Re: Phipps Stable and the Derby (431 Views)
Posted by:
Bally Ache (IP Logged)
Date: April 13, 2007 05:06PM
Richiebee,
My previous post is not meant as a knock on the Phipps family who we both know are old line class horseowners. I just don't think it's appropriate to canonize them for not running a horse who's still eligible for NW2.
Parenthetically, do you remember Mrs. Henry Carnegie Phipps, who was the grand dame of the stable for many years? It was widely reported that she was less than thrilled with PEB's caricature of her which often appeared in the DRF. It was there frequently because they had a barnload of runners in those days (many of them Bold Rulers)
One year, in the Garden State Stakes, which was the richest race in the world at that time, they ran a FIVE horse entry.