D O G W O O D S T A B L E N E W S L E T T E R

D O G W O O D
S T A B L E
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Requiem for 2008
VOL. XXXIII No. 1
JANUARY 2009
Photo / Shelly SChmiDt
The year 2008 will not be noted for its bright spots for
However, we have made a point recently of asking our longtime
Dogwood, for Thoroughbred Racing, or for the World. We can’t
partners if they have any suggestions for tweaking the characterisdo much about improving the world. But we have some ideas about
tics of our partnerships. And we may be offering some new wrinThoroughbred Racing, and Dogwood Stable is always heavy on
kles in the way we do business in 2009. We created and pioneered
our minds.
the concept of group ownership in
When we are often asked, “How
Thoroughbred racing, and we may
are the horses doing?” we answer
be guilty of subconsciously thinking
accurately. This year that would be,
“we wrote the book.”
“Not too good; not winning enough
Recessions are fertile ground
races, we can’t have any luck. We’re
for new ideas; juicy opportunities
like a baseball team that’s not hitabound. The opportunities in horse
ting. We’re in a slump. But it’ll
racing are there for the taking right
change—always does.”
now, if you have the dough to take
Trouble is laymen can’t grasp
some of them. We have never been
that; you can see the wheels turning
enamored of breeding horses. Too
as they worriedly grapple with what
slow. While we have a warm fuzzy
the real reason might be. But the
feeling in our hearts for a pasture full
reason is nothing more than “luck.”
of fat broodmares and their babies,
None of us can explain luck, and
that scene will never set our souls on
some people can’t cope with the
fire like a gate full of racehorses at
concept of such an elusive thing.
Saratoga. But having said that, this
“Ooh, 2008 – GO AWAY!”
Absence of luck would not be an
clearly would be a time to buy breedacceptable rationale in the many
ing stock. Of greater significance to
boards of directors meetings that are taking place across America
Dogwood, it is also going to be the most propitious time in history
now. But, if you deal with racehorses you spend your days with
to buy young racehorses. The people that will be selling them have
luck. You know it as a friend or an adversary.
spent a lot of money producing them, and they are now over a barrel
So, we’re going to keep doing the same basic thing we’ve done
as they take their crops to the market.
during our 35-year history of success and respect, and expect
But back to the subject of luck, all the best of it in 2009—to the
things to get hot for us. And they will.
world, to racing, to Dogwood… and to you.
“Impede? Impede? I wanted to kill that son of a bitch.”
Editor’s Note: Cot Campbell records two podcasts a month for the had the soft, brown eyes of a choir boy, a smile that would melt
“Cot’s View” page of the Dogwood Stable website. One of the most your heart, but an iciness about him that – when precipitated – would
popular podcasts in the past few months was on athletes, highlighted chill your soul. Eddie possessed the unmistakable appeal that
by the fabulous Eddie Arcaro. In case you missed it on the website, goes with bad boys. He could charm the birds out of the trees,
we reprint it here.
whether chatting up an important owner in the paddock, golfing with
One of the few advantages of getting long in the tooth is a celebrity foursome, or reveling with other boulevardiers at the bar
that because I have led a marat Toots Shor’s in Manhattan.
velous, adventurous life, I have
He had the roughest of beginnings,
seen some wonderful things and
but was born to be a celebrity.
have a storehouse of delicious
Eddie was associated strongly with
memories, which, admittedly, I
the golden days of Calumet Farm
enjoy visiting.
and the legendary Jones Boys. They
As a sportswriter on some
were the brilliant team that tore up
undistinguished newspapers,
Churchill Downs and rewrote Kentucky
I had occasion to have dinner
Derby history. Eddie rode Citation,
with Jack Dempsey, cover the
Whirlaway, Kelso, Native Dancer,
fights of the superb Sugar Ray
Nashua, and Bold Ruler. You name
Robinson, watch Whitey Ford
a great horse from the late Thirties,
pitch his first major league game,
Forties and Fifties, and Arcaro proband see the great Joe DiMaggio
ably added his magic to their luster.
play his last one (I can see him
Our hometown of Aiken, and Eddie
now gliding out to deep center
Arcaro, were known to each other, but
field to take one off the wall!).
I think not because Eddie sought the
Oddly enough, I even went to a
quiet, bucolic life.
football game with Ty Cobb.
