Thank you everyone for your messages. I can’t even pull myself together right now or know when I will ever be able too. Maple leaf Mel’s health and happiness took priority over my own for the last two years and now I’m lost without her. She was a true Grade 1 champion 💔
Thank you everyone for the kind messages🙏🏼 while I try to distract myself in work and be there for my team this has been very hard for me. I wake up in tears and wonder how could God take her from me but nothing will bring her back 😢
Mel’s Baby Sister.🦄That’s her name 🤍 since June. I decided if someone was going to reside in Maple Leaf Mel’s stall it would be her. I thought it was a terrible name but maybe now I look at it differently 🖤🤍🩷😢
Mel’s Baby Sister, a 2-year-old filly, has been given the stall of the late Maple Leaf Mel. Trainer
@melgidd1
put her in on Wednesday. She is a daughter of Cross Traffic, the same sire as Maple Leaf Mel, but not related. Won’t run at Saratoga, maybe October downstate.
🥹 When Cody’s Wish didn’t win and I lost Maple Leaf Mel 🦄 I felt as though it was the worst day ever! To think that I’m the sadness of defeat all they thought about was me is so incredibly sweet🩷 I hope to meet Cody Dorman one day to tell him what an inspiration he is to me
💕Mel's Baby Sister gets it done!
#9
MEL'S BABY SISTER ($12.40) earns her first career victory against fellow NY-breds in the 7th at Aqueduct. She was ridden by
@DavisJockey
for trainer Melanie Giddings and August Dawn Farm.
@mandalay117
🦄 If ever there was a painting of Maple Leaf Mel 🩷 this is it⬇️ WOW 🤩. The compassion for our athletes are so amazing and I will cherish this forever 🙏🏼
It’s round ✌🏻of chemo 🤢and I’m so grateful for all the positive people supporting me💕 I wonder if the people who think wearing a mask 😷 is so bad want to trade me places 🤷🏼♀️🤔. I have no immune system at this point. Do your part people!!!
#fuckcancer
#MaskOn
When $3,500 is a small price to pay 💰 for the ones we love 🤎 FIGHT 🦄
You are appropriately named💪🏼 and I would do it all over again 🤦🏼♀️
#itsjustmoney
lol please don’t colic again ☹️
First1️⃣day of chemo and a better life 🥳 I chose to be positive in that I demanded answers and was finally heard. No your body when something is wrong. As if dealing with 2️⃣0️⃣2️⃣0️⃣ wasn’t enough🙄😷
#fuckcancer
#coronavirusyear
No words describe how much this ⬇️ horse means to me 🥺. He is an example of what giving a horse proper love and care will do for you. I’m so proud of you today FIGHT 🦄
🦄💨💨💨 Mel’s Baby Sister( NY bred Cross Traffic)
@spendthriftfarm
and Devil 😈 At Midnight 🕛 ( KY bred Unified) putting in some strong 💪🏼 works this morning at the spa 🎪
How incredibly sad 😞 for this family who ended the journey with Cody’s Wish on a high note. Almost as if two souls were truly connected for the magical ride. 💔
Heartbreaking news from the Dorman family, in a statement from them delivered this morning via Godolphin:
“We are heartbroken to share the news that our beloved Cody suffered a medical event on our trip home to Kentucky yesterday and he has passed away.”
Full story to follow.
RIP my friend 💔. You were there for me in so many ways you’ll never know. I will miss your sweet face in the barn and listening to you scream at me 💙 you are the best boy in the world 🌎 rest easy 🙏🏼😢
My first real scan after 6️⃣chemotherapy 2️⃣5️⃣ Radiation ☢️ and 3️⃣Brachytherapy, I am all clear 🥳🥳🥳 I am so grateful for everyday of my life 💙and my badass surgeon 👩🏼⚕️ Erika! Thank you to everyone who reached out during my cancer journey 🙏🏼 cheers 🥂 to many more years👊🏼
Today is my last day of radiation 🥳2️⃣5️⃣✅‼️ I’ve never been so happy in my life. It’s been a long 9️⃣ months but I made it 💪🏼. Cancer can kiss 💋 my a🍑
Mel's Angel, trained by
@melgidd1
, is entered in a maiden special weight tomorrow at Belmont at the Big A. Her first outing was at Saratoga this summer.
I said to my nurse 👩🏼⚕️ I cant believe you remember me from soooo many people that come through here a day!...”you’re the horse woman” 🤣😆 makes total sense🤦🏼♀️ not realizing my attire, or TV 📺 choice 3 down/ 3 to go💪🏼
@TVG
👀
@KYDownsRacing
💘 in honor of Valentines Day it’s just another reason to spoil this ⬇️ guy on his birthday 🥳 HAPPY BIRTHDAY 🎈
FIGHT🥊 you e brought so much joy to my life
On
#Saratoga
Showcase Day, we'd be remiss not to mention a
#NYbred
that's been on a lot of minds, particularly since she won the Seeking the Ante. If you'd like to honor Maple Leaf Mel, shown w/Alejandro Alarçon that day, consider a donation to
@Grayson_JC
or a
@TBaftercare
-org.
