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Title: Sintra retired
Post by: PineHurstPacer on October 13, 2023, 06:29:08 PM
Classy horse went out a winner at Grand River

Has a bad wheel and the group decided to do right by the horse.

Will get a going away party at Mohawk.....date TBD
Title: Re: Sintra retired
Post by: London on October 13, 2023, 07:01:27 PM
Took them long enough..wasnt the same horse after thestable got him.
Title: Re: Sintra retired
Post by: HarnessFan1981 on October 13, 2023, 07:14:48 PM
Took them long enough..wasnt the same horse after thestable got him.

You gotta remember he's now 10 years old. I believe he raced 40 times for The Stable and made over 190k.
Title: Re: Sintra retired
Post by: PineHurstPacer on October 13, 2023, 07:16:24 PM
Took them long enough..wasnt the same horse after thestable got him.

true hasn't been good lately....but they done ok with him

https://standardbredcanada.ca/news/8-20-22/2022-gold-cup-and-saucer.html
Title: Re: Sintra retired
Post by: seen2much on October 13, 2023, 08:04:26 PM
I remember him in the Mohawk Opens. I believe JJ was in the sulky. Sintra was a very good horse...for many years.
Title: Re: Sintra retired
Post by: PineHurstPacer on November 18, 2023, 04:06:43 PM
After tonight's first race, Sintra gets his well earned going away ceremony.



https://standardbredcanada.ca/news/11-14-23/retirement-ceremony-planned-sintra.html

Title: Re: Sintra retired
Post by: Brown jug on November 18, 2023, 05:10:44 PM
well deserved
love to see horses like that keep racing like he did
Title: Re: Sintra retired
Post by: Stan durbread on November 18, 2023, 06:17:01 PM
You gotta remember he's now 10 years old. I believe he raced 40 times for The Stable and made over 190k.
Didn’t they buy him off Menary for a large sum?
Title: Re: Sintra retired
Post by: SDST2009 on November 18, 2023, 10:35:27 PM
Didn’t they buy him off Menary for a large sum?


Yes; they didn't buy him cheap. He won the Gold Cup and Saucer in fine fashion and was a decent high condition horse since.

I am really glad to see a nice horse like him retired before he broke down completely. Yeah, I think it's a bit of a publicity stunt for the Stable. But at the end of the day, a nice old campaigner gets a good retirement home and I am all for it. The rest should be so lucky.
Title: Re: Sintra retired
Post by: Grandstand Handicapper on November 18, 2023, 11:54:54 PM
$261,000 (one partner bought out the others, and brought in some new partners).
Title: Re: Sintra retired
Post by: mwins on November 19, 2023, 12:35:47 PM
$261,000 (one partner bought out the others, and brought in some new partners).

So...another Stable horse that lost significant money.
Title: Re: Sintra retired
Post by: Grandstand Handicapper on November 19, 2023, 12:43:47 PM
The Stable didn't pay $261k. He was sold for $261k in 2019 when one partner bought out others, and brought in new partners. The Stable bought him a few years later in 2021.
Title: Re: Sintra retired
Post by: HarnessFan1981 on November 19, 2023, 12:56:35 PM
The Stable bought Sintra for 76K US

https://ongait.com/Listings/View/16129
Title: Re: Sintra retired
Post by: Mailbox Money on November 19, 2023, 02:03:27 PM
Anyone with half a brain that saw him his last couple of starts had to wonder why are they torturing the old fella! It would have been a travesty for him lose his life on the track after the career he had.
Title: Re: Sintra retired
Post by: PineHurstPacer on November 19, 2023, 06:21:39 PM
Anyone with half a brain that saw him his last couple of starts had to wonder why are they torturing the old fella! It would have been a travesty for him lose his life on the track after the career he had.

Your an idiot

He won his last race in 53.3 and could have been put on ongait or preferred and brought decent money

The group sacrificed money to do right by the horse. 
Title: Re: Sintra retired
Post by: wisha roder on November 19, 2023, 08:57:33 PM
Your an idiot

He won his last race in 53.3 and could have been put on ongait or preferred and brought decent money

The group sacrificed money to do right by the horse.
Agreed. 
Title: Re: Sintra retired
Post by: SDST2009 on November 19, 2023, 09:03:48 PM
Anyone with half a brain that saw him his last couple of starts had to wonder why are they torturing the old fella! It would have been a travesty for him lose his life on the track after the career he had.

if you're gonna beat drums for horses that shouldn't be on the track I suggest you look elsewhere. I am no big fan of the horse's connections but there are FAR worse cases to point to than this.
Title: Re: Sintra retired
Post by: brownmoose13 on November 19, 2023, 09:16:24 PM
If you look at the numbers the money he made did not cover his purchase price and expenses and I was told that the retirement ceremony was strictly publicity for the Stable arranged by Amac. The stable is a disaster for the majority of horses Amac has purchased over $50K.
Title: Re: Sintra retired
Post by: Par Four on November 19, 2023, 10:33:36 PM
If you look at the numbers the money he made did not cover his purchase price and expenses and I was told that the retirement ceremony was strictly publicity for the Stable arranged by Amac. The stable is a disaster for the majority of horses Amac has purchased over $50K.

Yes some of his purchases are real head scratchers. The Greatest Ending buy tops the list. Didn’t the previous owners tak a huge haircut.
Title: Re: Sintra retired
Post by: brownmoose13 on November 19, 2023, 10:54:45 PM
Yes some of his purchases are real head scratchers. The Greatest Ending buy tops the list. Didn’t the previous owners tak a huge haircut.

How about Atlas Hanover...bought just because Amac wanted to drive in the Jug. He wants his stable to be like Burkes and also thinks he can drive with the big boys...all with other peoples money
Title: Re: Sintra retired
Post by: Stan durbread on November 20, 2023, 08:49:07 AM
I think it is so nice that they are giving the horse back to Menary. I’m sure Santa will feel much better when he is back on Dave’s drugging program
Title: Re: Sintra retired
Post by: Brown jug on November 20, 2023, 11:26:58 AM
say what you will
 the horse deserved the ceremony he got regardless of any reasons behind it
Title: Re: Sintra retired
Post by: Pockets on November 20, 2023, 05:24:29 PM
The Stable did the right thing classy move they treated him well
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