When Carl “Bunny” Meister Jr. and wife Linda sold their 133-acre Tarad Hill Farm in West Chester, PA, they were lucky enough to remain on the property as the new owners planned on building a home. However, two of the horses the Meister's had pensioned on the farm were unable to remain on the property: Bo's a Ten and Magic Weisner.
During her racing career, Bo's a Ten raced 43 times and won about $40,000. After retiring from racing, the mare had three foals for Marie Morrisson and was then sold to Theresa Groff. The mare was a cable jumper, but Groff decided she was more interested in riding outside of the arena; Groff moved the mare to Tarad Hill Farm to allow for more trail riding time.
Magic Weisner had a much more illustrious career, most notably finishing second to War Emblem in the 2002 Preakness Stakes and winning the Maryland Juvenile Championship in 2001. He then finished three-quarters of a length behind War Emblem in the Preakness and ran second to him again in the Haskell Invitational at Monmouth. The gelding was trained by Nancy Alberts.
Plans to run Magic Weisner in the Pennsylvania Derby were derailed when he was diagnosed with West Nile Virus and retired to Tarad Hill Farm. Bo's a Ten, owned by Theresa Groff, joined the gelding five years ago, much to Magic Weisner's delight. The two horses became inseparable—so much so that Groff purchased a second horse to ride so Bo's a Ten didn't have to leave Magic Weisner behind while out on the trails.
When Tarad Hill went up for sale, Meister asked if he could have Bo's a Ten to ensure Magic Weisner's heart didn't break if they became separated. After a few phone calls to Michael Blowen, the fate of the two was sealed: both would ship to Georgetown, KY, in the summer of 2020 and live out their lives at Old Friends Farm.
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