photo
while lava man has been retired from racing for nearly five years , the barn is still grateful to have him around . it is easy to see just how many lives lava man has impacted and how loved he is in his second career .
no matter what happens regarding lava man’s hall of fame hopes , team lava man will always have the gelding’s best interests at heart , and the racing public can be content with the knowledge that “the coach” is undoubtedly enjoying his days at the track .
lava man was named for a triathlon held on the big island of hawaii by co - breeder eve kuhlmann , a triathlete .
lava man plays such a special role in our barn now that he is retired from racing . here ' s his story :
lava man returned to form following two lopsided losses , finishing powerfully to win saturday ' s sunshine millions classic at santa anita .
i ' m getting hate mail all the time ,
says doug o ' neill , lava man ' s trainer .
with his induction into the hall of fame today here is a reprint of lava man ' s story from may 23 , 2012 .
a young man at vureas bay , southern cross in background , vanua lava , banks islands , 1906 / j . w . beattie
o ' neill says the earliest lava man would race , assuming no training complications , would be mid - november at hollywood park .
lava man is also attached to some two - legged friends . during his racing career , lava man bonded closely to his groom noe garcia . when garcia suffered the loss of an arm in a car accident several years ago , his time away from the barn caused lava man’s mood to shift to one of depression until garcia’s return . sabas rivera , the stable’s foreman , was the man tasked with teaching lava man to transition into his new career , and he is apparently the only one that can or is willing to ride him . among both horses and humans , “the coach” evokes healthy respect from all .
lava man takes care of business in his new job as a stable pony . ©2012 jessica morgan . used by permission of jessica morgan .
reaction to news that the venerable lava man is back in training and may race again speaks volumes about the current state of the sport .
a popular horse because of his humble beginnings , lava man often is credited for bringing doug o’neill into the national spotlight as a trainer .
lava man still gets frequent visitors and gifts , and has a special connection with a make - a - wish child named hope hudson .
by all logic , lava man shouldn’t have won … but then again , logic never seemed to apply to lava man . as the crowd cheered and racing fans watched in amazement , lava man and a . p . xcellent crossed the finish line together with almost nothing between them . the finish was too close to call for many , but not for nakatani ; moments after the wire , he raised his whip in triumph .
strapped for money , arterburn ran lava man in a $ 50 , 000 claiming race at del mar ( calif . ) racetrack in august 2004 . steve kenly liked what he saw in lava man ' s second - place showing and persuaded the ownership group to pay the claiming price .
lava man won the gold cup by a record 8 3 / 4 lengths , the widest winning margin in the 66 - year history of the race . lava man was always close to the front , stalking the pacesetter , congrats , to the top of the stretch before drawing off .
last summer at del mar , wood and the father - son team of david and steve kenley claimed lava man for $ 50 , 000 .
who knew ? certainly , lava man ' s trainer doug o ' neill could not have known . nor could owners std racing and jason wood . they went in for $ 50 , 000 to claim lava man out of a del mar grass race on aug . 13 , 2004 .
beattie , j . w . a young man at vureas bay , southern cross in background , vanua lava , banks islands , 1906 . urltoken
lava man had a blend of talent and versatility that comes along very rarely ; some might argue there has never been a horse with a greater combination of both than lava man . in the united states , horse racing is conducted over dirt , grass , and synthetic tracks , and lava man is the only horse in history to win grade 1 races on all three surfaces . he was so naturally fast that he frequently set the pace in his races , but if another horse wanted the early lead , lava man was perfectly content to take back and rally in the stretch .
in 2006 , lava man became the first horse since vanlandingham in 1985 to win grade i stakes on both dirt and turf in the same year .
lava man ' s 2007 hollywood gold cup win made him the first horse ever to win grade i races on dirt , turf and synthetic surfaces .
lava man was guided to most of his major wins by jockey corey nakatani , but was ridden by a total of 13 jockeys during his career .