PET scan results came back good 🙌🏼 I’m so thankful 🙏🏼 to continue my regular life. Thank you all for the positive thoughts 💕 Here’s to a good opening week at the spa 🎪
🐣HAPPY EASTER everyone 😊 not their dinners are any less exotic any other day 🤣. But I wouldn’t spend it any other way 🩵 God bless the life I am so fortunate to live everyday 🙏🏼
#HappyEasterSunday
#megracingllc
🖤🤍🩷
Everyone has heard of undefeated MAPLE LEAF MEL, but now it’s time to meet Mel’s Angel (Leofric) (📸) - trained by
@melgidd1
and set to debut tomorrow at the Spa!
@katiep_tdn
sits down with Melanie, who shares her story in this new TDNtv feature:
A stress-free experience when going to the hospital is important to everyone right?? Its especially scary for foals-we try to have Moms♥️around whenever possible.This STB foal required some intense treatments for severe bone infection but a calm Mom ‘in the wings’ really helped😇
🙏🏼 I feel so honored to have not only met Blu, but he came out one morning at Pimlico to watch Maple Leaf Mel train. So many stories from Coach saying Blu’s favorite line “the paper boy bets $2,000”. His passion for the game is unreal 🤎
As we gather with friends and family, difficult to report that Leon Bluciwicz ~ the game ‘s venerable and treasured ‘Blu’ ~ is in dire health and under hospice care at Johns Hopkins. Please think about him and his 8 decades in the game as you give thanks for your blessings.. 💙🙏
I’m so grateful for the support of my owners 🙏🏼 and the horses on our team! I know she learned a lot today and can expect better things from this spicy 🌶️ girl 😈 next time out 🩷
I was a little taken back by the comment on TVG about how they don’t use lasix in other parts of the world so we should just deal with it. Aren’t you the same people who say to take a bet on a horse coming from other parts because they are on first time lasix? 🤷🏼♀️🤔
I had the pleasure of meeting this amazing couple 🩷 and absolutely love what they do! These are top notch Breeders who deserve good things. Always about the horse and not the latest market price!
1️⃣⬇️ and 2️⃣4️⃣✅to go of radiation ☢️ after 6️⃣ rounds of the strongest chemo treatments possible I will not complain❗️so here’s to the next 5️⃣weeks 🥂to a cancer free life💙
Chemo 5️⃣✅ thank god!! The next one will hopefully 🤞🏼be the last and then on to radiation. First scan since diagnosis will be January 4th. Here’s to wishing for a better year in 2021 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼
This ⬇️ is disturbing 😳. I mean has anything actually gotten better since HISA?! How did we start something like this before starting uniform medication rules everywhere?! And simply stricter testing
“Nest, she makes my morning”
Hear from Nora McCormack, the exercise rider for Nest on her experience with the accomplished filly who just came back from a 9 month rest to win the Grade 2 Shuvee Stakes at
#Saratoga
.
I’m so confused by this 🤔 like did
@RSantana_Jr
turn white? Or
@BridgmohanShaun
when he ran second to California Chrome in 2014. Or this a desperate attempt to pretend the world 🌎 is United as one 🤷🏼♀️🤣
First week back
@ChurchillDowns
and of all the faces I could see
@DeckTheStalls
was the highlight of the week 🥰 We’re just ✌🏻badass women out here living our best life 💪🏼 showing cancer the door👉🏼 🚪 Thanks for the selfie 💜
There will not come another like Blu.. a direct connection to the game’s last 8+ decades. His wit and wisdom engaged all that listened and enhanced their enjoyment and understanding of the sport. Will be forever grateful for his friendship and generous spirit. 💙
Win #️⃣4️⃣‼️⚜️🍾🥳 for
@BridgmohanShaun
@fairgroundsnola
on Thanksgiving Day🦃 I’m thankful for you picking me up off the floor the last 5️⃣ months 🙏🏼 here is to many more winners 🏆🙌🏼
Geaux Bridgy!!! Wins the Gr2 Muniz Memorial Classic on Factor This for
@bradcoxracing
@BridgmohanShaun
closing out the fairgrounds meet with another win 💙🙌🏼🥳🐎🐎🐎
🗣 “I had to try & be strong to make this trip”...
A year ago, Cindy Hutter suffered a serious brain injury in a training track accident. Today, she watched CRIMSON ADVOCATE win at
@Ascot
💪
#RoyalAscot