tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8711985.post371328869077457370..comments2024-03-05T05:38:22.024-05:00Comments on Left at the Gate: It's FinalAlan Mannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12570505944559196118noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8711985.post-19216759579407026492008-09-02T13:57:00.000-04:002008-09-02T13:57:00.000-04:00http://tinyurl.com/6fxof2Horse sense The filly tha...http://tinyurl.com/6fxof2<BR/><BR/>Horse sense <BR/><BR/>The filly that former Sen. Joe Bruno sold to real estate millionaire Earle Mack is proving Mack a good judge of yearlings but a poor judge of broodmares.<BR/><BR/>The now-3-year-old, which Mack named Exonerated after purchasing it from Bruno, has made money just about every time it has raced and the horse won her last race going away two Sundays ago at Saratoga.<BR/><BR/>She has two wins and a third place out of seven starts, good for total winnings of $74,777.<BR/><BR/>Bruno gets 10 percent -- the breeder's award -- from the New York State Thoroughbred Breeding Fund, so far good for $7,470.<BR/><BR/>Bruno sold the horse to Mack at an auction in September 2006 for $105,000. Exonerated was out of Ladies Night In, one of two mares Mack sold to Bruno for a total of $50,000, largely because Mack had downgraded his expectations for offspring from the horses.<BR/><BR/>Exonerated ran 1 1/16 miles on the turf and she won by 3 lengths against a field of previous winners.<BR/><BR/>The values of that filly and of Bruno's broodmare have risen because of the good racing performances.<BR/><BR/>Federal investigators last year subpoenaed records involving the horses and Bruno's breeding farm.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com