Calumet Farm as seen from the air. Seven hundred and sixty-two acres the night watchman and security is responsible for checking each night. Copyright Google Maps.

The Calumet office/stallion barn in contained in one building. The entrance to the office is on the right from the parking lot and the breezeway attaches to three buildings on the left.  Copyright Google Earth.

An outside view of Calumet’s office/stallion barn. The three red awning windows on the right represent the three stalls on that side of the barn. You can see the breezeway behind the lone horse grazing. Alton Stone said he and Keed Highley sat in the breezeway before Alydar’s injury. Copyright Blaine Harrington. All rights reserved.

Inside the Calumet stallion barn. Alydar’s stall is on the left next to the office door. Affirmed was stalled next to Alydar, the second door on the left. 

Dixon’s picture of the sheared off roller bracket next to where it was attached the night of the incident. He testified he found it in the middle of the aisle and moved it to the position shown in the photo. Photo copyright Tom Dixon.

Dixon’s photo of Alydar’s right rear leg after it was wrapped by Dr. Lynda Stewart the night of Alydar’s injury. Notice the small amount of blood in the hay. Photo copyright Tom Dixon.

Dixon photographs the front of Alydar’s stall door, but cuts off the top and bottom without explanation. There are no visible signs of hoof marks or damage to the red paint. It is unclear if the photo was taken the night of the incident or the next day. Photo copyright Tom Dixon.

Dixon takes a picture of the interior of Alydar’s stall, which he believes shows that Alydar has a history of kicking his stall door with his rear feet. This would be disputed by Alydar’s grooms. The door is the original from the time the barn was built and many horses have inhabited the stall. If there was any mark that was fresh or looked like it was related to Alydar’s injury, Dixon did not take a photograph of it. Photo copyright Tom Dixon.

The veterinarians splint Alydar’s leg the evening of the incident, and decide to come back the next day for surgery. Photo copyright Tom Dixon.

Alydar being led into Calumet’s clinic the day after his injury by Cowboy Kipp as Sandy Hatfield looks on. Bramlage and Baker are bringing up the rear. Photo copyright Tom Dixon.

Dixon’s photograph of Alydar’s x-ray showing the broken right cannon bone. The original x-rays and medical records would disappear from Calumet’s clinic. Photo copyright Tom Dixon.

Dixon’s photograph of the x-ray showing Alydar’s surgical repair. Photo copyright Tom Dixon.

Dixon last photograph was of Alydar’s grave. Photograph copyright Tom Dixon.

Calumet’s undated press release advising Alydar was euthanized and buried on the Farm. 

Calumet’s undated press release advising of Alydar’s injury and surgery. Of note is the description of injury: “Alydar kicked his stall door with his right hind leg…” 

Linda Stewart’s “Veterinarian’s Report” dated November 20, 1990 in which she states the probable cause of injury was  “trauma-kicked stall door/wall.” 

Dixon’s first report dated November 16, 1990. Dixon took notes contemporaneously with his interviews. He wrote, “According to Mr. Lundy, the horse had been seen at about 9;30 pm that evening and was showing no problems whatsoever…about 10 pm a loud noise was heard from the stall of Alydar (the farm office is located in the stallion barn). This was the when the stallion was checked and it was found he had kicked the bottom portion of the stall door with his right rear leg and in the process fractured the cannon bone.”

Dr. Larry Bramlage’s report dated November 20, 1990. The report contains no description of how Alydar fractured his right leg. It does summarize Alydar’s treatment and surgery.

Dr. William Baker’s report dated November 23, 1990. Baker writes Alydar’s injury was caused when he “kicked stall door.”

Dixon’s second report dated November 26, 1990. Dixon retracts Lundy’s original story that “about 10 pm a loud noise was heard from the stall of Alydar (the farm office is located in the stallion barn). This was the when the stallion was checked and it was found he had kicked the bottom portion of the stall door…” Instead, Dixon writes “no one was present in the stallion barn or stallion office at the time the episode occurred. Mr. Lundy mentioned to us, however, that on previous occassions workers…had heard Alydar kicking his stall door.” The retraction would become a feature of Dixon’s cross-examination at trial. Dixon concluded “It was assumed that the injury to the right hind leg had occurred as a result of a kick to to the door.” Dixon forwards a copy of Alton Stone’s statement.

Alton Stone’s transcribed statement taken by Tom Dixon on November 19, 1990, six days after Alydar was injured. Courtesy of Keeneland Library.

Dixon’s third report dated November 29, 1990. Dixon forwards Baker’s report in which Baker said Alydar “kicked stall door.”

Dixon’s fourth report dated December 7, 1990. The claim is over with nothing new to report. Dixon sends his final bill.

A timeline of Calumet’s finances. The Farm’s finances were worse than previously known. Before Alydar’s death, the State of Kentucky had filed a $4 million dollar lien, and Calumet had missed its $1.3 million dollar interest payment on Mogambo.

George Pratt’s report dated Febraury 13, 1999. Pratt was the prosecution’s expert for Lundy’s sentencing trial. Pratt believed based on his calculations that Alydar could not have generated the force required to shear off the metal bolts when kicking the stall door. He testified that the lip on the original bolts in the cement core showed they had been broken from outside the stall. It was his opinion that the bracket found was a “throw down” because the bolts shown in Dixon’s photos were not consistent with the original bolts. His opinion was Alydar was intentionally injured by tying a rope around his leg, running it through the stall door bars and pulling it with farm machinery.

The floor bolts taken out of the floor from Alydar’s stall and presented at trial as a cement core. The original bolts (arrows)  appear as if they have been cut off flat. Copyright Jupiter Entertainment.

Lundy’s handwritten notes taken from him when he was arrested. Lundy discusses his questioning by the FBI which centered around Cihak and his people, Stone, and security. When asked about Calumet’s financial condition, Lundy says they were late sometimes but able to pay their bills. He discusses various business deals, and seems particularly worried that he signed a loan document without his now ex-wife Cindy’s knowledge. It’s an interesting document, and shows that while Lundy was not well educated, he did know a great deal about his business deals. Enough to know that he needed a document from Cindy to get out from under her forged signature.

Gary Matthews “Doomsday Memo” dated September 20, 1989. The memo sets out Calumet’s dire financial straits as of September 1989. He says Calumet needs to “put a deal together which would raise $6,000,00 to $7,000,000…soon.” He also alludes to Cihak owing Calumet money but that he “has skillfully put himself in a position with Calumet which makes him a critical partyin its transactions to reduce its debt…You may want to tell Frank that if he puts a deal together, the farm would forgive part of the note as a form of compensation…” The prosecution characterized it as a bribe.

Alydar’s stall circa 2017 showing the replacement of the cement core where the roller bracket was taken for evidence as well as the hardware layout of the stall door which has not changed since it was originally built.