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Wallkill Valley Times, Wednesday, October 31, 2018
Royal lineage
IN THIS ISSUE
Calendar. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Classifieds. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Crossword. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Letters to the Editor. . . . . . . . . 12
Maybrook. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Montgomery. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Obituaries. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Opinion. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Pine Bush. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Police Blotter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
School News. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Service Directory. . . . . . . . . . . 39
Sports. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Walden.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Wallkill. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
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Half-brother of a Triple Crown winner takes up residence
By LAURA FITZGERALD
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F
utia Farm, a small horse-boarding
farm off Albany Post Road, is home to
a horse with a big claim to fame.
Horse owner Kimberly Childs said
she was looking for an off-the-track
thoroughbred to adopt for her daughter,
Jenna Galasso, in 2015. She started her
search at Akindale Thoroughbred Rescue
in Pawling, NY.
She tried three horses, the first of
which was Revel.
“As soon as I saw him I said this is it,
he’s the one,” Childs said.
It was only when Childs was filling
out the adoption papers that she learned
Revel is American Pharoah’s half-brother.
American Pharoah is the only horse in
history to win the grand-slam of horse-
racing: the Kentucky Derby, Preakness
Stakes, Belmont Stakes and Breeders’
Cup Classic.
Revel and American Pharoah were
born in the same stall and lived on the
Zayat farm when they were young.
Revel’s bloodline is full of impressive
winners: American Pharoah’s and Revel’s
father, Pioneer of the Nile, was runner-
up in the 2009 Kentucky Derby, and his
grandfather, Empire Maker, won the
Belmont Stakes, Florida Derby and Wood
Memorial.
Also known by his racing name Hidden
Hands, Revel’s racing career would not be
so storied. Revel ran a total of four races
and won one before a hip injury forced
him to retire.
But, retirement has brought him a
happy and loving home at Futia Stables.
Galasso is training Revel to jump. Carrots
are always readily available, and he has
plenty of pasture to play in.
Childs said the seven-year-old is much
like his half-brother: calm, quiet and
smart. Revel is inquisitive, poking his
large brown head out when visitors pass
by his stall. He has one long strip of white
running halfway down his face and a
brown body that fades to black on his legs.
While the little farm may not be the
gilded mansions of horse racing barns
in Kentucky, Revel’s stall is warm and
dry on a cold, rainy October day, a haven
filled with his owner’s love.
Owner Jenna Galasso with Revel, half-brother of American Pharoah.