Thursday's feature @ the Big A

[blackthroatedwind]

Originally Posted by Hickory Hill Hoff

The "Don Rickles" Stake??? "YOU...HOCKEY PUCK!!!"
What's next the "Michael Richards" purse, restricted to non bay or gray horses

Don Rickles was a pretty nice horse ( early 80s I think ) owned by ted Sabrese and trained by John Parisella.

Originally Posted by blackthroatedwind

Don Rickles was a pretty nice horse ( early 80s I think ) owned by ted Sabrese and trained by John Parisella.

1981 to be exact. However, there was also a Don Rickles in 1957--go figure. The 1981 DR wont the Nashua, 2nd in the Hopeful and Tropical Park Derby.

[blackthroatedwind]

Thanks. I thought he was second in the Hopeful. Rockhill Native beat him perhaps?

I think it was Capitol South

[blackthroatedwind]

Originally Posted by eurobounce

I think it was Capitol South

I thought Capital South was 1983. I know he was a Darby Dan horse and he may never have run again...or not for quite a while.

Originally Posted by blackthroatedwind

I thought Capital South was 1983. I know he was a Darby Dan horse and he may never have run again...or not for quite a while.

1983 is correct, but wasnt that the year Don Rickles raced in the Hopeful. I know CS died in 2005. He had some promise that is for sure.

[Linny]

Timely Writer won the 81 Hopeful.

[Kasept]

Originally Posted by blackthroatedwind

Don Rickles was a pretty nice horse ( early 80s I think ) owned by ted Sabrese and trained by John Parisella.

John Parisella... trainer to the stars... And devourer of Donnie Tessitore's eggplant parm at our Sunday Buffets at the Spa...

(Where's Dixie when you need him? He can tell the Frankel-Parisella story..)