RIDE & GROOM; NO ONE CAN PULL SILVA AWAY FROM SILVER CHARM, EVEN FOR A MOMENT WITH THE MEDIA.Byline: Kevin Modesti Daily News Staff Writer How is Silver Charm Silver Charm (born February 22 1994) is an American Champion Thoroughbred race horse. Trained by Bob Baffert and ridden by Gary Stevens, Silver Charm won the 1997 Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes before falling short of the Triple Crown by placing second in the Belmont really doing? Only his hairdresser knows for sure. Inconveniently for anybody seeking the inside story on the Triple Crown hopeful's ups and downs ups and downs pl.n. Alternating periods of good and bad fortune or spirits. ups and downs Noun, pl alternating periods of good and bad luck or high and low spirits , groom Rudy Silva isn't talking. ``He doesn't want to speak to the media,'' trainer Bob Baffert Bob Baffert (born January 13, 1953 in Nogales, Arizona) is an American horse owner and trainer. He graduated from the University of Arizona's Racetrack Management Program with a Bachelor of Science degree. said Wednesday. Indeed, after barn assistants tried to schedule interviews for him at 10:30 and 11:30 Thursday morning, Silva refused to be pried pried 1 v. Past tense and past participle of pry1. away from Silver Charm's stall. That's where his duties include meticulously brushing the colt's gray coat, rubbing and bandaging his valuable legs, and picking tiny irritants from his feet. ``He said he gets nervous when he talks,'' an assistant said. The lowest-paid member of Silver Charm's crew - and its only media-shy member - Silva is from Colima, Mexico, is in his early 30s, and lives at Santa Anita Santa Anita may refer to:
He has spent 10 to 12 hours a day with Silver Charm this week, and Baffert said only half-jokingly that Silva is the real trainer. ``He's unbelievable. He's not left that horse,'' said Baffert, who has employed Silva for a year and a half. ``I've never had a groom who is so dedicated to a horse.'' Meanwhile, Baffert is left to speak about Silver Charm's well-being. When the winner of the Kentucky Derby Kentucky Derby One of the classic U.S. Thoroughbred horse races. It was established in 1875 and run annually on the first Saturday in May at Churchill Downs track in Louisville, Ky. With the Preakness and the Belmont Stakes, it makes up U.S. racing's coveted Triple Crown. and Preakness Stakes got a police escort for the 20-mile ride from John F. Kennedy "John Kennedy" and "JFK" redirect here. For other uses, see John Kennedy (disambiguation) and JFK (disambiguation). John Fitzgerald Kennedy (May 29, 1917–November 22, 1963), was the thirty-fifth President of the United States, serving from 1961 until his assassination in Airport to Belmont Park on Wednesday, Baffert reported: ``The police escort was great. People were looking around to see who was coming. It was fun.'' As for how Silver Charm handled the trip, Baffert said: ``He's so relaxed and confident. He's got the look Michael Jordan had when he hit that game-winner the other night.'' And how did Silver Charm settle in Wednesday night? ``Well,'' said the trainer, glancing at the thoroughbred, ``HE did fine. Me, I'm still off my feed a little bit.'' The crowd gathered in front of Barn 9 early Thursday nodded sympathetically. CAPTION(S): Photo Photo: (color) no caption (Silver Charm and Rudy Silva) |
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