while i’ll have another was the one racing for history during that time period , lava man was a worthy challenger to the kentucky derby and preakness winner in terms of popularity . lava man was one of the first thoroughbreds to be seen on twitter and sanders credits that as part of his appeal .
lava man won three hollywood gold cups - - only native diver had done that - - as well as two santa anita handicaps and a pacific classic . when lava man won the big ' cap and the hollywood gold cup in 2006 , it was the first time that double had been achieved since affirmed did it in 1979 . then , when he completed the triple by winning the pacific classic at del mar , lava man had established a first .
bernardini is the even - money , early - line favorite , but lava man , the 6 - 1 third choice , will have plenty of backers .
lava man had three wins , four seconds and a third in 13 starts under arterburn ' s training , and he ran his best races on grass .
lava man was claimed by o’neill after finishing second in a race at del mar in august 2004 . he returned to the track for his new owners a month later with a victory in the fairplex park derby trial . lava man ran four more times that year , finishing second three times and third once .
the attention lava man gets during his public appearances lets him keep the ego he developed when racing , and that is still evident to those around him .
when the lava stops , quickly draw around the flow edge with a pencil .
you only feel the heat when you’re very close or if the wind is blowing over the lava towards you . in some places collecting lava is easy . …
lava man was winless in his five starts outside of california , which made his induction to the hall of fame even more of a surprise for steve kenly .
for the 2006 edition , lava man came in as the defending champion , and the heavy favorite , but this one turned out to be anything but easy .
back in california , arterburn will be among lava man ' s rooters saturday . after all , he and his partners have collected almost $ 350 , 000 , based on lava man ' s earnings , from the california thoroughbred breeders association , which has an incentive program that rewards breeders of california - bred horses for top - three finishes throughout a horse ' s career . lava man also made them close to $ 100 , 000 before he was claimed for $ 50 , 000 .
but even with his social media presence and i’ll have another’s retirement , lava man still has to work . from the time the first set of racehorses from o’neill’s barn hits the track until 10 a . m . , lava man
coaches
the racehorses on the track before a bath and being walked to cool down .
o ' neill heard about it and thought it was nice , because if this worked it would improve lava man ' s comfort around the retirement farm . then he got the word about three months ago that lava man was doing some light galloping . the reports were amazing . herthel told o ' neill that , were lava man to return to racing he ' d have the strongest bones of any of the horses . finally , about a month ago , o ' neill went north .
that ' s all changed . in september , they spent $ 480 , 000 on eight yearlings at keeneland , money from lava man ' s unlikely success story .
in 46 starts , lava man ' s in - the - money record was 17 - 8 - 5 . his winnings were $ 5 , 268 , 706 .
lava man showed the way on the racetrack , too . from september 2004 , when he won the derby trial stakes at fairplex park in his first start after being claimed for $ 50 , 000 , to the end of his career in december 2009 , lava man made 34 starts , and won 14 races , including 13 stakes .
this year , lava man ' s form took a turn for the worse in his first few starts . he lost three stakes before o ' neill added blinkers and dropped him into an optional claimer in may , risking him for $ 100 , 000 . lava man won and was not claimed , but the experience rattled steve kenley .
a few more highlights awaited in 2007 . after winning the sunshine millions turf and a second straight edition of the santa anita handicap , lava man shipped to dubai and finished last in the dubai duty free . another defeat followed in the whittingham memorial , and lava man seemed to be slowing down . as the hollywood gold cup approached , there were surely questions as lava man prepared for a historic third straight victory in the prestigious race . the 2007 hollywood gold cup would be run on a synthetic track and , as versatile as lava man had been , the question was could he handle the new surface at a point in his career when he seemed to be declining ?
sanders relayed a particularly interesting situation that has become a part of lava man’s repertoire : “one of his favorite tricks is deciding when he will come back in for his bath after ponying horses . sometimes we feel sorry for whichever hotwalker has him ; there have been many standoffs , with lava man winning eight times out of ten . ”
lava man is back training at hollywood park . just 11 days ago , he turned three furlongs in 36 seconds flat , faster than any other horse on the track that day . friday morning , according to steve kenly , lava man
worked slower , worked longer , galloped like he did when he was at his best .
