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Who was your first?
... your first Derby horse, that is.
... and I don't mean who you hit the big score with... I mean your first one even if you didn't have a dime on him (or her). Even if it was back when you were a kid...that's the one I want to hear about. :) |
Seattle Slew is the one that got me hooked. I remember sitting at the kitchen tables in the mornings eating my bowl of cereal and reading anything I could find that pertained to the Kentucky Derby. Back then, that was the only information we got.
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I turned 18 the day before the 2004 Derby... My brother brought me to Great Lakes downs on Derby day and I bet Friends Lake, was hooked on racing that day.
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I'm a late "bloomer"...I remember Barbaro, poor Barbaro. May he rest in peace.
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Taylor's Special in 1984.
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1976 - Bold Forbes going wire to wire over my select of Honest Pleasure
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Fly So Free
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Coronado's Quest. Was so happy when he dug in and fought off Captain Bodgit.
- Freddy Mo |
Was a big Demons Begone fan, heard he bled, wasn't really ever the same after that.
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Smarty.
Did not bet a cent... fell in love with his Cinderella story after seeing Seabiscuit. |
Genuine Risk, probably because she was a filly and everyone who 'thought' they knew anything were throwing her out because of it.
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Hindoo
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who was your first?
Count Turf in 1951; I was all of 9 years old. He was owned by a NY restaurant guy named Jack Amiel who my father had a nodding acquantaince with. Dad made a pretty nice score with the bookie, I think.
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Sunday silence
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Spend A Buck :$:
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Diabolo, lol, saw him in person and thought he was the Black Stallion, hey, at least he didn't embarass himself, ran his heart out.
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Strike The Gold
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Probably Spend A Buck, but I saw Affirmed/Alydar in person as 2yos at Saratoga.
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Spectacular Bid. :-)
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Carry Back
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