Silver Charm--

Thanks. Our involvement was with the purchase of 50% of Distorted Humor as a racehorse for Prestonwood, just before the market really took off-- a horse by Forty Niner out of a Danzig mare who won his first start at GP would probably cost 4 times as much now.

Much more importantly, credit should go to Rich Decker. Rich was the farm manager at Prestonwood, and was the key player in my getting involved. In general, the Kentucky boys don't like outsiders, and farm managers don't like me getting involved with their clients, but Rich saw that I was an asset that could help turn around PWF, and Rich, Elliot Walden, Michael Dickinson and myself did just that. Of the 23 horses I bought the Preston brothers, 13 won stakes-- Victory Gallop, Da Hoss, Distorted Humor, Birr, Bet Me Best, Connecting Terms, etc. Ultimately, the farm and all the horses were sold to Win Star, for a lot of money.

But before that, Distorted Humor went to stud. Rich was the guy who decided which mares he was bred to for the first 2 years-- and last year DH was leading first crop stallion. And Rich was the guy who picked Belle's Good Cide out of a sale for PWF, and decided to breed her to DH.



TGJB