the answer , sadly for him , was yes . on august 13 , lava man was back at del mar , this time for a $ 50 , 000 tag .
lava man earned nine triple - digit beyer speed figures during his career , including a career high of 120 for the 2005 hollywood gold cup ( usa - i ) .
he also says that any setback , even a small one , will end this grand experiment and send lava man back to the farm . he is so concerned about public perception that he says any of his training winnings from lava man will be donated to carma , a charity that helps pay for horses ' care once they are retired .
lava man’s warranted confidence has certainly come in handy in his new career as a pony for younger horses . among those youngsters , kentucky derby and preakness stakes winner i’ll have another was one lava man immediately connected with it , but he apparently didn’t mesh well with goldencents . “you never really know why they do or don’t get along well with one horse over another , ” sanders mused . “for the most part lava man has the respect of his pupils , but right now he doesn’t really have a favorite . ”
lava man never showed his greatness outside of california . for one reason or another he ran poorly in all his forays outside the golden state . but he still was the king of california . he still was a racing treasure . he still was a legend . in short , he still was lava man . and that’s enough in anyone’s lifetime .
that summer , lava man won the grade 1 pacific classic at del mar , one of the finest performances of his career . “that was goose bumps , ” o’neill said .
the victory has given lava man a temporary position at the top of the california handicap division , at least until santa anita handicap winner rock hard ten returns in the fall .
lava man , a two - time winner of the hollywood gold cup and a horse closing in on $ 3 million in earnings , got off to a famously slow beginning .
a young man at vureas bay , southern cross in background , vanua lava , banks islands , 1906 / j . w . beat . . . | national library of australia
had lava man won the bc classic in november , he probably would have been horse of the year . but he launched another campaign with an emphatic stakes win on saturday .
that all changed in early 2005 , however . lava man hit the skids in his first three races , finishing seventh , fifth and sixth . at o ' neill ' s urging but against steve kenly ' s wishes , the partnership put lava man in a $ 100 , 000 claiming race at hollywood park in may . he won but went unclaimed .
lava man’s halters and shoes have been sold at auction to benefit multiple aftercare programs , and the barn helps with events that promote the retirement of ex - racehorses . lava man also has taken his turn as a racehorse - turned - showhorse , competing in a 2013 show for off - track thoroughbreds , and winning all the classes in which he competed .
according to o’neill , no decision on where lava man turns up next will be made for several weeks , but he’s sure it will be in the california - bred’s home state .
lava man is the subject of a dvd biography that was given away to fans at hollywood park in december 2007 . narrated by jim forbes ( whose other credits include vh1 ' s
steve kenly , however , persisted and finally persuaded the group to claim lava man a month later , after his runner - up showing in the $ 50 , 000 claiming race .
lava man will have a chance for a third consecutive major stakes win in the $ 1 million pacific classic at 1 1 / 4 miles at del mar on aug . 21 .
few such stories can compare with that of the remarkable gelding lava man , who went from claimer to hall of famer to dominate california horse racing for much of three unforgettable years .
after escorting horses to the track , retired racing great lava man is turned loose for a few minutes to grab a bite to eat in doug o ' neill ' s barn .
beattie , j . w . a young man at vureas bay , southern cross in background , vanua lava , banks islands , 1906 / j . w . beattie < urltoken >
lava man still looks fit with a well - dappled gleaming bay coat . after retiring in january 2010 , he began the career transition with the help of stable foreman sabas rivera .
every so often , the old competitive juices flow . lava man started to act up during the post parade for the santa anita derby , having a flashback to when he raced .
whenever you have a star in the barn , owners are more likely to bring you their horses to train . so lava man has been significant in the career development of doug .
