ALBANY, Calif. - In 2000, trainer Lonnie Arterburn was on top of the world.
Remember Sheikh, the second-best horse in his barn, won the Grade 3 El Camino Real Derby. His best horse, Rings a Chime, whom Arterburn purchased early that year for $400,000, won the Grade 1 Ashland Stakes at Keeneland and followed up with a second-place finish in the Kentucky Oaks.
But Rings a Chime suffered a career-ending injury in her next start, in the Black-Eyed Susan at Pimlico, and Remember Sheikh also suffered an injury that sent his career spiraling downward.