Cost of Freedom keeps chugging along.

[Stillriledup]

One of racing's great warriors, Cost Of Freedom, races today (Apr 6) in the 3rd race at Golden Gate. If he wins the lions share of the 15,000 purse, he will be a few hundred dollars away from becoming a millionaire at age 10.

COF had 'physical problems' in 2008 before the Breeders Cup and was scratched and he's still going...not too many horses with 'physical problems' in 2008 are still around racing.

http://files.ntra.com/content.aspx?type=related&id=42828

[v j stauffer]

One of racing's great warriors, Cost Of Freedom, races today (Apr 6) in the 3rd race at Golden Gate. If he wins the lions share of the 15,000 purse, he will be a few hundred dollars away from becoming a millionaire at age 10.

COF had 'physical problems' in 2008 before the Breeders Cup and was scratched and he's still going...not too many horses with 'physical problems' in 2008 are still around racing.

http://files.ntra.com/content.aspx?type=related&id=42828

Such a cool horse. Almost won the BC sprint. Glad he didn't but always root for him otherwise.

[SharpCat]

Someone needs to claim him for 12,500 and retire him. He's earned it.

[PhantomOnTour]

Such a cool horse. Almost won the BC sprint. Glad he didn't but always root for him otherwise.
I'm not - that was a very tough beat for me :mad:
I was very high on him and didn't have the winner - damn, he battled hard from the inside that day...who won it...Furthest Land??

[SharpCat]

I'm not - that was a very tough beat for me :mad:
I was very high on him and didn't have the winner - damn, he battled hard from the inside that day...who won it...Furthest Land??


Midnight Lute won the race.

[PhantomOnTour]

Midnight Lute won the race.
in 2008, but i meant the 2009 Sprint which was won by Dancing In Silks.
I thought it was Furthest Land, but he won the Dirt Mile i believe

[v j stauffer]

in 2008, but i meant the 2009 Sprint which was won by Dancing In Silks.
I thought it was Furthest Land, but he won the Dirt Mile i believe

Dancing in Silks won in 2009. Joel Rosario up. Expertly agented by a brilliant announcer. About 2 hours after that my wife and I witnessed something that was UN-BE-LIE-VABLE:jump:

[cj]

Cost of Freedom wins again today.

[Stillriledup]

Cost of Freedom wins again today.

Pays 7 and change.

You're welcome. ;)

[Stillriledup]

The Warrior wins again, Race 1 at Golden Gate today.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UinqfXNS__A

[Stillriledup]

Classy millionaire set to compete in a few mins at Hollywood.

[outofthebox]

Beats one horse yesterday as he drops two levels down to 8k. Gets claimed and the cycle continues. He willl probably show up again in the entries at Turf Paradise..

[nijinski]

Beats one horse yesterday as he drops two levels down to 8k. Gets claimed and the cycle continues. He willl probably show up again in the entries at Turf Paradise..

Hopefully not . Maggi Moss , Donna Keen and bunch of other retirement
farms are bidding for him .
The connections are holding out for more $$$ . Donna who is the wife of
trainer Dallas Keen is working on getting the groups together to go forward
with a strategy . The posts are up on FB.

These people trying to retire him , most are from the racing community .
To have to go at it like this when an older horse is concerned is
embarrassing and downright wrong . These are wonderful people
who take on the after care . They badly need their funds Why would
you want to make a profit from them . Greed !

Names haven't been dropped yet but we all have. access to that .
It it gets too out of hand that will happen .

[Stillriledup]

Hopefully not . Maggi Moss , Donna Keen and bunch of other retirement
farms are bidding for him .
The connections are holding out for more $$$ . Donna who is the wife of
trainer Dallas Keen is working on getting the groups together to go forward
with a strategy . The posts are up on FB.

These people trying to retire him , most are from the racing community .
To have to go at it like this when an older horse is concerned is
embarrassing and downright wrong . These are wonderful people
who take on the after care . They badly need their funds Why would
you want to make a profit from them . Greed !

Names haven't been dropped yet but we all have. access to that .
It it gets too out of hand that will happen .

Someone named Rick Weist is the new owner.

[nijinski]

Someone named Rick Weist is the new owner.

:lol: :lol: . I tried to be as discreet as possible .

[Stillriledup]

:lol: :lol: . I tried to be as discreet as possible .

:D

:D

Wow, i blew Mr Weist's cover!

[johnhannibalsmith]

Then there's a decent chance he will be at good ole' TuP sooner or later.