of course , hudson isn’t lava man’s only admirer . the barn has been told about fans who’ve gone to extreme lengths to make sure they wouldn’t miss a race during his career .
both cited the desire to make lava man a rare repeat winner of the big cap as a reason to point for the richest race of the santa anita winter - spring meeting .
but the lure of the $ 5 million dubai duty free on turf on march 31 remains very much on their minds , and lava man could run there after the big cap .
suddenly , it seemed like the light had gone on . with 23 starts under his belt , lava man was at the point where the talent level of most racehorses is readily apparent , but lava man wasn’t like most horses . perhaps some considered his win in the californian a fluke , but that was far from the case . instead , lava man came back even better in the 1 ¼ - mile , grade 1 hollywood gold cup , which he won by a stunning 8 ¾ lengths in the brilliant time of 1 : 59 . 63 .
death is forced to retire in reaper man , but this also doesn ' t stick .
lava man’s incredible talent , however , wasn’t obvious from the start . as a son of slew city slew out of a mare by nostalgia’s star , the california - bred lava man didn’t have the most fashionable pedigree , which may have been one reason why he started his career in a 4 ½ - furlong , $ 12 , 500 maiden claiming race at stockton , a county fair track in california . sent off at odds of 35 . 50 - 1 , lava man trailed the field early on before rallying to finish fourth , beaten by 3 ¾ lengths . it was an inauspicious beginning , and his next two starts—a third and a fifth in similar maiden claiming races—did little to dispel the notion that lava man was nothing special .
long before lava man became one of the best horses in america , he was trained in northern california by lonnie arterburn , who bred and owned him in partnership with veterinarian kim kuhlmann .
lava man is closing in on $ 3 million in earnings . the only thing left for him to prove is whether he can win somewhere other than in california . the horse was beaten by 45 1 / 2 lengths in the 2005 jockey club gold cup at belmont park . in his next race , the japan cup , lava man lost by 17 1 / 2 lengths .
coast near vureas bay at vanua lava , banks islands , 1906 / j . w . beattie
sunset over vureas bay , vanua lava , banks islands , 1906 / j . w . beattie
even though lava man remains quite aloof and difficult to handle , his affection can be bought with treats ! the fan favorite is regularly visited and showered with gifts by his loyal following . in addition to his typical gifts of cards and cookies , lava man once received an entire box of stories , poems , and drawings of which he was the focus from a class of fifth grade students . the gelding even has a large following on social media . “oftentimes a photo or status update about lava man or from lava himself will generate tens of thousands of views , ” sanders described . “we are very happy that the racing public has not forgotten the champ ! ”
lava man returned to the track january 28 , won the sunshine millions classic at santa anita —
i could hardly talk ,
dave kenly said — and hasn ' t lost since .
at the age of 14 , lava man thrives on activity . he is a pony for longtime trainer doug o’neill at los alamitos , guiding the stable’s young horses to and from the track .
lava man won his first major stakes in the grade 2 californian stakes at 1 1 / 8 miles on june 18 , but the win in the gold cup left o ' neill stunned .
lava man led all the way under corey nakatani , accelerating at the top of the stretch to pull away and win by 2¼ lengths over brother derek , who was undefeated at santa anita .
kenly realizes that an unsuccessful trip to the other side of the world could foil the rest of the 2007 campaign for lava man , forcing him and his owners to regroup in the summer .
as lava man developed into a grade i winner and then a legend , becoming the first horse to sweep the grade i santa anita handicap , hollywood gold cup , and pacific classic in the same year , arterburn became more distressed over his misfortune . now he’s had to watch lava man make more history by emulating native diver’s feat of winning three consecutive runnings of the hollywood gold cup .
lava man , a son of slew city slew – li’l ms . leonard , by nostalgia’s star , had previously been trained by lonnie arterburn , who also was the horse’s co - owner and co - breeder . it was steve kenly who had o’neill claim lava man . kenly raced the horse under the name std stable , along with his parents dave and tracey , and partner jason wood .
