Cody Dorman, a particular younger man with a ardour for horses and horseracing, has handed away on the age of 17.

You don’t must be a horseracing fan to be touched by the story of Cody Dorman and the Thoroughbred Cody’s Want. The younger man who was born with Wolf-Hirschhorn syndrome, a uncommon genetic dysfunction which confined him to a wheelchair, met the horse when it was a five-month-old weanling at Godolphin’s Gainsborough Farm in Lexington, Kentucky. Based on Dorman’s household, the foal walked over to Cody’s wheelchair and positioned his head within the boy’s lap. A bond was shaped, a lot in order that the weanling’s house owners selected to call the racehorse Cody’s Want.

Cody’s Want went on to a stellar racing profession, successful 11 of 16 profession begins. His most up-to-date win was additionally his final earlier than retiring to stud, the $1 million Dust Mile on the Breeder’s Cup in Santa Anita, California on November 4th. It was the second time the horse had gained this wealthy race, and it was an emotional victory, with younger Dorman within the winner’s circle ready to greet the his namesake.

Sadly, it was throughout his journey dwelling to Kentucky together with his household that Dorman handed away, struggling an unspecified medical occasion.

“This heartfelt story has touched the hearts of many in and outdoors of the Thoroughbred trade,” Dan Pleasure, chief working officer of Godolphin, mentioned in an announcement, reported within the Related Press.  “And whereas Cody’s passing has saddened us, we discover consolation in understanding that Cody discovered many joyous moments throughout this journey together with his greatest pal, Cody’s Want. Our hearts are with the Dorman household.”

You possibly can watch the Breeders Cup Dust Mile right here:

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