It came about because of Eddie’s
This brings me to the intrigurun-in in 1942 with a fellow jocking question of who would be Eddie Arcaro emerging jauntily from the Jock’s Room at Churchill ey named Vincent Nodarse. It seems
Downs to ride in the 1961 Kentucky Derby. Arcaro’s mount that
the greatest human participant year was Sherluck, who finished fifth behind the winner, Carry Back. that Vince encroached irritatingly on
in our sport of horse racing. It
Eddie’s “ground” in an important race,
Oddly enough, this photograph was taken by Cot Campbell.
follows that it would be a jockey, (The newsletter editor thinks he should be given more photographic and robbed our boy of the victory. The
of course.
next time the two rode against each
duties, judging by the quality of this Arcaro photo!)
There have been three
other, Eddie had an opportunity to put
stupendous riders, whose skill, charisma and panache have put Vincent over the rail. And did.
them in a class by themselves, in my opinion. They are England’s
Now, old Eddie was a stormy son of a gun, and the stewards’
Lester Piggott, for 40 years one of the greatest on this planet; Angel patience had been worn thin by more than their share of Arcaro
Cordero, who ruled the sport in this country in the Seventies and violations in those days. During the inquiry, they asked Arcaro if he
Eighties; and, third, the man who was one of the most recognizable intended to impede Nodarse. Eddie said, “Impede? Impede? I wanted
sports figures in America in the middle of the Twentieth Century. to kill that son of a bitch.”
He was Eddie Arcaro, known inelegantly as “Banana Nose” for rather
Whereupon they handed down a suspension from racing for the
obvious reasons.
rest of the jockey’s life!
There have been riders that won more money, rode more stakes
Thanks to the constant supplications of the influential Mrs. Harry
winners, ruled the standings at more race meetings. But nobody – but Payne Whitney, the stewards later softened the sentence to a year.
nobody! – rode more fearlessly, showed more finesse, and brought all
To keep fit, Arcaro spent that year in Aiken exercising Greentree
his talents into sharp focus more devastatingly when the big money horses and playing golf, far from the bright lights of Broadway.
was on the line than did Eddie Arcaro. And what a personality! He
Ah! Eddie Arcaro. Could there ever have been one greater?
Photo by Amber Chalfin.
Drum Major Returns for 2009
Now age seven, multiple stakes winner Drum Major has been
one of Dogwood’s turf stars and a stable (and partner) favorite.
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In this day and time, when successful runners are whisked off to the breeding shed
at the end of their three-year-old season (or on some rare occasions, at the end of their
four-year-old year), Dogwood is on the verge of sending back to the races our popular
seven-year-old Drum Major – a three-time stakes winner.
A strapping son of Dynaformer, Drum Major was purchased by Dogwood at
the Keeneland Two-Year-Old sale in 2004 for $200,000. A turf runner from the
very beginning of his career, Drum Major broke his maiden in his first start and
since then the big bay has run 24 times, with 20 of those starts being in stakes – 12
of them graded.
“Drum Major has been a grand horse for us throughout the years,” said Dogwood
President Cot Campbell. “His partners love the fact that he’s still running and the
economic climate is not ideal for sending him off to stud. We’ll enjoy his seven-yearold year and hope we get lucky and win a few stakes with the old boy!”
Dogwood Women and Their
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Editor’s Note: Dogwood women love their
hats – as a perusal of this newsletter through
the years would show. We thought it would be
interesting to find out just what these women
really feel about their hats… and maybe get
them to share their favorite hat haunts!
Anne Campbell – To be a major player in
Hats
the box sections of Churchill Downs on Derby
Day or on big stakes days at Saratoga, a lady
probably won’t be taken seriously without a
chapeau. It is de rigueur.
While there are many photos to the
contrary, there are many days I go hatless.
When you have short, short hair and you
don’t have “bad
hair days,” it is
all too tempting
to forego the hat!
As to favorite
designers, I have
none. I’ve had
more fun buying
hats for under
$50 from a funky
Korean store in
downtown Aiken
than I have shopping at NeimanMarcus for pricey ones. And I
Anne Campbell – ready for
would bet that,
racing at Saratoga.
for the most part,
nobody knows
the difference!
My husband’s hat attitude? He says “I
admire the chicness of most hats! However,
going racing with a hatted lady seriously
impedes one’s view. It’s like sitting in the box
with a sailboat!”
Jo Ann Oreffice – I have always loved hats,
but Saratoga brought out my passion for them.
Hats are part of the tradition of Saratoga – adding to its elegance – and I require my female
guests to wear hats to the track. I have a girls’
weekend during the Travers celebration with
at least four, but up to nine women attending.
