Past and Present - by Evan Hammonds

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horsedoc — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 05:22:56 GMT

I am so happy to here that Calumet is coming back to the racing world!! I have missed seeing anyone wearing the devil's red in the last two decades!! The best of luck to the farm's connections!

Maybe the new guys are listening to Alydar, Citation and the gang for advise!!!

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MRO — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 02:37:11 GMT

Calumet Farm is a magical place......especially that graveyard.

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edrul427 — Wed, 11 Jan 2012 15:42:20 GMT

We wish all the best for everyone involved with Calumet farm.

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Jess Moulder — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 22:10:46 GMT

Someday I'll own a Kentucky stable as historical and beloved as Calumet.

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Cris — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 18:14:03 GMT

The last time I was there was during the Nelson Bunker Hunt auction. I love that stallion barn. I wish the farm all the best and hope in a couple of years we can read about another winner from Calumet.

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Stellar Jayne — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 17:53:39 GMT

Happy New Year Evan!

I enjoyed your article about the history of Calumet and its fabulous former roster of great thoroughbreds. It is wonderful revisiting its history and what it meant not only to the industry, but the fans who loved those marvelous horses. I'm not surprised that Ice Box and Cactus Ridge are quiet as though they are in a state of reverence for the previous occupiers of the barn. I for one have been in strong disagreement with biologists for decades, who hold that animals are not capable of feelings of joy, sadness and loss; memories or other emotions that are peculiarly only ascribed to human beings. Such human arrogance!

Kwiatkowski was a wonderful man and loved his horses and racing. I am so happy that he protected Calumet through the trust he created for it going forward. Hopefully they (the trust) will successfully manage its re-emergence with these two fine stallions.

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Karen in Indiana — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 17:50:48 GMT

Wow = what he said about how Ice Box and Cactus Ridge have been quiet since being moved into the stallion barn made the hair stand up on my arms.