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cmorioles 12-24-2007 10:12 AM

Dale Baird dead in accident
 
From a local station in WVA:

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Top Horse Trainer Passes Away

Mountaineer Casino, Resort & Racetrack confirmed their top winning horse trainer, Dale Baird, died in a car accident Sunday. NEWS9’s Chandi Lowry will have a complete reports coming up on NEWS9 Midday

hoovesupsideyourhead 12-24-2007 10:21 AM

thats sad rip

Coach Pants 12-24-2007 10:22 AM


Mag 12-24-2007 10:31 AM

This looks like the accident, he was on his way to Illinois with his GF:
http://www.indystar.com/apps/pbcs.dl...363/1006/LOCAL

Kasept 12-24-2007 11:02 AM

Wow.. Just awful. 2 teens killed as well. Very sad.

Winningest trainer in racing history (9,445).

More on accident: http://www.greenfieldreporter.com/ar...24/news/01.txt

Bit on Baird: http://www.hbpa.org/HorsemensJournal...asp?section=7b

Hard to believe but the NTRA does't even have a bio page for Baird.

GPK 12-24-2007 12:09 PM

WOW...incredibly sad. Da Mountain will never be the same.

RIP D.B.:(

cowgirlintexas 12-24-2007 01:50 PM

Wow.. How surprising and so dang sad... Always bet a few on his horses.. God Speed Dale and my prayers go out to everyone who knew him.

somerfrost 12-24-2007 01:58 PM

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Originally Posted by cowgirlintexas
Wow.. How surprising and so dang sad... Always bet a few on his horses.. God Speed Dale and my prayers go out to everyone who knew him.


RIP...I remember how Mario Benito tried so hard to beat him out for trainer with most wins year after year but he never quite made it...one year he lost by one when his 4 horses running the last day of the year all came up short...Mario passed on a few years back, may they both return as they left...winners!

ArlJim78 12-24-2007 02:04 PM

kev said it, the mountain will not be the same without Baird. this guy was like a machine, buying horses and winning races year after year. a sad and tragic day for all involved in that wreck.:(

ALostTexan 12-24-2007 02:17 PM

This is just awful for everyone involved. RIP to all involved...

cmorioles 12-24-2007 02:20 PM

It was very sad, but especially so for the two teens. Driving with an empty trailer in poor weather wasn't too bright.

IrishofNDMan 12-24-2007 02:31 PM

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Originally Posted by cmorioles
It was very sad, but especially so for the two teens. Driving with an empty trailer in poor weather wasn't too bright.

sad for everyone, especially those two teens who got tangled up in this mess.

azerica 12-24-2007 02:55 PM

Oh how awful. RIP Dale....

declansharbor 12-24-2007 04:19 PM

My heart goes out to those affected by this tragedy.

mclem10011 12-24-2007 08:05 PM

That's so sad......
 
My condolences to all the families. RIP

deltagulf 12-24-2007 08:45 PM

very sad time for all the families involved. my condolences to all.:(

mik9872 12-26-2007 10:45 AM

Hall of Fame
 
Hard to believe Baird is not in the Hall Of Fame.

cmorioles 12-26-2007 11:11 AM

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Originally Posted by mik9872
Hard to believe Baird is not in the Hall Of Fame.

This seems to be a common theme lately. I can see both sides of the coin here. Certainly, he has won a ton of races, the most in history. However, he has done it at a very low level of racing.

Waterford Park, to equate to baseball, probably wasn't even single A level racing, more like rookie ball. Horses that couldn't win at Pen and CT and Tdn and Beu wound up at Mnr. So, again with the baseball, does a guy that hits 350 at single A wind up in Cooperstown?

Coach Pants 12-26-2007 11:33 AM

He not only needs to be in the Hall of Fame, he needs a statue in his likeness at Churchill Downs.


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