We all wear hats, usually in a color scheme
that changes daily. Now that turns heads! We
love wearing hats. Men are always complimenting us and it is such fun choosing just the
right hat for a particular outfit.
We once had a contest during girls’ weekend on who could guess the number of hats I
have in Saratoga. The highest guess was 80
and at that time (several years ago), I had over
130! Needless to say, I do not have enough hat
racks. I keep hats in all the bedrooms of our
Saratoga home: black and
white and few odd colors
in one bedroom; straw in
the hallway; pink, peach, and
yellow in yet another room
and so forth.
My husband Paul feeds
my addiction by buying most
of my hats, usually in Venice,
Italy. There just happens to
be a wonderful shop across
the street from our hotel
that caters to some of his
Venetian relatives and they
now know my name as well.
Margaret Smith in her Santa Fe hat.
prices. Most of my
friends travel with
one or two hats – I
have to travel with a
large suitcase filled
with them!
Hats are works of
art and anyone can
look good in the right
hat. I was once in the
Murano glass factory
in Venice and found
a bust of a woman
wearing a “great”
hat. You know I had
to buy it!
Margaret Smith – I
have always enjoyed
wearing a hat. Years
ago wearing a hat
was just a part of
one’s costume. I
loved hats so much
that I attended millinery classes and
even made a few felt
and straw hats. I really
enjoy and admire the
wide variety of styles
and themes that I see
Jo Ann Oreffice in the “ultimate” hat with Marylou Whitney
when going to the
in a slightly more subdued chapeau.
races – especially on
the big stakes days.
I have also purchased hats in Saratoga,
In most cases the
New York City, New Orleans, Miami,
women look more
and, of course, Louisville has a terrific
elegant and poised
selection just before the Derby.
in their chapeaux
Now if I could only get Paul to
with lots of flowers,
wear his Panama hat more often!
feathers, and froth.
For myself I am
Dawn Kelso – Here’s the big dilemmore comfortable
ma – you have a fabulous outfit and
wearing a tailored
then need the perfect hat, or you have
style, although on
that perfect hat and just need an outfit
occasion I have been
to match! It really matters on the big
known to fuss up a
race days, at least for me.
bit for my own horsOnce while visiting Amsterdam I
es! Most of my hats
Dawn Kelso at Keeneland.
passed an exclusive hat shop at least
are from Montecristi
six times before I had the courage to go in. I Hats in Santa Fe. They have made various
bought four hats from that shop and they’re Panama and Stetson hats for me and I love
still four of my favorite hats! I visit that shop them. One year I wore one to the Prix de l’Arc
whenever I’m in Amsterdam.
de Triomphe – and that caused a bit of a stir!
Some of my “to die for” hat shops are: Ruth
At the race track women’s hats seem to
Dewson in San Francisco, Fleur de Paris in be regarded as the norm, while in the city a
New Orleans, and Honey Vine Hats in Hilton different attitude arises. I receive better service
Head, South Carolina. Surprisingly, Marshall in stores and often a friendly smile from a
Field’s, T.J. Maxx, and some upscale depart- passer-by – even though I many only be wearment stores can have some great hats at great ing an old fedora!
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1) Halloween afternoon in Aiken. Liz, Bill Victor with Coleman, Ava and Lila. 2) Tim Skelton fondles the Preakness trophy.
3) Posing with “Sebastian” and Anne at the Campbells are Rob Dassow and Tim Skelton. 4) A placid Cotton Blossom as a broodmare at Overbrook Farm in Lexington. 5) Chairman Rob Johnston, Anne, Pam Johnston, and Cot at the FedEx Cup – East Lake Golf
Club in Atlanta. 6) Same tournament: Linda Bisher, Campbells, Furman Bisher, and Pam Johnston. 7) Thoroughbred Club Dinner
(honoring Tom Hammond), an impish Pat Copelan and former honoree Dr. Bob Copelan, somewhat wary of intruding photographer.
8) A lapful at Aiken’s Westmuttster Dog Show. 9) From Argentina. Tom and Pat Tribolet host three generations – Campbell Glenn,
her mother Lila, and far right, grandmother Anne. 10) Ostriches are “set down for the drive” in Fiji. Photo courtesy of world travelers Hayes and Clem Clement. 11) Revelers at Bistro La Belle in Midway, Kentucky: Brereton Jones, Cot, Ruthie Bowen, Jo Ann
Oreffice, Libby Jones, Paul Oreffice, and Ed Bowen. 12) Thanksgiving antics involve longtime Campbell associate Maggie Harris.
