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29. Farm manager isn't buying it

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Sat Sep 14, 2019, 10:45 PM

Sep 2019

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/

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Mike Pence claims horse American Pharoah bit him [View all] Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Sep 2019 OP

I didn't realize that horses were good judges of character. Sanity Claws Sep 2019 #1

I have friends who have worked get the red out Sep 2019 #44

Where is the GoFundMe to buy sugar cubes for this horse? bullwinkle428 Sep 2019 #2

Good horse! book_worm Sep 2019 #3

Well, a horse bite beats being near Dagstead Bumwood Sep 2019 #4

As long as the horse is s stallion get the red out Sep 2019 #43

Dear God--is the horse ok?!!! hlthe2b Sep 2019 #5

This message was self-deleted by its author Scurrilous Sep 2019 #6

Can we see where the horse bit you? Historic NY Sep 2019 #7

Good horse!!! guillaumeb Sep 2019 #8

Can he be our candidate's running mate? Crunchy Frog Sep 2019 #9

Headline should read Ohiogal Sep 2019 #10

Damn, Ohiogal, MyOwnPeace Sep 2019 #12

Great minds, MyOwnPeace! Ohiogal Sep 2019 #21

Rumor is he has been walking like an Egyptian ever since Deb Sep 2019 #11

Fortunately the horse didn't have to be put down TheCowsCameHome Sep 2019 #13

Lololol blm Sep 2019 #14

Animals have a sixth sense madaboutharry Sep 2019 #15

Did anyone see the bite marks? diva77 Sep 2019 #16

THANK YOU PHAROAH Skittles Sep 2019 #17

As good as an ass-kicking anyday Hekate Sep 2019 #19

OMG!!! greatauntoftriplets Sep 2019 #18

American Pharoah Green Line Sep 2019 #20

Exactly. These horses are used to be fussed over constantly Rhiannon12866 Sep 2019 #26

Always wondered what was meant by the term "horse sense" Bob Loblaw Sep 2019 #22

Probably thought he was a turnip EarlG Sep 2019 #23

Yes Ohiogal Sep 2019 #24

It would need to be an albino turnip to look like Pence... magicarpet Sep 2019 #25

That horse is a defender of freedom Progressive dog Sep 2019 #27

This is not The Onion, right? Initech Sep 2019 #28

Farm manager isn't buying it struggle4progress Sep 2019 #29

Baffert also called American Pharoah sweet and said "he would lay his head in your lap" demgrrrll Sep 2019 #31

Stallions are managed carefully. Any big $$ stallion that bit anyone, anytime would be noted Arazi Sep 2019 #33

+ struggle4progress Sep 2019 #40

Note to self. jeffreyi Sep 2019 #30

Now that's a stable genius! DesertRat Sep 2019 #32

That last line is the best RainCaster Sep 2019 #34

It's like the scene in "The Omen" when Damien goes to the zoo dflprincess Sep 2019 #35

i'm a big fan! Takket Sep 2019 #36

Hurt Pence so badly he nearly collapses, and then get "a life of pampering and mating" DFW Sep 2019 #37

If anything happened at all, Bayard Sep 2019 #38

I've been bitten a few times Green Line Sep 2019 #39

No, that was a fantasy Pence had later. Perv. betsuni Sep 2019 #41

LOL, odds are his bite metaphor is horseshit. Thomas Hurt Sep 2019 #42

My father used to tell us that horse bites really hurt. no_hypocrisy Sep 2019 #45

They do Green Line Sep 2019 #46

The horse obviously thought Pence was made of WHITE BREAD jcgoldie Sep 2019 #47

This is Pharoah, they don't look like they think he'll bite, Pence is full of it Green Line Sep 2019 #48

American Pharoah for President! Voltaire2 Sep 2019 #49