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Artax (1995–2012) was an American Champion Thoroughbred racehorse. He was named after a horse featured in the children's fantasy novel The Neverending Story. Artax equaled or broke three track records during the 1999 racing season when he won the Breeders' Cup Sprint, Carter Handicap and Forest Hills Handicap. Those victories, coupled with a win in the Vosburgh Stakes, earned him that year's Eclipse Award as champion sprinter.
During the 1999 running of the Maryland Breeders' Cup, an inebriated man (Lee Chang Ferrell) walked under the rail at Pimlico Racecourse on Preakness Day and stood in front of the field. As Artax came by, he attempted to hit him and the horse moved over several paths, making contact with other horses and wrenching his ankle. Ferrell was not injured. All betting money on the horse, who was the 4/5 favorite, was refunded.
Artax was retired to stud in 2000. He stood at several farms, including Clermont Farm in New York, Taylor Made Farm in Kentucky and Diamond G Ranch in Edmond, Oklahoma before being moved to Haras Santa Tereza do Bom Retiro in Brazil. His most notable offspring include Diabolical, winner of the Alfred Vanderbilt Handicap, and Grade I winner Friendly Michelle.
Atreyu tries to save Artax from the swamp of sadness. Neverending Story
TVG looks back at Artax and his victory in the 1999 Breeders' Cup Sprint at Gulfstream Park
The NeverEnding Story movie clips: http://j.mp/1JdRYJD BUY THE MOVIE: http://j.mp/VMzSXi Don't miss the HOTTEST NEW TRAILERS: http://bit.ly/1u2y6pr CLIP DESCRIPTION: Atreyu (Noah Hathaway) and his horse Artax enter the Swamp of Sadness, but only one survives. FILM DESCRIPTION: Wolfgang Petersen adapted Michael Ende's children's story for this charming fantasy film that spawned several sequels. Bastian (Barret Oliver) is dealing with his mother's recent death. His father (Gerald McRaney) is an imperious sort who continually lambastes Bastian for daydreaming and falling behind in school. On top of his father's badgering, he has to contend with a bunch of school bullies waiting for him in the schoolyard. One day he decides to play hooky and walks into a strange bookstore, where in the attic...
Artax
Andromeda - The Remixes - 2005
I sit here, Looking on, Towards this light, In your eyes
Hypnotized, Memorized, Awkward silence, Was the sign
Stoned to death, Failed to please, Sinking in, Murder
I'll die, In time, This time, I'll die
Save me from this nothing
Why, won't you let, go, I'm killing myself through my senses
Why, why won't you, let go, I'm killing myself through you
Why won't you try?
Don't let this sadness take you
You've crossed this desert of shattered hopes
If you die I'll have nothing, don't leave me alone
I wont let you, drown in yourself
Please try. Move or you'll die, drown in lies. Why
Don't let this sadness take you.
They gave me a sign as I looked in their eyes. Their eyes
Call my name
Your life's in my voice and I'll try. I'll try
The nothing can't stop me now
Nothing can stop me now
Nothing can stop me now
Nothing, nothing can stop me
Nothing, he died in your eyes