#War horse video diary license#
#War horse video diary series#

And so the adventure and a series of encounters with a wide range of people begins. After bonding with thirteen-year-old Albert at the family farm, Joey is sold to the Army by AlbertвЂ™s struggling dad. In the tradition of National Velvet and Black Beauty, War Horse is a moving tale of a horse and a time. There is only one Belmont, heвЂ™s ready, and weвЂ™re going to try to win it.This review has been hidden because it contains spoilers. Some fans may wonder why we are dancing every dance since no Triple Crown is on the line. It looks as though WOW will be the only one to do that this year. It is asking a lot of any horse to start him in all three legs of the Triple Crown. His energy level is back to where we want it, and there is no question about his fitness.

When I viewed the pluses and minuses of doing that, I changed my mind. We were going to give War of Will one breeze before the Belmont. We sent him to Keeneland after the Preakness, where he gradually came around for David Carroll, my assistant there who has done a great job with this horse. He was not back to himself until three or four days before the Preakness. The Kentucky Derby also took something out of him, and the two weeks between the Derby and Preakness is not an easy turnaround for any horse. War of Will came out of the Preakness on the tired side, which was to be expected. Gaffalione celebrates aboard War of Will. This was his first Triple Crown race win. Tyler may be 24, but he acts as if he has been in the game much longer than that. He got a perfect ride from Tyler Gaffalione, who showed a great deal of patience during that race. War of Will validated what we felt about him all along in the Preakness. IвЂ™d bring him out of his stall and tell visitors, вЂњIf you want to see a really nice horse, this is it. I was so excited about War of Will that I would make sure anyone wanting to look at Wonder Gadot also got to see him. There was a great deal of interest in Wonder Gadot at that time because she had already done so much. Everything we asked him to do, he did well.

We brought War of Will to Saratoga in mid-July and he continued to impress us. вЂњI think this horse is special,вЂќ he told me when we were going over various horses stabled there. One of my assistants, Jamie Begg, was on hand for that and really liked what he saw. That is where we gave him his first breeze. War of Will first gave us a hint of what he could do last June at Belmont Park. Gary has put so much into this game and is a great owner to work with, always supportive and willing to test his horses in big races when they are doing well and showing they deserve a shot.

I am so happy for Gary Barber, his owner. Without a doubt, he proved he belongs with the best 3-year-olds in the country. Although War of Will never got a chance to show what he could do when he was interfered with by Maximum Security in the Kentucky Derby, it was still up to him to prove himself in the Preakness. Now that I have had time to let everything sink in, I have to say it was the most satisfying victory of my career. When I was asked immediately after the Preakness where that victory ranked, I told reporters during the post-race press conference, вЂњItвЂ™s right up there.вЂќ Here is the first installment of his diary, as told to Tom Pedulla. War of Will, a War Front colt known as WOW around the barn, will try to add the $1.5 million Belmont Stakes presented by NYRA Bets to his resume next Saturday at Belmont Park.Д¬asse agreed to share his insight in the days leading up to the mile-and-a-half вЂњTest of the ChampionвЂќ with followers of AmericaвЂ™s Best Racing. His operation also produced Wonder Gadot, a victor last year in the QueenвЂ™s Plate and Prince of Wales Stakes. He was responsible for developing Tepin, the Eclipse Award winner as champion turf mare in 2015 who captured the Queen Anne Stakes at Royal Ascot the following year.

#War horse video diary license#

Mark obtained his trainerвЂ™s license when he was 17. His father, Norman, ran Cardinal Hill Farm in Ocala, Fla., and was one of the founders of the Ocala BreedersвЂ™ Sales Company. Trainer Mark Casse, inducted into the Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame in 2016, broke through with his first victory in a Triple Crown race when War of Will rebounded from a star-crossed trip in the Kentucky Derby to win the Preakness Stakes.Д¬asse grew up in racing.