Horse owned by Kobe, Gasol to debut Saturday

Post #1 » by **HMFFL** » Fri May 25, 2012 12:55 am

Kobe Bryant and Pau Gasol have partnered in owning a racehorse which will make its first start at Betfair Hollywood Park.

The 4-year-old gelding named Siempre Mo is entered in Saturday's sixth race, a $54,000 allowance race. He will be ridden by Joy Scott.

The Los Angeles Lakers teammates purchased 25 percent of the gelding at a team charity auction in April. Part of their deal is that neither Bryant nor Gasol pay any expenses in the horse's care and training. Santa Anita CEO Mark Verge and Chris Quinn, also an executive at Santa Anita, are the horse's other owners.

Siempre Mo won a $25,000 claiming race in his last start. He's trained by Doug O'Neill, whose colt I'll Have Another won the Kentucky Derby and Preakness, and will try to win the Triple Crown when he runs in the Belmont Stakes on June 9.

Bryant and Gasol's horse will carry gold silks with a purple Lakers emblem and a purple cap. http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2012/b ... nba_t2_a11

Post #2 » by **dockingsched** » Fri May 25, 2012 12:57 am

a win here would go a long way in vindicating this last playoff loss.

Wavy Q · Post #3 » by **Wavy Q** » Fri May 25, 2012 12:59 am

Thread title made me think Gasol was the horse

i was disappointed

hermes · Post #4 » by **hermes** » Fri May 25, 2012 1:16 am

siempre mo? bad name

will not be betting on it

tugs · Post #5 » by **tugs** » Fri May 25, 2012 1:16 am

Stephano wrote:Thread title made me think Gasol was the horse

i was disappointed

same here bro.

RocketPower23 · Post #6 » by **RocketPower23** » Fri May 25, 2012 1:22 am

Stephano wrote:Thread title made me think Gasol was the horse

i was disappointed

Pau is clearly not a horse silly.

DrewBynum77 · Post #7 » by **DrewBynum77** » Fri May 25, 2012 4:59 am

Stephano wrote:Thread title made me think Gasol was the horse

i was disappointed

I sincerely thought kobe named his horse "Gasol". I was thinking: damn, people on the gb is gonna kill him for that.

The Skyhook · Post #8 » by **The Skyhook** » Fri May 25, 2012 5:47 am

Opened this thread up thinking the same thing. Would have been insulting to Pau if Kobe actually named a horse Gasol.

EArl · Post #9 » by **EArl** » Fri May 25, 2012 8:07 am

The Skyhook wrote:Opened this thread up thinking the same thing. Would have been insulting to Pau if Kobe actually named a horse Gasol.

He would be like at least your not soft gasol (horse)

Gek · Post #10 » by **Gek** » Sun May 27, 2012 8:06 pm

How'd she do?

USA · Post #11 » by **USA** » Sun May 27, 2012 9:18 pm

Scratched. Didn't run.

JustAwesome · Post #12 » by **JustAwesome** » Tue May 29, 2012 3:43 am

Part of the deal is that Bryant and Gasol don't pay for any of the horses' expense? That's a sweet deal.

Mamba Venom · Post #13 » by **Mamba Venom** » Tue May 29, 2012 5:44 am

eablinksum wrote:
The Skyhook wrote:Opened this thread up thinking the same thing. Would have been insulting to Pau if Kobe actually named a horse Gasol.

He would be like at least your not soft gasol (horse)

It would only be insulting to Marc :lol: