Saturday, July 24, 2010
Contact: Jon Forbes
MAYBESOMAYBENOT RUNNING FOR MORE THAN MONEY IN
The Scisney’s daughter-in-law, Karen, is battling lupus and has frequently been in and out of the hospital. To perk up her spirits, the retired couple from
“We wanted to give her inspiration to carry on,” Arthellor explained.
And the 2-year-old did just that when he broke his maiden in his second start by six lengths at Churchill Downs July 3.
“When he won, she was so happy she got out of her chair!” he recalled.
Following Maybesomaybenot’s maiden victory, the couple received phone calls from prospective buyers, with one offering as much as $200,000 for the juvenile.
The gelding is not for sale, Anthellor stresses.
“I wouldn’t take $400,000 for him,” he said. “This is for my daughter-in-law.”
The saga of Maybesomaybenot could have turned out much differently.
The Scisneys entered the son of Sunday Break in last year’s Keeneland September Yearling Sale, but the gelding failed to meet his $22,500 reserve price. The couple had sold the first two foals out of Majestic Mommy at a loss, parting ways with a son of Albert the Great for $3,200 and a son of Cactus Ridge for $2,000.
“I’m not much of a quitter, so I bred her to Sunday Break, and here we are,” he said.
The Scisneys have been to Saratoga Race Course before, but Sunday will be the first time they’ll watch a horse they own compete at the venerable racing venue.
“I could never dream I’d have a horse in the
For Carolyn, a daughter of sharecroppers, just visiting Saratoga Race Course seemed like an impossible proposition when she was growing up.
“When I was young,” she recalled, “this place seemed so far away that I could never imagine being here.”
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