OUR BABY EINSTEIN

JUNE, 8 2009 - SID FERNANDO

.... Note that none of these horses has a recognizable commercial pedigree. They are runners that were handpicked by Friborg’s advisers, which presently include Patrick Barbe in France and once included Brazilian Renato Gameiro, who no longer does work for Friborg. “I had picked out Einstein for Stefan as a yearling, too,” said Renato, “but his trainer didn’t like him. I asked Stefan if I could buy Einstein for another client — when I worked for Stefan, I could only work for him — and he said OK, but the horse could not remain in Brazil, not even to get broken. So I bought the horse for Kenny McPeek, but I told Kenny he doesn’t want the horse in Brazil at all, so we have to ship him out as a yearling.”