{"id":1716,"date":"2009-08-20T12:46:39","date_gmt":"2009-08-20T17:46:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.sallyharrison.com\/?p=1716"},"modified":"2009-08-20T12:46:39","modified_gmt":"2009-08-20T17:46:39","slug":"silent-cash-dasher-oldest-living-race-winner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sallyharrison.com\/?p=1716","title":{"rendered":"Silent Cash Dasher: Oldest living race winner"},"content":{"rendered":"

At 16, Silent Cash Dasher is the oldest horse still racing in North America.<\/p>\n

On August 16, Silent Cash Dasher scored the 19th win of his 87-start, 13-year career, at Blue Ribbon Downs in Sallisaw, OK, making him the second-oldest American Quarter Horse to ever win an official race in North America. The oldest is Go Devil, who last raced in 1967, at the age of 18.<\/p>\n

In a sport with the majority of its participants competing in futurities for 2-year-olds and derbies for 3-year-olds, Silent Cash Dasher has captured the hearts of many racing fans because of his longevity.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe had them outrun pretty near all the way from the gates to the wire,\u201d said the gelding’s owner and trainer Gary Earp, following the 330-yard dash. \u201cHe lacked just a hair outrunning them by daylight. The old man, Roy Brooks, just sat on him.\u201d<\/p>\n

The $15,000 claiming race was a triumph of age. Earp, a retired heavy equipment operator, is 65; rider Roy Brooks<\/a> turned 68 on August 1. The runnerup, Bay To Bay, is a 4-year-old, while the second-oldest horse in the race was 10 years younger that Silent Cash Dasher.<\/p>\n

It was the first victory for the stakes-placed gelding since September 15, 2008, when he scored by 1 1\/4 lengths in a starter allowance for 3-year-olds and up.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe pulled up just fine,\u201d said Earp, following Sunday’s race. \u201cI\u2019m going to keep running him until he can\u2019t win any more.”<\/p>\n

Bred by Carl J. Kirby, also of Jay, OK, Silent Cash Dasher, with earnings of $166,747, was sired by the Dash For Cash son Dash Easy and is out of Barrbom Babe, by Silent Devil (no relation to Go Devil).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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