Silky Sullivan

Insight into the enigmatic Silky Sullivan.

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[ethical sportsman]

The guy in the red polo shirt that you see exercising silky several times is my father Pete Kozar.

[cf1970]

That's awesome...I bet he loved that big fella and his blazing speed.

Thanks for stopping by!

[rockybudgeboa]

Them were the days., When horses RAN ON REAL Dirt and had NO meds  :)

[cf1970]

Couldn't agree more!

[rockybudgeboa]

I wish the old days would come back once again

[cf1970]

Yes, the glory days are gone, and we likely will never again see horses the likes of Silky, Secretariat, Bid, etc. Racing now is still quite good, but really nowhere near the quality of the early 90's and earlier. Sad to ponder. I can only hope the american thoroughbred is again invigorated with stamina AND speed someday.

That said, I'll be watching that beautiful big chestnut, Curlin, VERY closely; he may go undefeated! He may be a key component in the breed's re-invigoration.

Have a good week!

[Jazzgirl8888]

I can see why he is so well loved :)

An absolutely gorgeous horse with so much spunk !

That race was incredible ! I really enjoyed this footage cf :)

Thank you and God Bless .

[ruffian72]

Wow! What an amazing handsome horse! Thanks for this and all the other legendary horse videos cf70. They are exiting to watch time after time.

[slobomotion]

You can visit the National Studs here in France, there are many, and it's exciting to see some of the young champions as well as the oldtimers who've never lost the spark. When love is in the air ...

[Irudiar]

Racehorses back then were built strong and big. Nowadays, they're built so frail. :C

[wzBlitz93]

I wonder what it must have felt like to ride a horse like Silky Sullivan, feel and see him lagging behind the pack, only for him to gather himself and give a charge like none other. Must have been breath taking!

[LJBroussard]

You said it!



[arianzo]

Once, it received turbo...

[MsJarried]

I saw Silky race at Santa Anita. He was unbelievable! Watching him come from behind was just thrilling! My brother in law worked at the track & we were there visiting him that day. I got to meet the great Willie Shoemaker that day also. I was only 8 yrs. old at the time

[fntime]

Racing is a dying sport in US. The demographics condemn

it. Young people aren't interested. It's too slow for today.

Has Germany always had horseracing?

The cruelty to the animals is a problem, but far worse

with dog racing.

The government taxing authorities have bleed racing

dry. The industries needs new blood, but all they get

are 'promoters' no better than the government.

Racing like boxing has seen it's better days in America,

[PlaYah1979]

41 lengths behind in a 6 furlong race are you serious...I bet that hasnt happend before or will never happen again...That is just incredible...It seems like i could have won with a 41 length lead in 6 furlongs

[THE0591301]

Thx for the video. Silky was a beautiful horse. His jockey said when Silky decided to fire up you had better be ready or he'd leave you in the dirt. He ran some amazingly fast splits charging for the finish line. In one close race two jockeys were debating who finished first. One jockey told the other he thought he had won, But the other jockey said neither of them had won. It was that sucker who passed them on the outside (Silky) who had won.

[Rimfaxe96]

Another proof that the jockey can put all efforts as he wants, the spirit and character of the horse is needed too.

Damn, I love horseracing... but I would love it even more if they would ban the whips from the track. It would force all the horse owners to train their horses before they send them on the track, and of course the health of it.

I don't know how horseracing is in the US, but over here in Germany...the track is great, but it has a reason why the visitors ain't allowed to the stables.