I need help in looking for this horse!!

Harmony7 · 08-19-2009, 10:45 AM

For those that are reading this, I’m in need of some supportive help. I’ve been looking for a horse for three years now and I’ve ended up at a dead end.

His name is Mr Pardon Me, a pure Standardbred who is now a gelding and from the looks of it, because there hasn’t been any recent news in the racing business, most probably a retired race horse. My grandparents, Tom and Claudia Westbrook were his breeders and owners before selling him as a yearling. I last found that he was sold by trainer Ken Rucker who had owned him in 2005. I’m guessing Mr Pardon Me is still living somewhere on the East Coast of the USA. Ken Rucker’s wife wouldn’t say who the people where that her and her husband had sold him to, but I figured if anything, posting this may catch someone’s attention who happens to know Mr Pardon Me.

His pedigree information is listed below. My grandparents and I really want to know how he’s doing and if he’s for sale, we’d like to buy him and have him live back on the lands he was born on with his mother and older sister. I will check up on this post for any responses, but just in case, my email is Harmony7@msn.com.

MR PARDON ME (RG4915, G)
CAMBEST - ARMBRO COOKIE - GENERAL STAR

GENERAL INFORMATION
Foaling Date: 04/24/1996 Sex: Gelding
Foaling Place: OLYMPIA WA Color: Bay
Tattoo: RG491 Freezebrand: RG491
Death Date: S&D Last Year:
Markings: LEFT HIND HEEL AND FRONT OF CORONET WHITE.

CURRENT OWNER
Nicholas J Calabrese (953B65) Clarksburg,NJ
Effective: 04/12/2003

Bruce D Rosen (7611A4) STATEN ISLAND,NY
Effective: 04/12/2003

Paperless Certificate held electronically at the USTA - 08/11/06

horse345 · 08-19-2009, 10:53 AM

Have you googled "Mr Pardon Me"? I did and it seems like I found some things about horse racing back in 2003.

http://www.meadowlandsracetrack.com/...d=5255&print=Y

It says Mr Pardon Me was scratched for being sick. Have you tried contacting the current owners as shown on the papers?

Harmony7 · 08-19-2009, 11:21 AM

Here is the link of when I first started my research. I had Googled in quotes and not quotes of Mr Pardon Me. I did find the article you are talking about and I called the owners listed in 2003. One of them told me he had sold Mr Pardon Me like November 2003 and he didn't know the name. The reason why I found out that Ken Rucker owned Mr Pardon Me at one point was because of an article in 2005 I had read. He bought and trained Mr Pardon Me, so the last I know of owning Mr Pardon Me was Ken Rucker. I've been trying to call him again and see if I can talk to him rather then when I had called a year or two ago I had talked to his wife because Ken was not home. The post of my research is listed below.

http://forum.myspace.com/index.cfm?f...9A3C3C18899177

mftx4 · 08-19-2009, 11:44 AM

Could you find anything through transfer of ownership? I have no idea how any of that works but some other registries, if you are a member have these records.

Harmony7 · 08-19-2009, 12:42 PM

I guess that USTA would hold any of his records, which were not updated since early 2003. I haven't see any current information of him since 2005.

08-19-2009, 10:45 AM	#1
Harmony7 Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 4	I need help in looking for this horse!! For those that are reading this, I’m in need of some supportive help. I’ve been looking for a horse for three years now and I’ve ended up at a dead end. His name is Mr Pardon Me, a pure Standardbred who is now a gelding and from the looks of it, because there hasn’t been any recent news in the racing business, most probably a retired race horse. My grandparents, Tom and Claudia Westbrook were his breeders and owners before selling him as a yearling. I last found that he was sold by trainer Ken Rucker who had owned him in 2005. I’m guessing Mr Pardon Me is still living somewhere on the East Coast of the USA. Ken Rucker’s wife wouldn’t say who the people where that her and her husband had sold him to, but I figured if anything, posting this may catch someone’s attention who happens to know Mr Pardon Me. His pedigree information is listed below. My grandparents and I really want to know how he’s doing and if he’s for sale, we’d like to buy him and have him live back on the lands he was born on with his mother and older sister. I will check up on this post for any responses, but just in case, my email is Harmony7@msn.com. MR PARDON ME (RG4915, G) CAMBEST - ARMBRO COOKIE - GENERAL STAR GENERAL INFORMATION Foaling Date: 04/24/1996 Sex: Gelding Foaling Place: OLYMPIA WA Color: Bay Tattoo: RG491 Freezebrand: RG491 Death Date: S&D Last Year: Markings: LEFT HIND HEEL AND FRONT OF CORONET WHITE. CURRENT OWNER Nicholas J Calabrese (953B65) Clarksburg,NJ Effective: 04/12/2003 Bruce D Rosen (7611A4) STATEN ISLAND,NY Effective: 04/12/2003 Paperless Certificate held electronically at the USTA - 08/11/06

08-19-2009, 10:53 AM	#2
horse345 Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: My <3 belongs in Texas Posts: 571 Images: 13	Have you googled "Mr Pardon Me"? I did and it seems like I found some things about horse racing back in 2003. http://www.meadowlandsracetrack.com/...d=5255&print=Y It says Mr Pardon Me was scratched for being sick. Have you tried contacting the current owners as shown on the papers? __________________ ~Allie Tifin Lady Kits Spotted Spook

08-19-2009, 11:21 AM	#3
Harmony7 Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 4	Here is the link of when I first started my research. I had Googled in quotes and not quotes of Mr Pardon Me. I did find the article you are talking about and I called the owners listed in 2003. One of them told me he had sold Mr Pardon Me like November 2003 and he didn't know the name. The reason why I found out that Ken Rucker owned Mr Pardon Me at one point was because of an article in 2005 I had read. He bought and trained Mr Pardon Me, so the last I know of owning Mr Pardon Me was Ken Rucker. I've been trying to call him again and see if I can talk to him rather then when I had called a year or two ago I had talked to his wife because Ken was not home. The post of my research is listed below. http://forum.myspace.com/index.cfm?f...9A3C3C18899177

08-19-2009, 11:44 AM	#4
mftx4 Senior Member+ Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: Cordova, Ill. Posts: 2,095 Images: 48	Could you find anything through transfer of ownership? I have no idea how any of that works but some other registries, if you are a member have these records.

08-19-2009, 12:42 PM	#5
Harmony7 Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 4	I guess that USTA would hold any of his records, which were not updated since early 2003. I haven't see any current information of him since 2005.