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     Anatéhgny ;:of 21 Syndicate 
     
    
   
   
    
     t was during the tall ol' 1988 that two 
     
    

    
     Island horsemen at the Charlottetown 
     
    

    
     Driying l’ark had a compelling idea. 
     
     jack Arsenault and _]im llowatt wanted to 
     
     buy a really good racehorse but it would 
     
     be too expensiye for just the two ol them. 
     
     To solye this dilemma. they searched for 
     
     people who might be interested in form- 
     
     ing a stable or syndicate to purchase a 
     
     racehorse. Belore long. they had round— 
     
     ed up enough people. mainly l'rom the 
     
     Parkdale area. who were interested in 
     
     their idea. The Parkdale Stable was born 
     
     and almost before they knew it they 
     
     bought a lour—yearold mare l'rom ()ntario 
     
     lor Stunt“). 
     
    
   
   
    
     name and she had a may respectable win 
     
    
   
   
    
     .-lirborne (inn/(Her was her 
     
     record ol 3;(i().t taken at l’lamboro in 
     
     ()ntario. Little did this select grotip real— 
     
     ize the role to be played by this mare 
     
     during the next decade. She was by 
     
     (fore/nor Skipper Irom Arbor Slur/e/ by 
     
     X/emi 1' Slur. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Included among the members ol this synr 
     
     dicate were lid Atkinson. l’at Connolly. 
     
    
   
   
    
     ) 
     
    
   
   
    
     ‘Iack Arsenatilt. .\elson Hughes. lxay 
     
    
   
   
    
     Murphy. Danny \lurphy. Hob beyins. 
     
     \ick (Ioulter. ~lohn llowatt. Alim llowatt 
     
     and Allie (iaryer. ’l‘he l’arkdale Stable 
     
     contacted Alol‘n llolmes. a well known 
     
    
   
   
    
     Islander on the Ontario racing scene. He 
     
    
   
   
    
       
     
    
   
   
    
     recommended Airborne (fbmn/ier and 
     
     the deal \\ as done. 
     
    
   
   
    
     Fate determined that Airborne (,bzinu’ler 
     
     was to ha\'e a \‘ery briei racing career for 
     
     this syndicate. She made only tour starts 
     
     for this enthusiastic and hopelul group. 
     
     l'niortunalely. she bowed a tendon 
     
     seyerely enough to end her racing career: 
     
     howeyer. a new and dillerent career was 
     
     Airborne (Jbuni/ier 
     
    
   
   
    
     in the cards and 
     
    
   
   
    
     joined the broodmare ranks An excel— 
     
    
   
   
    
     lent decision. as history will attest. 
     
    
   
   
    
     \\"ho would be her lirsl mate and the 
     
     lather or her lirst loal? The well—known 
     
     and respected sire. I'lii/‘I‘oii's was chosen 
     
     and this union produced Airborne 
     
     (/()i'('l'll('.\1\‘ who would play a major sue— 
     
     cesslul role in this saga a lew years down 
     
     the road. (loi‘e/‘Hesx seemed to be ;t "real 
     
     one” and took an early record ol‘ lzttfi 
     
     when an unl'ortunate injury ended her 
     
     racing career. but this was not the last to 
     
     be heard from Airborne (/oi‘e/‘ness. 
     
     (lo/'erness were .Ilirborne 
     
     Air/«es (2:()t). Airborne [be (2:032) and 
     
     (3:00). 
     
    
   
   
    
     ended 
     
    
   
   
    
     Siblings to 
     
    
   
   
    
     Airborne Ann 'l'ragically. 
     
    
   
   
    
     (Ihandler’s l‘oals their racing 
     
    
   
   
    
     careers as youngsters also. The cards 
     
    
   
   
    
     seemed to be stacked against the 
     
    
   
   
    
     Parkdale Stable but there was no quitting. 
     
    
   
   
    
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