steve kenly broke out the new lava man caps at the goodwood . they didn ' t go unnoticed at the track . fans cheered him everywhere he went , then rooted the horse to victory .
that ' s lava man ' s next order of business — proving to skeptics in the east that he can win outside his home state . he ' s winless in three starts outside california .
breeders ' cup hopeful lava man , shown with groom albert zumaya during bathtime oct . 30 in louisville , is one of the favorites in the $ 5 million classic at churchill downs on saturday .
lava man was retired after a series of losses in the summer of 2008 , and was sent to magali farms in santa ynez , calif . within a year , he was back at the track and in training . despite criticism that lava man had done enough , he made one additional start , finishing last of seven in the grade 2 san gabriel handicap at santa anita in december 2009 .
lava man was named the 2005 california - bred horse of the year in voting by the california thoroughbred breeders association , it was announced at the ctba ' s annual awards dinner feb . 7 .
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the racing world has certainly not forgotten lava man , and if all goes well on april 20 , 2015 , the gelding could officially be installed into the annals of horse racing’s hall of fame . announced in march , lava man is one of the four finalists for induction into the national museum of racing and hall of fame . while black tie affair , xtra heat , and kona gold are also excellent contenders for induction , lava man still holds a solid grip on the hearts of racing fans , and his initiation into racing’s highest honor would simply be the cherry on top of a fantastic career .
last fall , kenly was looking for an appropriate slogan for lava man . he inadvertently came up with a perfect one when he said about owning a horse like this : “we’re having a blast . ”
std racing and jason wood’s grade i - winning multi - millionaire lava man is scheduled to return to his hollywood park base from his unsuccessful trip to dubai late wednesday night , trainer doug o’neill said .
lava man ( usa ) march 20 , 2001 – living slew city slew ( usa ) x li ' l ms . leonard ( usa ) , by nostalgias star ( usa ) family 8 - k
in 2013 , lava man made his debut as a show horse at the thoroughbred classic horse show held at the rancho mission viejo riding park . he won all three classes in which he was entered .
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he is already two - thirds of the way there . lava man won the santa anita handicap by three - quarters of a length on march 4 . he was fortunate to prevail by a nose in the hollywood gold cup on july 8 . lava man is unbeaten in five starts this year , including three grade 1 stakes , while racking up more than $ 1 . 8 million in purse money .
lava man , who was vanned off the track following a third - place finish in sunday ' s pacific classic ( gr . i ) at del mar , was reported in good shape monday morning .
hudson’s wish was to meet lava man , something she was able to do during kentucky derby week in 2012 . that encounter has turned into a lasting relationship between the girl’s family and the o’neill barn .
kenly , who had been looking specifically for 3 - year - old cal - breds , because of the state’s lucrative program , had his eye on several horses and lava man was one of them .
but the racing life is in lava man’s blood , and he can still be seen at racetracks in california , where he serves as a stable pony for o’neill . in 2012 , he was back in the headlines again as he accompanied i’ll have another through a campaign that included victories in the kentucky derby and preakness stakes . for a horse like lava man , it’s hard to picture a more fitting ending .
with one good local prep under his girth , lava man was ready for another defense in the gold cup . the fans and bettors who bet him down to 7 - 5 in the field of nine had no way of knowing that this would turn out to be his last career victory , but they were treated to something special on this afternoon . it was lava man at his gritty , determined best .
lava man came back into the limelight in 2012 as the regular lead pony for that year ' s kentucky derby / preakness stakes winner i ' ll have another , also trained by doug o ' neill .
in his first start for his new connections , lava man returned to dirt and won the derby trial stakes at fairplex park , taking command in the homestretch and pulling away to win decisively . three more solid performances in stakes races followed before lava man took a big step up in class and tackled the seven - eighths of a mile , grade 1 malibu stakes at santa anita park . lava man had never run in a graded stakes race , let alone a grade 1 , but outperformed the expectations of most racing fans when he rallied to finish second , beaten by just a half - length by rock hard ten .