[maclr11]

I would wait till Jan 19th, take him to Turf, drop him in for 3000 NW3M and let him rock and roll.
Of course I'm sure one of me or Hannibalsmith will find something that hits the condition he shows up in.
It's the next Lookn Wild or Conclave

[johnhannibalsmith]

I would wait till Jan 19th, take him to Turf, drop him in for 3000 NW3M and let him rock and roll.
Of course I'm sure one of me or Hannibalsmith will find something that hits the condition he shows up in.
It's the next Lookn Wild or Conclave

And if he's going to stay in training awaiting the mercy claim, I'm sure that sounds like a pretty good plan to him too.

[nijinski]

From another trainer , Show your class men !



Carl O Callaghan

19 hours ago · Edited
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Poor cost of freedom 10yrs old show your class men and retire him already hasn't he done enough runs 2nd last today for $8000 Maggi Moss Help us please

He and John Malone are meeting with the trainer today , they both know him and he wants to arrange it so that he's given up at the claim price .
They are all saints and hopefully this will work out . I doubt the trainer wants to be involved with all this talk going on .

[maclr11]

I'd be hard pressed to call Carl O'Callaghan a trainer
He's a singer, songwriter, entertainer, philanthropist, photographer,
Super super funny guy though.

[nijinski]

I'd be hard pressed to call Carl O'Callaghan a trainer
He's a singer, songwriter, entertainer, philanthropist, photographer,
Super super funny guy though.

They are on the track , they know people , apparently the other individual Malone spoke with Harris Farms the breeder . Once it goes around and around like this , all those involved are forced to do the right thing .
I'm grateful for that !

[maclr11]

I'm not sure they are forced to do anything
They should do certain things yes
But they put up the money, they have the horse
They can do whatever they want
Why is a stakes horse more important than an older battled claimer.
Yes the old owners who made money should step up, but it's hard to expect others to.

[nijinski]

I'm not sure they are forced to do anything
They should do certain things yes
But they put up the money, they have the horse
They can do whatever they want
Why is a stakes horse more important than an older battled claimer.
Yes the old owners who made money should step up, but it's hard to expect others to.
I did not mean forced literally .Let's just say. they are saving face . Look ,Three Chimneys Farm has taken in some of theirs . I wish they could
save all the old warriors but the precedent has to start somewhere in
hopes that the smaller stables in minor tracks will follow . Cali rescues are
reaching out to Los Al and all the larger retirement groups have been
making their presence known elsewhere . They do the best they can and believe me they retire horses you and I have never heard of , they are
great folks doing the best they can .

[nijinski]

Some of you might remember these horses , Tortuga Straits . Maggi claimed and retired him.
Danger Storm , he was found at an auction lot , , she bought him too .

One of the comments here got to me some .
People in the business can look the other way . If some can afford to and the sport has been good to them .They don't have to step up but it is a kind and humane thing to do . Maybe the industry will be begin to have a better
reputation and more uplifting stories will appear the NY Times and such .
There are some really good folks in this business . Let them shine !

[Mineshaft]

I don't understand the Tortuga Straight claim? The horse won and likes what hes doing otherwise he wouldn't of won. If the horse was running dead last and showed no interest then I can understand the claim.



Cost of Freedom just won for 16K at Golden Gate. he ran bad yesterday and everyone is jumping at the owner who claimed him. Again if the horse had no interest then I can understand people wanting to retire him.

[nijinski]

I don't understand the Tortuga Straight claim? The horse won and likes what hes doing otherwise he wouldn't of won. If the horse was running dead last and showed no interest then I can understand the claim.



Cost of Freedom just won for 16K at Golden Gate. he ran bad yesterday and everyone is jumping at the owner who claimed him. Again if the horse had no interest then I can understand people wanting to retire him.

People have wanted COS off the track for quite a while , if someone in the industry feels he is vulnerable or knows more . That's enough for me ,
he earned his keep .I it's not their legs , then it could be respiratory so they
can compete with slower horses . They will run like the pro they are so
often regardless .
Did you know Danger Storm that was found in the bottom of pit auction
lot won his last race ? So why was a winner cast off ?

[Mineshaft]

People have wanted COS off the track for quite a while , if someone in the industry feels he is vulnerable or knows more . That's enough for me ,
he earned his keep .I it's not their legs , then it could be respiratory so they
can compete with slower horses . They will run like the pro they are so
often regardless .
Did you know Danger Storm that was found in the bottom of pit auction
lot won his last race ? So why was a winner cast off ?






Danger Storm won by 9 and was sent to the kill pen? Why? Did anyone find out why?

[nijinski]

Danger Storm won by 9 and was sent to the kill pen? Why? Did anyone find out why?

