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a.m., and looked down the shedrow for their next Derby winners. Closer to home While most stables have the obligatory bam cat, also known as mouser extraordinaire, a number of stables at Florida’s Gulfstream Park boast a plethora of genus, species and phylla of unusual stablemates. Bam 23 at the historic track is occupied by an award-winning trainer who trains “...25 horses, three goats, five ducks and one very, very large and irritable pot-bellied pig. Granted, the usually tranquil mornings on the backside at his stable are interrupted by an occasional grunt, oink, quack, waddle or shout from a rider who’s mount has just been head butted by Wilbur the goat, but the horses are happy, and that’s what counts in the racing game. WTiile these animals do have their bad Stable mascots are most often lead ponies. Sometimes donkeys can act as quiet companions for flighty thoroughbreds, but hooved animals are not the only assistants. Chickens, ducks, goats, sheep, cats and, sometimes, even raccoons, can help out in times of crisis in the barnyard.
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