beattie , j . w . n . d . , a young man at vureas bay , southern cross in background , vanua lava , banks islands , 1906 / j . w . beattie < urltoken >
lava man easily put away his california competition in the $ 500 , 000 goodwood breeders ' cup handicap yesterday at santa anita . now he ' s ready for a showdown with his vaunted east coast rivals .
lava man ( $ 3 . 20 ) covered 1 1 / 8 miles in 1 : 48 . 15 . giacomo , the 50 - 1 winner of last year ' s kentucky derby , finished third .
vureas bay at st . peters , vanua lava , banks islands , 1906 / j . w . beattie
as a 2 - year - old , lava man made his career debut in june 2003 in a $ 12 , 500 maiden claiming race at the san joaquin county fair in stockton , calif . , by finishing fourth at odds of 36 - 1 . lava man finally broke his maiden in his fifth career start , winning a maiden special weight at bay meadows in his final race as a 2 - year - old .
the racing world has certainly not forgotten lava man , and if all goes well on april 20 , 2015 , the gelding could officially be installed into the annals of horse racing’s hall of fame . photo : benoit
in the bc classic , lava man will face bernardini , a 3 - year - old who won his sixth in a row yesterday , in the $ 750 , 000 jockey club gold cup at belmont park .
lava man won his next two races , including $ 450 , 000 with his eye - popping 8 3 / 4 - length victory in the hollywood gold cup . his win was so impressive that a representative for sheik mohammed bin rashid al maktoum , the owner of bernardini , the ruler of dubai and a horseman who spent $ 60 million at the keeneland sales in september , offered $ 1 . 5 million for lava man .
he was scheduled to be sent to old friends in kentucky to enjoy a peaceful life in a pasture , but lava man didn’t seem to care for this lifestyle , and after receiving stem cell therapy that healed his ankles , lava man was put back into training . he thrived with his return to a daily schedule of exercise and made a brief comeback , finishing last in the 2009 san gabriel handicap before being retired for good .
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for the kenly family , the trip to lava man’s induction will be their first to the historic racing town of saratoga springs , n . y . “we have no idea what to expect , ” steve kenly said .
the summertime retirement of lava man left a void in this division . then again , replacing a horse that rose from claiming ranks to win seven grade 1 races in his career is difficult for any regional breeding industry .
ok , obviously i did not make that earth background , i got it from google urltoken this is the cover art for my lava man series on da . it will also be the index to all parts of the series and will put facts about lava man in the description every now and then , so check it out for some ! index : page 1 : [ link ] page 2 : [ link ] page 3 : [ link ] page 4 : [ link ] page 5 : [ link ] page 6 : [ link ] page 7 : [ link ] page 8 : [ link ] page 9 : [ link ] page 10 : [ link ] page 11 : [ link ] page 12 : [ link ] page 13 : [ link ] page 14 : [ link ] page 15 : [ link ] page 16 : [ link ] fun fact ! : lava man was originally an idea for a video game called
lava man vs . the grim reaper
i thought of lava man ( inspired by the lava suit on the video game
vexx
) and my little bro ( jackeduppanda [ link ] ) thought of the grim reaper .
how original .
lol
as best you can , use a thin layer of play dough to cover the entire area where lava flowed .
a jubilant michael blowen announced thursday that lava man , one of the great geldings of all time , is scheduled to arrive at old friends on sept . 16 , where he will live out the rest of his days .
lava man , ridden by corey nakatani , puts the field away en route to winning the grade ii $ 500 , 000 goodwood breeders ' cup handicap horse race oct . 7 at santa anita park in arcadia , calif .
lava man certainly seems to be happiest at the track with a routine and being surrounded by “his” people . in fact , attempts to retire the gelding to pasture life have been less than appealing to lava man . “once at a layup farm , while he was still in racing , he ran up and down the fence line checking out the horses on the training track , ” sanders supplied . “he wanted to be part of the action . ”
after undergoing stem - cell therapy during what had been billed as a retirement , lava man attempted a comeback in december 2009 . however , after finishing seventh in that comeback race , he was retired from racing for good .