No answers yet . but as MM puts it . Those of you who left him tied to a slaughter truck know who you are .
Obviously something went very wrong with him after his last winning race .

They got him from New Holland for 650.00

[nijinski]

I don't understand the Tortuga Straight claim? The horse won and likes what hes doing otherwise he wouldn't of won. If the horse was running dead last and showed no interest then I can understand the claim.



Cost of Freedom just won for 16K at Golden Gate. he ran bad yesterday and everyone is jumping at the owner who claimed him. Again if the horse had no interest then I can understand people wanting to retire him.

Regarding Tortuga Strait ,. I have read that Thomas Amos helped to get him retired too . Maybe he knew something about him . Like I said , Racing
folks are trying to help out here . Good for them they are making a difference .

[classhandicapper]

So is he retired now?

[nijinski]

So is he retired now?

It looks like Cecil Barbara is privately purchasing and retiring him .
The Barbers did pretty well with him after claiming COS for 50,000 .
He won the Ancient Title and came in third in the BC sprint shortly after .


Hopefully it's a done deal .

[nijinski]

It looks like Cecil Barbara is privately purchasing and retiring him .
The Barbers did pretty well with him after claiming COS for 50,000 .
He won the Ancient Title and came in third in the BC sprint shortly after .


Hopefully it's a done deal .

Update .
It looks good , he will be retired and it appears the work of Deb Jones ,
Maggi Moss , Carl O'Callahan John Malone began and completed it .

A paypal account was set up and donations came in also from Sadler , Miller
and facebook fans . Looks like they have asked the Barbers for the balance .
Now that wasn't so hard :lol:

Happy Retirement to this hard working veteran!

[horses4courses]

As seen on Twitter:

Marcie Heacox
‏@TheGallopOut
Cost of Freedom pics & story for next magazine! Here he is scratching an itch on new owner @clockersinsider : pic.twitter.com/Tyw9zDkuRv
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https://pbs.twimg.com/media/BchouycCYAAVnyo.jpg

Looks like he's enjoying retirement ;)

[nijinski]

Great photo . That's clocker , John Malone who got the negotiations
to stick , along with O'Callaghan . Paulick did a story on this too . .

[JustRalph]

I hope this trend continues.......... a small bright spot .......... :ThmbUp:

[johnhannibalsmith]

Indeed... glad to see that people are getting more and more creative and diligent about making these things a reality.

Here's the Paulick story for those interested - a good story in every way.

http://www.paulickreport.com/news/ray-s-paddock/a-holiday-tale-rallying-to-help-old-warrior-cost-of-freedom/

[nijinski]

Indeed... glad to see that people are getting more and more creative and diligent about making these things a reality.

Here's the Paulick story for those interested - a good story in every way.

http://www.paulickreport.com/news/ray-s-paddock/a-holiday-tale-rallying-to-help-old-warrior-cost-of-freedom/

You were right so was Outofthebox , that he would have been on his way to TP after the claim .
I'm happy that didn't happen at age 11 . :)

[nijinski]

I hope this trend continues.......... a small bright spot .......... :ThmbUp:

The response to take care of the horse is growing in and out of the
business . That's a very positive thing .

[Stillriledup]

The response to take care of the horse is growing in and out of the
business . That's a very positive thing .

Some sort of "controversy" surrounding this horse?

https://twitter.com/carlocallaghan1

[JustRalph]

Some sort of "controversy" surrounding this horse?

https://twitter.com/carlocallaghan1

The other side


https://twitter.com/@maggimoss

The tweet at 4:06p is a whacker

[taxicab]

Geez trainer { or should I say low-life } Carl, it doesn't look so good for you on this one.
Maggi M. is screaming at you about missing funds, you are proclaiming your innocence and suddenly an extra 4 grand just happens to appear on the scene.
What a coincidence Carl.
I never liked coincidences...... :mad:

[nijinski]

Sad when something with good intentions gets ugly .

[classhandicapper]

There's an article about the situation on Horseracingnation.

http://www.horseracingnation.com/blogs/Floridaf/Fallout_around_Cost_of_Freedoms_retirement_is_blac k_eye_on_industry_123

[nijinski]

According to Ms Moss the matter of the money will end up in a courtroom and before the California State Wagering Commission .
I hope Kinsale King's trainer has proof for his part of this because Maggi
has gone Pit Bull and she is determined .

[Mineshaft]

so what was he going to do keep some of the donated money?

[nijinski]

so what was he going to do keep some of the donated money?
The allegation is pretty much that . Although he said it hadn't all cleared
yet so who knows .
The horse is looking fine though , hanging out and rolling in his paddock
under Malone's care .