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American Pharoah has it all these days. By becoming the first Triple Crown winner in 37 years in 2015, the horse secured a life of pampering and mating at Coolmore's Ashford Stud Farm in Versailles, Kentucky.
He also enjoys visits from figures such as Vice President Mike Pence, who visited the horse on the farm in March 2018 while campaigning for Garland "Andy" Barr, R-Kentucky. Except apparently his interaction with the former governor of Indiana didn't go so well, at least in Pence's version of the events, per multiple reports.
On Friday at a policy retreat for House Republicans in Baltimore, Pence claimed he was bit so hard on the arm by American Pharoah that he nearly collapsed. The point of the story was to offer a metaphor for Republicans' hopes of retaking the House next year.
In our line of work, youre going to get bit sometimes, but you keep fighting forward, Pence said.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/mike-pence-claims-horse-american-pharoah-bit-him/ar-AAHiF7H?li=BBnbcA1
The horse had to lick its asshole for an hour to get rid of the taste.
Sanity Claws
(21,822 posts)get the red out
(13,459 posts)With horses for YEARS here in Kentucky and they claim they actually are good judges of character.
bullwinkle428
(20,626 posts)book_worm
(15,951 posts)Dagstead Bumwood
(3,524 posts)a singe woman. Mother would approve.
get the red out
(13,459 posts)And not a mare.
hlthe2b
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Historic NY
(37,449 posts)guillaumeb
(42,641 posts)Crunchy Frog
(26,548 posts)Ohiogal
(31,658 posts)Horse Bites Another Horses Ass
MyOwnPeace
(16,887 posts)you took the words right out of this horse's mouth! (but my Republican friends think I'm at the other end!).
*Truth be known - after these past 3 years, I don't really have any "Republican" friends!
Ohiogal
(31,658 posts)Deb
(3,742 posts)TheCowsCameHome
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after being subjected to Homophobeitis.
blm
(112,919 posts)madaboutharry
(40,149 posts)and can tell the difference between a good person and a bad or evil person. This is true. Especially horses.
diva77
(7,604 posts)Skittles
(152,964 posts)yes INDEED
Hekate
(90,189 posts)Yes indeed.
greatauntoftriplets
(175,694 posts)Give that poor horse a rabies shot.
Green Line
(1,123 posts)Has a reputation of being one of the sweetest, kindest horses ever. His trainer, Bob Baffert said he never bites. Either Pharoah is a good judge of character, or more likely Pence is lying. How did he get bit and no one saw it? But if Pharoah nailed him, good boy Pharoah.
Rhiannon12866
(202,970 posts)They're hardly known for biting humans who get close to them. If true, I would like to know what Pense did to provoke the horse...
Bob Loblaw
(1,900 posts)EarlG
(21,892 posts)Easy mistake to make.
And he has the IQ of a turnip, as well
magicarpet
(13,935 posts)A regular yellow/orange turnip would look like trDump.
Good horse,... give him an extra 50 pound sack of carrots.
Progressive dog
(6,861 posts)and he deserves a medal.
Initech
(99,912 posts)struggle4progress
(118,034 posts)By Hannah Knowles
September 13 at 10:08 PM
... The story drew cheers from the audience but confusion from the farm manager who was by Pences side for the encounter some billed as VP Meets AP.
If he gave someone a nasty bite, Id know it, Dermot Ryan, the America manager for the racehorse-breeding company Coolmore, told the McClatchy news group.
Ryan said Friday that such behavior would be unexpected from a sweet horse ...
The vice president did not mention a bite when he spoke of his visit with American Pharoah later in the day at an event promoting the Trump administrations tax cut bill ...
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/09/14/pence-claims-prized-racehorse-bit-him-farm-manager-who-was-there-isnt-buying-it/
demgrrrll
(3,590 posts)Baffert also said that AP loved human contact. I call BS.
Arazi
(6,829 posts)And documented since all TB breeding is "live cover" meaning a human has to handle that horse during sex.
If that horse has ANY propensity or history of biting EVER its noted for everyone's safety since someone's got to be in very close proximity during sexy times. If AP is a biter, every broodmare owner would also need to know, to weigh the risk to their big $$ mare and THEIR handler (insurance stuff).
If the VP of the US was bit, that would cause an even bigger commotion in the breeding barn.
Iow, this is a big fat fucking lie. Even one bite, to anyone, let alone the VP, would be big drama and would result in a lot of contractual/insurance issues
struggle4progress
(118,034 posts)jeffreyi
(1,934 posts)Stallions can bite. And strike. Be careful. Duh.
DesertRat
(27,995 posts)RainCaster
(10,677 posts)dflprincess
(28,057 posts)and the baboons attack.
Takket
(21,424 posts)DFW
(54,050 posts)Some horses have all the luck. Had it been a person, the Secret Service would have shot you on the spot.
Bayard
(21,802 posts)It was probably just a little nip looking for carrots.
A serious bite from a horse means you go to the hospital. Once they clamp down on something, they can't open their mouth again to turn it loose. That means they have to slide their teeth off of it. I had a friend who's horse clamped down on her shoulder like a vice grip, then slid his teeth off. Major shoulder surgery for her.
Green Line
(1,123 posts)They have flat teeth and mostly just pinch, occasionally they may draw blood but thats unusual. I can say that I never thought I was going to collapse like Pence. Hes full of shit, Pharoah never bit him.
betsuni
(25,122 posts)Thomas Hurt
(13,903 posts)no_hypocrisy
(45,771 posts)Green Line
(1,123 posts)but not to the point of collapsing.
jcgoldie
(11,582 posts)Pass the butter!