WASHINGTON _ Vice President Mike Pence says Triple Crown winner American Pharoah bit him hard enough on the arm during a 2018 visit to Kentucky that he nearly collapsed.
But farm manager Dermot Ryan, who was there as Pence was presented with an American Pharoah halter, said Friday it would be out of character for a horse he described as "sweet."
"If he gave someone a nasty bite, I'd know it," Ryan said. He said Coolmore's Ashford Stud in Versailles was "very honored" to have the vice president visit and called him "very pleasant."
