Mike Pence claims horse American Pharoah bit him

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

American Pharoah has it all these days. By becoming the first Triple Crown winner in 37 years in 2015, the horse secured a life of pampering and mating at Coolmore's Ashford Stud Farm in Versailles, Kentucky.

He also enjoys visits from figures such as Vice President Mike Pence, who visited the horse on the farm in March 2018 while campaigning for Garland "Andy" Barr, R-Kentucky. Except apparently his interaction with the former governor of Indiana didn't go so well, at least in Pence's version of the events, per multiple reports.

On Friday at a policy retreat for House Republicans in Baltimore, Pence claimed he was bit so hard on the arm by American Pharoah that he nearly collapsed. The point of the story was to offer a metaphor for Republicans' hopes of retaking the House next year.

“In our line of work, you’re going to get bit sometimes, but you keep fighting forward,” Pence said.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/other/mike-pence-claims-horse-american-pharoah-bit-him/ar-AAHiF7H?li=BBnbcA1

The horse had to lick its asshole for an hour to get rid of the taste.

[Sanity Claws]

1. I didn't realize that horses were good judges of character.

[get the red out]

44. I have friends who have worked

With horses for YEARS here in Kentucky and they claim they actually are good judges of character.

[bullwinkle428]

2. Where is the GoFundMe to buy sugar cubes for this horse?

[book_worm]

3. Good horse!

[Dagstead Bumwood]

4. Well, a horse bite beats being near

a singe woman. Mother would approve.

[get the red out]

43. As long as the horse is s stallion

And not a mare.

[hlthe2b]

5. Dear God--is the horse ok?!!!

[Historic NY]

7. Can we see where the horse bit you?

[guillaumeb]

8. Good horse!!!

[Crunchy Frog]

9. Can he be our candidate's running mate?

[Ohiogal]

10. Headline should read

Horse Bites Another Horse’s Ass

[MyOwnPeace]

12. Damn, Ohiogal,

you took the words right out of this horse's mouth! (but my Republican friends think I'm at the other end!).

*Truth be known - after these past 3 years, I don't really have any "Republican" friends!

[Ohiogal]

21. Great minds, MyOwnPeace!

[Deb]

11. Rumor is he has been walking like an Egyptian ever since

[TheCowsCameHome]

13. Fortunately the horse didn't have to be put down

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after being subjected to Homophobeitis.

[blm]

14. Lololol

[madaboutharry]

15. Animals have a sixth sense

and can tell the difference between a good person and a bad or evil person. This is true. Especially horses.

[diva77]

16. Did anyone see the bite marks?

[Skittles]

17. THANK YOU PHAROAH

yes INDEED

[Hekate]

19. As good as an ass-kicking anyday

Yes indeed.

[greatauntoftriplets]

18. OMG!!!

Give that poor horse a rabies shot.

[Green Line]

20. American Pharoah

Has a reputation of being one of the sweetest, kindest horses ever. His trainer, Bob Baffert said he never bites. Either Pharoah is a good judge of character, or more likely Pence is lying. How did he get bit and no one saw it? But if Pharoah nailed him, good boy Pharoah.

[Rhiannon12866]

26. Exactly. These horses are used to be fussed over constantly

They're hardly known for biting humans who get close to them. If true, I would like to know what Pense did to provoke the horse...

[Bob Loblaw]

22. Always wondered what was meant by the term "horse sense"

[EarlG]

23. Probably thought he was a turnip

Easy mistake to make.

[Ohiogal]

24. Yes

And he has the IQ of a turnip, as well

[magicarpet]

25. It would need to be an albino turnip to look like Pence...

A regular yellow/orange turnip would look like trDump.

Good horse,... give him an extra 50 pound sack of carrots.

[Progressive dog]

27. That horse is a defender of freedom

and he deserves a medal.

[Initech]

28. This is not The Onion, right?

[struggle4progress]

29. Farm manager isn't buying it

By Hannah Knowles
September 13 at 10:08 PM

... The story drew cheers from the audience — but confusion from the farm manager who was by Pence’s side for the encounter some billed as “VP Meets AP.”

“If he gave someone a nasty bite, I’d know it,” Dermot Ryan, the America manager for the racehorse-breeding company Coolmore, told the McClatchy news group.

Ryan said Friday that such behavior would be unexpected from a “sweet” horse ...

The vice president did not mention a bite when he spoke of his visit with American Pharoah later in the day at an event promoting the Trump administration’s tax cut bill ...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2019/09/14/pence-claims-prized-racehorse-bit-him-farm-manager-who-was-there-isnt-buying-it/

[demgrrrll]

31. Baffert also called American Pharoah sweet and said "he would lay his head in your lap"

Baffert also said that AP loved human contact. I call BS.

[Arazi]

33. Stallions are managed carefully. Any big $$ stallion that bit anyone, anytime would be noted

And documented since all TB breeding is "live cover" meaning a human has to handle that horse during sex.

If that horse has ANY propensity or history of biting EVER its noted for everyone's safety since someone's got to be in very close proximity during sexy times. If AP is a biter, every broodmare owner would also need to know, to weigh the risk to their big $$ mare and THEIR handler (insurance stuff).

If the VP of the US was bit, that would cause an even bigger commotion in the breeding barn.

Iow, this is a big fat fucking lie. Even one bite, to anyone, let alone the VP, would be big drama and would result in a lot of contractual/insurance issues

[struggle4progress]

40. +

[jeffreyi]

30. Note to self.

Stallions can bite. And strike. Be careful. Duh.

[DesertRat]

32. Now that's a stable genius!

[RainCaster]

34. That last line is the best

[dflprincess]

35. It's like the scene in "The Omen" when Damien goes to the zoo

and the baboons attack.

[Takket]

36. i'm a big fan!

[DFW]

37. Hurt Pence so badly he nearly collapses, and then get "a life of pampering and mating"

Some horses have all the luck. Had it been a person, the Secret Service would have shot you on the spot.

[Bayard]

38. If anything happened at all,

It was probably just a little nip looking for carrots.

A serious bite from a horse means you go to the hospital. Once they clamp down on something, they can't open their mouth again to turn it loose. That means they have to slide their teeth off of it. I had a friend who's horse clamped down on her shoulder like a vice grip, then slid his teeth off. Major shoulder surgery for her.

[Green Line]

39. I've been bitten a few times

They have flat teeth and mostly just pinch, occasionally they may draw blood but that’s unusual. I can say that I never thought I was going to collapse like Pence. He’s full of shit, Pharoah never bit him.

[betsuni]

41. No, that was a fantasy Pence had later. Perv.

[Thomas Hurt]

42. LOL, odds are his bite metaphor is horseshit.

[no_hypocrisy]

45. My father used to tell us that horse bites really hurt.

[Green Line]

46. They do

but not to the point of collapsing.

[jcgoldie]

47. The horse obviously thought Pence was made of WHITE BREAD

Pass the butter!

[Green Line]

48. This is Pharoah, they don't look like they think he'll bite, Pence is full of it

[Voltaire2]

49. American Pharoah for President!