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Featured
Horse
Popcorn
Deelites
Pedigree:
Foaled
April 19,1998 in Kentucky;
blood bay gelding with dark points; Sire – Afternoon
Deelites (USA); Dam –
Turquoise
Gal by Navajo
Trained
by: Jimmie
D. Claridge, Priscilla Leon, and others.
Racing
Owner: Don
Von Hemel, Carla D. Claridge, David Hoffman
Breeder:
Dennis B.
Schwartz
Major
wins – A
5 race win streak at Turf Paradise from January to April 2004.
He also raced at Arlington, Churchill Downs, Oaklawn, Pimlico,
Hoosier, Mountaineer, Turfway, Sunlands, Albuquerque, Ruidoso
Downs and Arapahoe Park.
Record:
58 Starts,
11-5-7
Career
Earnings: $56,880
POPCORN
DEELITES's Info: Joined
Old Friends March 2005
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Popcorn
Deelites (foreground
with his buddy, Special Ring)
photo
by Rick Capone
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Popcorn
Deelites photo
by Flashpoint
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Popcorn
Deelites photo
by Flashpoint
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Popcorn
Deelites photo
by Flashpoint
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Popcorn
Deelites
Biographical
information courtesy of
Old
Friends website
Played
Seabiscuit in the Oscar-nominated movie
“I'm
not
one
of the greatest racehorses of all time, but I played one in the
movies.” This might be the motto for Old Friends retiree
Popcorn Deelites, a low-level claimer whose career took a turn
when he was cast as one of the eight horses to play the great
Seabiscuit in the Oscar-nominated film starring Tobey Maguire and
Jeff Bridges.
A
blood-bay with dark points, just like the Depression-era hero
himself, Popcorn did accumulate 11 wins in his six-year career
and earned nearly $60,000. He was acquired by Old Friends with
help from his owner David Hoffmans of Henderson, NV, and his
Phoenix-based trainer Priscilla Leon.
In
the film, you'll see Popcorn breaking from the gate, as that
turned out to be his on-screen specialty. Another Seabiscuit
star, 10-year-old Rich in Dallas, was also retired through
the combined efforts of Old Friends, Robbi Meisel of Flashpoint
Photography, and The Exceller Fund. He now resides at Linn Farm
in Virginia and still makes public appearances to raise money for
The Exceller Fund. As for Popcorn, his moment of greatest fame
came in the scene where, as Seabiscuit, he wins the match race
against War Admiral.
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Popcorn
Deelites (left,
with his buddy, Special Ring) photo
by Rick Capone
~ “Who
Loves Ya”
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Popcorn
Deelites photo
by Rick Capone
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