A Quiet Little Retirement
Top Bunk at his retirement party (wendyu)
I was just tooling around Flickr and found this nice little story.
Over the weekend a group of folks got together to retire 11 year old gelding Top Bunk, a hard knocking claimer at Hawthorne who was in the money 66% of the time!!! Of his 90 races, he was 21/23/16 with lifetime earnings of $575,000.
No doubt he’s off to get some much needed rest and relaxation, perhaps take up golf and shuffle board.
Best of luck to him and a big “well done” to the folks who retired him!
Posted by dana on Apr 07 2008
Filed Under: Claimer, 2008, Farewell, Retirement, Racing
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Thanks for posting about Top Bunk! He is retired to a forever home north of Detroit. The farm belongs to a board member of CANTER-MI. As you can see in these photos he seems to be enjoying life as a celebrity in his new home/spa retreat. ;)
Thanks for sharing the link… great story and great job!
I’m sure you guys have a great story to tell about the whole thing!
Hey Dana
Firstly - funny stuff from the Wood - I laughed about your phone - sorry. You seem to have a super handle, howeverm on betting horses.
Top Bunk was retired with some thanks to Canadians Alan Abbot and John Charalambous too…I was involved in putting them in touch with the gang who bought the dude.
Thanks for mentioning him
Jennifer at thoroughblog
Thanks Jen… yeah, I’m still kinda laughing about the phone too, I “won” but was robbed of “the moment”. Today I actually discovered that my phone is missing a part, although not a crucial one.
You’re welcome, it’s a great story… I’d love see someone write a real piece on it, I’m sure it was quite an effort + it could shed a lot of light on how things operate. Plus, who doesn’t love a story about an animal with a happy ending!