{{Infobox racehorse , horsename = Answer Lively , image = , caption = , sire = Lively One , grandsire =

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, dam = Twosies Answer , damsire = Two's a Plenty , sex =

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, foaled = 1996 , country =

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, breeder =

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, owner = John A. Franks , trainer = Bobby C. Barnett , record = 14: 4-4-0 , earnings = $938,296 , race = Sport of Kings Futurity (1998)

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wins:

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(1998) , awards=

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(1998) , honours = , updated= October 6, 2007 Answer Lively (1996–2003) was an American

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owned and bred by John Franks, a

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and winner of a record four Eclipse Awards for Outstanding Owner. Trained by Bobby Barnett, at age two Answer Lively made seven starts, winning four and finishing second once. He won the Sport of Kings Futurity at

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and was second in the

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before capturing the most important win of his career. The colt gave owner John Franks his first ever

winner when jockey

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rode him to victory in the

. His 1998 performances earned Answer Lively the

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as the

. At age three, Answer Lively raced seven more times, earning three seconds but without a win. In that year's

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he finished tenth then started two more times before being injured. After an eight-month layoff, in June 2000 his owner announced the colt was being retired from racing due to a hairline fracture to a sesamoid in his left front leg. Under a partnership agreement with the

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breeding farm, he was to stand there at

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in 2001. However, fertility problems led to Answer Lively being treated at John Franks Southland Division near

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. Unsuccessful, he was pensioned without ever siring any offspring and sent to live at Twin Oaks Farm near

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. In October 2003, Answer Lively's owner announced that the seven-year-old horse had died of a

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nearly six months earlier on April 28, 2003 and was buried at Twin Oaks.

References

Answer Lively's pedigree and partial racing stats

October 20, 2003 Bloodhorse article titled ''Champion Answer Lively dead''
(retrieved October 5, 2007) 1996 racehorse births 2003 racehorse deaths Thoroughbred family A24 Racehorses bred in Kentucky Racehorses trained in the United States Breeders' Cup Juvenile winners Eclipse Award winners