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13) Indianapolis Dogwood party hosts Margot and Brian Pahud with Ron Pauley, in black. 14) Indiana beauties spellbound with
repartee of Dogwood impresario (not visible, for once). 15) Commander Tom Prusinowski, a Saratoga fixture, with Campbells on
Travers Day. 16) Harper and Anne Gaston (Dogwood partners) with familiar looking Christmas characters at The Ritz-Carlton,
Atlanta. 17) At Christmas luncheon, Dogwood’s splendid Missy Poe, “Sebastian,” and hostess. 18) Charming Old Aiken scene.
19) Nate, fierce guardian of Dr. Tom Stinner’s vehicle. 20) Aiken Training Track. Eddie Goodaker, Jack Sadler (note new hat), Ron
Stevens, and Keith Goodaker. 21) What could the topic be? Paddock strollers Anne and Paul Oreffice. 22) Goodakers communing
with Limeheart, who is seemingly searching for a treat. 23) Beauty and the Beast. The former’s expression is ambivalent.
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Track Kitchen Named Favorite Place
Aiken’s Track Kitchen, a beloved morning stop for both horsemen and townspeople,
is featured in a new guide book showcasing
some of South Carolina’s favorite places to
eat, titled Stop Where the Parking Lot’s Full.
Aiken boasts five entries in the guide, but all of
us at Dogwood are especially enamored with
Pockets and Carol Carter’s Track Kitchen. We
are glad it received its due.
Here’s a glimpse of what the books says
about the Track Kitchen: “It’s a simple, cement
block place with a few tables and ladder-back
chairs. Meals come on round green plates; the
toast is served with a thick smudge of butter
and a fat plop of jelly on the side. Strangers sit
together and share salt, pepper, and syrup. This
is not a place to show off; it’s a place to eat,
drink coffee, and talk horses.”
“What I am
Thankful for…”
By Cot Campbell
(Atlanta’s Furman Bisher, one of
America’s greatest sports columnists,
is known for his popular Thanksgiving
columns covering those things for
which he is thankful. Printed below is
my somewhat belated attempt to do the
same.)
■ The absence of black pants on jockeys.
The Track Kitchen, seen through the eyes and paintbrush of Aiken artist
Betsy Wilson-Mahoney, who painted the popular dining venue for the recently
published The Aiken Book – A Watercolor Tour.
This ghastly fad has thankfully faltered.
■ Old timey trainers who don’t invite
horrendous charges from veterinarians.
■ Thoroughbred auction sales – of which
I have seen many. Exciting, complicated, dramatic, and exhausting.
■ All kinds of fans who introduce themselves… and are far more civilized than
their counterparts in other sports.
■ That great adrenaline rush when your
colors are on the move turning for
home.
■ Enthusiasm… instead of cool.
■ Owners who keep their exciting marquee horses in training, at least as fouryear-olds.
■ Because I loathe political discussions
(arguments!), I am thankful there is a
hiatus at present.
■ Anne Campbell… for 50 years
A New Yorker cover
featuring beautiful
Belmont Park.
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The following few lines were written by Audax Minor
in The New Yorker when reporting the results of the 1963
Jockey Club Gold Cup:
“One of the pleasures of watching a good horse
run is the feeling of confidence he inspires. You
don’t worry about his getting off on the wrong foot
or running out on the turns, or sulking, or having
any other lapses that make the difference between
winning and losing. It is this quality that makes
Kelso the darling of racegoers, though he lacks
the regal bearing of Man o’ War or a long tail like
Whirlaway’s.
“Oh for a horse like that! No excuses about
him not liking the surface, or breaking from an
outside post, or getting dirt kicked back in his
face… no excuses about leaving his race in the paddock or being left at the gate. The good horses just
run – by God – regardless of the situations they find
themselves in and how great that is.”
For a perfect example, look to the right. His
name is Limehouse.
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Watching a Good Horse Run
Investor’s Viewpoint:
CARL MYERS
Editor’s Note: Carl Myers has been a
Dogwood partner since 2003 and has been
involved with 11 horses including Grade 1
winner Cotton Blossom and stakes winner
Atoned. He is an enthusiastic supporter of
Thoroughbred racing, and has a special affinity for the Breeders’ Cup – having attended
every one since 2000! Carl and his wife
Cathleen live in Montvale, New Jersey. He is
the president of CM Polymers, Inc., a plastic
recycling business.
How did you become involved with
Dogwood Stable?