in 2006 , lava man became the first horse to sweep the three major dirt stakes for older horses in southern california in the same year - the big cap , hollywood gold cup , and pacific classic at del mar .
breeders cup classic hopeful lava man tries to bite his groom noe garcia after an early morning workout at churchill downs in louisville , kentucky , october 31 2006 . trainer doug o ' neill is preparing his horse . . . more
“all credit goes to steve kenly . he picked him out and really liked him , ” o’neill said . “he was looking for a nice cal - bred at the time and lava man was that and so much more . ”
lava man did not start his career on the other side of the tracks . he started his career in a place where there are no tracks . apparently , the horse needed a change of venue and a bit more distance .
last saturday , nearly 27 months after his first visit to hollywood park , lava man was 3 - 5 in the grade 1 hollywood gold cup . this is about as close to seabiscuit as this sport has seen since seabiscuit .
claimed for $ 50 , 000 in the summer of 2004 , lava man earned $ 550 , 000 for owners jason wood and steve and david kenly and now has earned more than $ 1 . 5 million in his career .
on aug . 13 , 2004 , doug o’neill put in a $ 50 , 000 claim on a gelding named lava man for std racing and jason wood . what happened over the next five years became a real life fairytale .
when transitioning from racehorse to pony , lava man learned where the barn stored the grain and would help himself to it every morning . but as the barn quickly found out , the routine made him return to his racehorse roots .
kenly said , “michael called us about retiring lava man , and he was just so energetic and excited . i didn’t think there was that much interest in the horse outside of the west coast , and michael just said , ‘are you kidding me ? ’ we’re not blue - blood , we’re not the uber - wealthy . lava man is a small guy’s horse and michael is a small - guy’s farm , so we thought it was a perfect fit . ”
lava man retired with a record of 17 wins , 8 seconds , and 5 thirds from 47 starts , with earnings of $ 5 , 268 , 706 , the fourth - highest total ever accumulated by a california - bred horse .
lava man first caught steve kenly ' s eye when he ran for a $ 62 , 500 tag in july 2004 at del mar . kenly wanted to claim lava man at the time but got what he called a
chilly
reception from his father , stepmother tracy , wood and trainer doug o ' neill . none was sold on the horse ' s sixth - place finish and modest record of three wins and $ 98 , 000 in earnings in 12 races .
because i’ll be away in kentucky until late next week , and with the announcement that lava man will be going to old friends , i’m putting this look back at the lava man story ( from last year ) on here , in good part just to get this latest curlin vs . big brown feud off . just the mere mention of either of them in any context turns the blog into the blob – a creature that keeps growing and consumes everything in its path .
lava man finished sixth in the race , but had a ton of trouble , getting squeezed and trapped between horses . kenly remembered that and stored it in the back of his head in case the horse showed up again for a price .
what if , when the opportunity arose to re - claim lava man , arterburn hadn ' t been in the midst of a career move that saw him buy a farm in ocala , fla . , and move there with his family ?
inglewood , calif . - when lava man walked into the starting gate at 6 - 1 for saturday ' s $ 750 , 000 , co - owner jason wood shrugged and thought to himself that the gelding just cannot earn any respect .
in addition to his typical gifts of cards and cookies , lava man once received an entire box of stories , poems , and drawings of which he was the focus from a class of fifth grade students . photo : doug o’neill racing stable
before his third attempt in the gold cup , lava man would have another unsuccessful sojourn , this time for the rich dubai world cup . the story of this wonderful horse is not complete without the telling of his fondness for california racing .
unlike his first two hollywood gold cup wins , this one came on their new synthetic racing surface . the legend of lava man deservedly grows , when you consider that he was a grade 1 winner on dirt , turf , and synthetic .
