RIP LORD AVIE!

[nijinski]

He died at age 34 . Eclipse winner at age two . So glad he lived a long life
and was well cared for .
If you are a friend on FB of Barbara Livingston , she has some wonderful
photos of the Old Champ and Danny Perlsweig . Boy he kept that horse close to his heart , beautiful thing to see .

RIP!

[dnlgfnk]

Winter book favorite for the '81 Derby. I remember Andrew Beyer's dislike for "Lord Average" due to his unimpressive speed figures, relative to Cure The Blues.

The outlook was exciting for "Lord" in Feb. 1981...

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1124226/1/index.htm

[nijinski]

Winter book favorite for the '81 Derby. I remember Andrew Beyer's dislike for "Lord Average" due to his unimpressive speed figures, relative to Cure The Blues.

The outlook was exciting for "Lord" in Feb. 1981...

http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1124226/1/index.htm

Beyer never got to see that . After the Florida Derby win , Avie was out with injury .
He never ran worse than third . 16 starts and he wa 8-4-4 and he ran with some very good company . Syndicated for ten million . He sired hard knockin Cloudys Knight and was a popular Broodmare sire . Lawyer Ron was one from a mare by Lord Avie .
Thanks for the SI Vault link . I always enjoy the stories they they published
about racing .

[nijinski]

http://www.drf.com/news/lifelong-bond-forgotten-champion

[classhandicapper]

Bloodhorse had a feature where they went through all the horses we lost this year.

[AceInTheHole]

Pearlswig visited his old friend every year last seeing him in April. Loyalty to a horse that opened many doors for him as he said in the BH article. What a great person to keep his old friend a part of his life for so long.

[KirisClown]

A little bit of Lord Avie from the 1981 Haskell..

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[nijinski]

A little bit of Lord Avie from the 1981 Haskell..

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He wasn't quite the same after that suspensory injury .