I had read Mr. Campbell’s first book,
Lightning in a Jar, and it became my blueprint for a way to participate in Thoroughbred
racing as an owner and not go overboard with
expenses or time spent managing a stable. I met
Mr. Campbell at a book signing in Saratoga
in August of 2003, and by that October I
owned my first Dogwood horse, a colt named
Circuit Rider.
I had loved Thoroughbred racing since I
was a boy – I have fond memories of the Gray
Ghost – Native Dancer – streaking across
our black and white television. To now be
involved in the game at the highest level is a
dream come true.
You are known as the Beau Brummell of
Dogwood, where do you get your clothes?
One of the best pieces of advice I received
as a young man was from my first boss who
insisted I take up the game of golf because it
was a valuable tool for entertaining and helpful
in client relations. After my first few rounds
with him he turned to me and said “Carl, if you
can’t play the game, at least dress the part!” In
those days Doug Sanders was the “Peacock
of the Fairways” and I soon was as stylish
(although not as flamboyant) a dresser as he
was. I still can’t play the game of golf, but I can
play the part of a racehorse owner and dress the
part. I truly wish more owners did.
Where do I shop? New York City is a
clotheshorse’s paradise! Among my favorite
stores are Barney’s, Saks,
Bergdorf Goodman, Paul
Stuart, and on First Avenue
there’s Take Six. The Ben
Silver catalog has great shoes.
It has been observed by
many that you are prone to
“disappear” from the box section on a big race day. Where
do you go?
That’s funny! I actually just
wander around the track. At
Cathleen, Cory and Carl Myers at the races –
Saratoga it is easy – I like to
a favorite family pastime.
go out to the picnic area and
Cotton Blossom on in the Juvenile Fillies.
chat with the fans. I love to
hear their take on whichever Dogwood runner The following year she won the Grade 1 Acorn
we have that day. At Belmont I simply walk Stakes on Belmont Day – and my life was
into the paddock and chat with various own- complete. However, having gotten this close
ers. At Monmouth I love strolling through the to the brass ring, I dream on… now I want
main concourse and viewing the photos of all a Classic win!
the Haskell winners. If I were a horse I’d be a
You’ve been to the last 10 Breeders’ Cups
stall walker!
– any favorite memories?
For the 2008 Breeders’ Cup at Santa
Who was the best horse you ever saw?
The best horse I ever saw on television was Anita, Cathleen and I had two other couples
Native Dancer – he just took my breath away. join us for a week’s vacation in California –
By far the best horse I have ever seen in person culminating in those two great race days. We
is another gray – Spectacular Bid. All the rest drove from San Francisco to Arcadia and had
a wonderful time. We toured wineries, saw
are running for second!
the redwoods, etc. It was quite the trip.
On Saturday evening after the Breeders’
Do you have a favorite race track?
Keeneland – by daylight! However I have Cup races we hit on a cure for Dogwood
not been to the Fair Grounds or Del Mar and I Stable’s Atoned’s case of seconditis –
imagine they are wonderful. To me Keeneland don’t attend his races in person! Running
is the crown jewel of our major Thoroughbred in the Pegasus Stakes at the Meadowlands
racing venues. I hope they do not gussie up the our colt was sent off at 8-1 and won by
track with an eye to hosting a future Breeders’ a head. That was his 15th race and the
first one we couldn’t attend in person.
Cup – it’s perfect already.
We watched the race from the bar in our
hotel and had convinced a number of patrons
What is your goal in racing?
All should know that my “goal” as a to place a wager on our horse and they were
Dogwood partner was just to get a horse into a rewarded for their faith! As Atoned crossed
graded stakes race – any grade! Talk about mis- the wire in front the place erupted in joyous
sion accomplished and then some. In the 2006 shouting – so much, in fact, that management
Breeders’ Cup at Churchill Downs Cathleen came in and asked us to “tone it down.” We
and I were treated like royalty as we cheered took our celebration elsewhere.
Some Surprising Facts …About Aiken
Aiken has long been known as one of the great horse towns. There are racehorses, polo
ponies, carriage horses, and pleasure horses of every sort. Aiken’s Chamber of Commerce
recently commissioned a study of the economic impact of the horse industry on Aiken County,
and the results are rather staggering.
• The impact of the horse industry in Aiken is estimated to be $72 million annually.
• There are close to 7,000 horses in Aiken County, with the dominant breed being the
Thoroughbred (32 per cent), followed by the Quarter Horse (22 per cent).
• In total, 1,814 jobs in Aiken County can be attributed to the operations of the
equestrian industry.
