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05-26-2007, 05:07 PM
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earlie fires tribute thread...
just won the hanshin at arlington a un freaking real ride at 80 TO FREAKING 1
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05-26-2007, 07:34 PM
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Dam it I need to keep track of horses I've played in the past. I was all over him at the Oaklawn Meet and now he goes onto win at these odds.
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05-26-2007, 09:28 PM
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Very cool! I need to find a replay.....
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05-27-2007, 12:16 AM
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Was watching the race on TVG...masterful ride by Fires...the 3/2 was poised to blow past him just past the top of the stretch and he asked for more and cruised home...80-1!!! Wish I had played him today!
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05-27-2007, 06:59 AM
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I was just browsing through results at DRF and when I saw the Hanshin, I thought to myself that it had to be a wire job so I look at the chart and sure enough, there it is. Typical Earlie, go to the front and improve your position.
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05-27-2007, 07:36 AM
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Turned 60 this year. Won 6,000+ races. '68 Derby finished 3rd, moved up (Dancers Image/F Pass race). Won a G3 at Arlington on the turf last year at 40-1. Now this. Guy's amazing.
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#12
05-27-2007, 07:46 AM
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Bloodhorse article with link to video
http://news.bloodhorse.com/viewstory.asp?id=39103 Trained by his brother William “Jinks” Fires, they were second in the Derby Trial at CD last year.
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"We are buried beneath the weight of information, which is being confused with knowledge; quantity is being confused with abundance and wealth with happiness. We are monkeys with money and guns. " ~ Tom Waits
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05-27-2007, 08:16 AM
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I was at that race; I made a last minute decision to go yesterday even though the weather was abismal.
Earlie took that fabulous boy from gate to wire. And well, I bet 2 bucks to win on Spotsgone. I'm still reeling a little this morning. $165 is a really nice take, and helped me to break even for the day (it was pretty much a favorite's day at Arlington). Largest amount of money I have won since Hal's My Hope came in at Gulfstream at 107 to 1 in February and my take was $218 on a 2 buck bet. And this morning I read Earlie is 60 years old, and that info just blew me away.
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--A horse is a beautiful animal, but it is perhaps most remarkable because it moves as if it always hears music -- Mark Helprin
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05-27-2007, 10:17 AM
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When we go to the track, my mom is always still blown away by the fact that when she was a kid, she got to see Earlie ride at Arlington -- and then she got to bring me to see him when I was a kid. Now I'm 24 and she's 50 and he's still riding. It's incredible, really.
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05-27-2007, 05:17 PM
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I hope Earlie tomorrow can do an encore for everyone tomorrow in Texas,
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#16
05-27-2007, 07:10 PM
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earlie fires tribute thread....
Just days before this past Christmas I wrapped up my last business trip of the year seated on a flight next to Earlie from Albany to Chicago. Since my first job had been at Arlington Park when I was 14 years old and about the time he first started riding at Arlington in the late 60's, it was a big thrill to talk with him. He is, by far, my all-time favorite jock. He is a great guy...and a perfect gentleman! He insisted on running down the aisle from the last row of the plane to assist every woman put her bag in the overhead luggage compartment. His height is about four foot nothing so I LMAO watching him each time as he climbed up and stood on the outside arm rests of the aisle seats in order to reach the overhead storage space to put the bags up for each woman he assisted.
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05-27-2007, 07:24 PM
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I saw him today talking to some people on the first floor. Good ole cowboy....
By the way, I absolutely love Steve Hobby. I NAILED that 7th race today where it ran 1-7-8, had the exacta for $20 and $200 win/place on the 7...HELLO BANKROLL for Toga
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#18
05-27-2007, 09:47 PM
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quick Fires memory
about 20 yrs ago ( and i thought he was an oldtimer then ) Fires rode a horse for me for the first time. i joked with him when i saw him glancing at the tote board when he got his leg up on the horse. i asked " hey earlie why ya looking at the tote board?" he answered me back in one second in his great cowboy drawl of sorts " what the board got to do with it ". i have thought to this day, what a great answer!
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