这是1990年10月11日清晨,7点刚过,在肯塔基州列克星敦以西20英里,饲养场的经理助理卡尔在准备他去科罗拉多的狩猎旅行。正当他把那支温彻斯特式连发步枪装上车时,步话机中传来了麦克·巴伯带哭音的尖叫:“‘锤子’受了重伤!它快死了!快来!马上来!”卡尔跳上车,吉普车呼啸着沿60号公路向东冲去。“锤子”是饲养师们对这匹幼马未断奶时的呢称。他的父亲叫“廷乐”,母亲是“太阳杀手”——1977年三冠王的女儿。它刚断奶时卡尔说像 It was early in the morning of October 11, 1990, at 7 o’clock in the afternoon, 20 miles west of Lexington, Kentucky. Karl, a manager at the farm, was preparing him for a safaris trip to Colorado. Just as he loaded the Winchester rifle into the car, Mike Barber brought a scream of cries in his walkie-talkie: “’The hammer’ was seriously injured! It’s dying! Come here Come here! ”Carl hopped in and the jeep roared along Route 60 and headed east. “Hammer” is the nickname for the feeder’s failure to wean the young horse. His father is “Tin Lok” and his mother is “Sun killer” - the daughter of the 1977 Triple Crown. Karl said just as weaning