Our visit to Calumet began with an instant sense of the farm’s legacy, lingering in echoes in a quiet barn graced with the names of Triple Crown winners and other greats.  Along the wall, the new era was evident, displayed in the halters of their current roster of stallions. 

Aikenite

Aikenite

Aikenite returns to the barn

Lentenor

I admit to a sentimental connection with this horse, due to the impact Barbaro’s brief yet brilliant career and fight against laminitis had on me.  I first saw Lentenor at Keeneland in a race, and was struck by how the similarity in appearance to Barbaro that he had.  A quick search of Barbaro images reveals that even the splashes of white on their heads are quite similar. 

Sun and sky reflected in Lentenor’s eye

Eye of the Leopard

Eye of the Leopard

Lentenor on the way to the paddock