the message to the fans is two things ,
o ' neill says .
first , nobody is doing this for the money . and second , lava man is being monitored daily by the top people in the business .
arterburn arranged for the breeding that produced lava man by sending a mare that he had claimed , li ' l miss leonard , to kentucky in 1998 . the sire was slew city slew , a son of 1977 triple crown winner seattle slew .
lava man won seven grade 1 races , ending his career with earnings of $ 5 , 268 , 706 . he earned $ 5 , 170 , 103 for owners steve , tracy , and david kenly and jason wood after they claimed him .
lava man’s apparent intelligence and confidence have also provided for some interesting situations around the barn . as an “old soul , ” he watches everything around him , and the now fourteen - year - old gelding has developed a mind of his own .
is out of the nostalgia ' s star mare li ' l ms . leonard and was bred by lonnie arterburn , eve kuhlmann and kim kuhlmann . steve , tracy and david kenly ' s std racing stable and jason wood own lava man .
lava man followed up his maiden win with a starter allowance victory , but lost his next four starts before winning an allowance race on the grass at bay meadows by a nose . arterburn had removed his blinkers for the race , and lava man showed tremendous courage to win after a stretch - long duel . it was that same tenacity and courage under fire that would enable to him to win back - to - back gut - wrenchers in the hollywood gold cup ( gr . i ) .
lava man was foaled in california in 2001 and began his racing career with a fourth - place finish in a $ 12 , 500 maiden - claiming event for 2 - year - olds at the san joaquin county fair on june 19 , 2003 .
every single one of his career victories came in his home state . for whatever reason , lava man never ran his best outside california , going a non - threatening 0 - for - 4 in new york , tokyo , louisville , and dubai .
it turns out that he - man didn ' t really hurt anybody , and the whole incident was a batman gambit ( and evil plan of the week ) that skeletor devised to demoralize he - man and trick him into giving up his powers .
with lava man all the rage again , we thought this would be a good time to reprint a column we wrote back on sept . 6 , 2008 , telling the story of one of the greatest claims in racing history , if not the greatest .
“what an amazing honor , ” trainer doug o’neill said of lava man being elected to the hall of fame . “he’s family to me and to everyone connected with him . you are lucky if you get a horse like this once in a lifetime . ”
since being claimed , lava man has won four races , including the derby trial stakes at fairplex park last september . he was second in the california cup classic , on trust stakes , and grade 1 malibu stakes in his final three starts of 2004 .
lava man is an 8 - year - old gelding . in his prime , he acquired cult status reserved for the likes of john henry and cigar , older horses who stuck around long enough to win lots of races and build a large fan base .
steve kenly says ,
every workout , we got closer . we put it out there for lava man to tell us , and he kept passing tests . everybody was reluctant at first . now , after seeing him , everybody is on board .
lava man was key in bringing the o’neill barn to the minds of racing fans , and certainly accomplished a great deal in his time as a racehorse ,
said sharla sanders , operations manager for doug o’neill racing stable .
people connected with his ‘blue collar’ beginnings and followed his career with enthusiasm . lava man gave 100 percent all the time , even when he shipped out of state or the country . he never duplicated the same success outside of [ california ] , which is too bad because we feel that he should be considered for the racing hall of fame . whenever you have a star in the barn , owners are more likely to bring you their horses to train . so lava man has been significant in the career development of doug .
the original lava man was supposed to appear in
prisoners of love ,
but was cut from the final version . nonetheless , he is mentioned to be sleeping outside the tree fort , forcing finn and jake to seek relief in the ice kingdom .
trained by doug o ' neill , lava man has never won a stakes outside of california , losing such races as the jockey club gold cup and japan cup dirt in 2005 and finishing seventh in the breeders ' cup classic last november at churchill downs .
since being claimed for $ 50 , 000 in august 2004 , lava man has won 10 stakes in california for wood and the kenly family ' s std racing . that record makes staying home for the big cap an easy decision , steve kenly said .