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Editor’s Notebook
Jo Ann Oreffice is a huge fan of the
to give him hell for creating ignominy for
musical Mamma Mia. She has seen
that fair city, Cot wisely did not pick up the
the show several times on Broadway
phone!
and we’re sure that her husband Paul
Dogwood joins a long list of people who
had the DVD of the movie wrapped
have used “Hackensack” in a creative way. In
and under the Christmas tree!
I Happen to Like New York City, Cole Porter
Imagine Jo Ann’s delight when
wrote: “Last Sunday afternoon I took a trip to
at the Breeders’ Cup she spotted
Hackensack, but after I gave Hackensack the
Pierce Brosnan a few tables away.
once over, I took the next train back.”
We’ll let Jo Ann tell the story:
Billy Joel mentions the city in the song Movin
“My remark to Paul was ‘My God,
Out – “Who needs a house out in Hackensack,
it’s James Bond!’ I was soon dragis that all you get for your money?”
ging Paul and our guests to his
Hackensack is also mentioned in Death of
Intrepid photographer Jo Ann Oreffice took this
table, where I proceeded to tell
a Salesman by Arthur Miller. Stanley, the
shot of Mamma Mia star Pierce Brosnan (with shirt on!)
‘Pierce’ how much I loved him in
waiter, to Willy Loman in Act 3: “But I know
and football great (Green Bay Packers) Willie Davis
the movie Mamma Mia, especially
you, you ain’t from Hackensack. You know
at the 2008 Breeders’ Cup.
the part where he took off his shirt! I
what I mean?”
blushed, he didn’t. He recommended
At least we meant no disrespect to that city
Glad at a Fasig-Tipton sale in the early 1990s
I see the movie again.”
he named him Wallenda… since a “gulch” when we named our colt.
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is a bit like a gorge and Karl Wallenda must
On the day that Dogwood’s Skywire ran have been “so glad” when he completed that
Tim Skelton – an enthusiastic partner in
third in a race at the Meadowlands – October particular high wire act!
the promising colt Lime Rickey – was unable
15 – another high wire name was in the news.
to attend the colt’s
The ex-racehorse
Earlier that same day Nik Wallenda (a sev- Wallenda is now livrace on November 1
enth generation member of the famed circus ing out his days at Old
in New York because
family the Flying Wallendas) set a Guinness Friends in Georgetown,
he was coaching his
World Record for the highest and longest Kentucky,
son Grant’s football
having
bike ride. Nik was 12 stories high when returned to the United
game. Not just any
he rode his special bike along a 250-foot States when his stud
football game – but
cable suspended between two cranes, near career in Japan was
the 5th Grade Central
the Prudential Center Arena in Newark, New over. Karl’s grandson
Indiana
Border
Jersey. Dogwood employees were keenly Tino Wallenda and his
Wars Championship
watching the record attempt – which was family appeared at an
Game! Although his
shown live on television.
heart was commitOld Friends fund-raiser
A winner – by the merest of nostrils!
ted to the game, Tim
in 2007 to
w e l c o m e At first glance it looks like this win photo is all couldn’t resist disapLime Rickey, but the second-place finisher
pearing to the press
the horse
is on the inside – and stride-for-stride
box with just four
home.
with the Dogwood color bearer.
minutes to play in
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Dogwood’s good-looking – the first half – it was post time at Aqueduct
but woefully untalented – run- after all and he could watch the race on
ner “Hackensack” did not exactly a computer! Lime Rickey won by a nose
attain stardom, unfortunately. On after a slightly erratic stretch run and Tim
November 12 he ran in a cheap was ecstatic! A few minutes later his cell
claiming race at Churchill Downs, phone started ringing and the messages
finishing 11th in a 12-horse field came pouring in – “Lime Rickey has a
claim of foul against him for bumping in
and beaten by many lengths.
Cot Campbell watched the the stretch.” Tim thought it was all a big
race at home and was well aware joke, but indeed it was true. Fortunately for
of the dismal finish. Later on that all at Dogwood the stewards disallowed the
night his phone rang, and the boss claim and the victory stood.
Nik Wallenda – 12 stories high!
To make life even sweeter, Grant’s team
was hesitant to answer it. Thanks
We have a soft spot in our hearts for any- to caller-ID he could see that it was an won the game.
thing to do with the Wallendas – our wonder- “unknown numful old racehorse Wallenda was named for ber”
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the circus family’s patriarch, Karl Wallenda. ing in – from
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Cot was always intrigued with the tale of Karl H a c k e n s a c k ,
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