Here's ... Well Excuuuze Me.
Our first thought was that the owners had to be huuuuge Steve Martin fans. Turns out that they are, but that’s not exactly how the colt got his name. It’s because, well, um … we’ll just let owner Michael McGuire of Sure Thing Stable explain.
“There are other reasons we came up with the name,” said McGuire. “His dam is Pardon My Sarong, which is where excuse me comes from. But before he came to the racetrack, he had a couple of bouts of colic, and, well, with the colic, he had a lot of gas. After $10,000 worth of colic surgery, we just decided to have some fun with it. Plus, knowing how [track announcer] Tom Durkin can get very dramatic with his calls, like he did with Arrrrr, that’s what we came up with.”
Well Excuuuze Me is just about ready for the races, and Tagg has him penciled in for a one-mile maiden race on the Widener Turf on Super Saturday, October 3 here at beautiful Belmont Park. One thing we know for sure – he won’t run out of gas. (Ouch).
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