brenda jackson

Please know that JT was a wonderful guy and allowed our family to visit during a stressful time for him, I am sure, we were nothing special just plain country folks. My daughter, a freshman, at that time, had written a letter to see if she would visit and within a week we were sitting in his office. He never forgot the meek and humble beginnings of his father, my grandmother's brother, he remained as country as cornbread. Love you JT.

Charlene evans His greed had no bottom. It was insatiable. Off course right now he is a great guy. Now he has to appreciate (or at least pretend to appreciate) anyone who would look at or listen to him. His tail and head should be between his legs. Shame on him. Greedy Murdeder.

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LEO's & Prosecutors are consumed with convictions & "wins". They need to justify their existence, so tax revenue keeps funneling to their dept. & they get re-elected. Justice is NOT main goal. Innocence or guilt are secondary to "wins". Success is based on "wins". Its NOT damnation to them...just common knowledge. The Vet says their case is ridiculous. The professor here, has been refuted 100 times. The case was full of speculation, hunches, guesses & circumstantial fairytales. The JUDGE agreed, nobody to blame for this horses death. It was a terrible tragedy, but no crime here, only a bunch of misguided hillbilly's with millions of squandered dollars. Nobody needs "to pay". Rise above thinking with emotion.

Poor race horses often driven to their extreme, awful sport but the rich don't care nor have any feelings for animals. JT just a bad evil human.

+MightyMarven OMG! You hit the nail right smack on the head! She was a class A dip shit for hooking up with this shit head.

+Melanie Hamilton If I was the grandmother, I would've willed the farm OUT of the family to someone who was going to take care of it. Rather than risk it becoming undone because my granddaughter was in love with Jethro.

AJ Muzik I couldn't agree more.

Please know, Cindy was not a stupid girl and she loves her Lord Jesus; she knew nothing about horse farming. She believed and trusted in her husband, so did her siblings, to make the best decisions possible for Calumet.

Charlene evans, anyone who is unable to foresee tragedy through the clues left by the behavior of extremely greedy people IS a stupid person. This guy was showing desperation from the beginning and at all times. When you come from money you have to be extremely cautious when choosing your partner. So yes, it was a very poor decision of hers to bring that man into their family and believing in God has nothing to do with it. It doesn't give her a pass.

That's the most disgusting thing about this. And I've seen this before, but today I tried to find what happened to the grandchildren--very little is mentioned of them anywhere, so it must have been really bad. The sad thing is, the parents must have been really rough on them, so rough they didn't even want to learn the family business. I mean, they were sitting on a gold mine and didn't want it--Jeez.

Cindy, the grand-daughter, wasn't stupid and 16 years old when she married. She is very happy right now and is a born again Christian.

Charlene, so she's very happy after the family lost their hard earned money and an amazing stallion they'll never have again? wow, she most be a very cold blooded person. And again, what being a Christian has to do with the tragedy caused by her husband, her compliance and her incompetence?

I'm glad to hear this; I loved my visits there.

Couldn't agree more. The man is evil and greedy!

No, he was not used to make glue; I stood by his grave and wept soon after his passing.

i hope he got raped in jail

+AJ Muzik You're absolutely right. This mess still makes me angry as hell. I'm from KY and love those thoroughbreds. They're the only athletes who never behave like low rent turds.

+Lenia N. Ldzn Well stated. If only she had very proactively knocked him completely out of her daughter's life.

Savvy as she was mean!

l can't believe he waited 20 years to get it, then ran it in to the ground a mere 7 years later. He then simply walks away.

+loco madre Alydar was really something to see. So much like his daddy Raise A Native. Dark chestnut and all muscle. I'm fortunate enough to have actually seen him and his daddy. I sincerely share your hope.

+Lenia N. Ldzn Thank you. It's good to hear from someone who really knows the story.

He knew that grandma had the wisdom to foresee what he was up to. That's why did it.

I would love to read this! Thanks for the suggestion!

Lucille donated millions to the Lucille Parker Markey Cancer Hospital at UK in Lexington KY. Lucille had one son which had passed; so her son's wife and his children got what was inherited to them. JT was the husband of Lucille's granddaughter and stepped up to the plate to run the farm since there wasn't anyone experienced. The first husband of Lucille, Warren Wright, originally ran the Calumet Farm.

Insatiable greed. He was driven by a stronger force and he allowed it to keep on growing. But know he learned the lesson and will be haunted forever.

I was just thinking the same thing!

Kamofy I'm sure you haven't .... Some are very very nice!!

If you really want an answer, here it is: they tried. They operated the next day, but the surgery was unsuccessful. The leg broke again, and Alydar was put down the following day. The thing is, successful repair is usually not possible with a fracture such as Alydar suffered. There are a number of reasons why this is true. Horses are not designed to be sedentary. If they lie down for too long, a myriad of complications set in (enter any barn at night, and you will see most of the horses asleep on their feet -- their front knees lock, and a hind leg will always be cocked at what a layperson would call the hip). So there's no such thing as "bed rest" for a horse recovering from surgery to repair a fracture. If the fracture is compound (through the skin), it is usually pointless to put the animal through the suffering that surgery and a cast entail due to the high likelihood of infection. Also, a horse with one bad leg will put its weight on the opposite leg thereby exponentially increasing the possibilities of a condition called 'founder' (founder is the common term for laminitis, a little understood inflammation of blood-rich shock-absorbing tissue/structures called laminae which are inside the hoof wall and support the bones of the hoof). Founder is horribly painful (imagine a swelling under your fingernail with no room for expansion) and can lead to a rotation of the P3 or coffin bone (the horse's 'fingertip' bone) within the hoof, in extreme cases causing the P3 to poke through the soul of the hoof. The great racehorse Barbaro who suffered three fractures to bones in and around his right hind fetlock (ankle), founder was the cause of his having to be put down. After the injury, surgery saved him, and he was coming along well until he developed an abscess in the left hind hoof. Unable to bear weight behind, he subsequently foundered in front... *I'm going on too long, sorry. Short answer: horses cannot lie down for extended periods of time. Surgery to repair a fracture is risky, especially in Thoroughbreds who've been bred for hundreds of years to want to run. The risk of founder is great. In a breeding stallion like Alydar, it's easy to see why he re-injured himself the day after surgery and had to be euthanized. The silliest racehorse (but the smartest and most fun to ride) I've ever owned (and still own, retired, the fellow in my profile photo), his dam sire was Alydar. Such a sad story...

From what I understand, it was the same leg and having 2 breaks in one leg have a less chance of healing properly in horses.

Hahaha! You silly sod. I'm in!😉

Very light compared to the damage caused he got a slap on the wrist. Good defense team more likely and some other shortcuts behind the scenes.