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Old 04-25-2019, 08:37 AM
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I am in for a wager in Joe's honor.

He was a real character, needless to say, but had a tremendous passion for the game and had really developed as a handicapper. Such a tremendous loss for his young sons and your heart really breaks for them.

RIP.
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Old 04-25-2019, 10:35 AM
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You don't often see someone make an image comeback like RHT pulled off. I think it's fair to say that he was not taken seriously early on here at Derby Trail. But he stayed with it, got sharper, and slowly earned the respect of many. (Talk about long odds.) I really admired him for that.
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Old 04-25-2019, 12:00 PM
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You don't often see someone make an image comeback like RHT pulled off. I think it's fair to say that he was not taken seriously early on here at Derby Trail. But he stayed with it, got sharper, and slowly earned the respect of many. (Talk about long odds.) I really admired him for that.
And he took a lot of sh*t without blowing a gasket which I admired and could only hope to learn from.. His passing hits me harder than the passing of a lot of people I actually know...
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Old 04-25-2019, 03:05 PM
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And he took a lot of sh*t without blowing a gasket which I admired and could only hope to learn from.. His passing hits me harder than the passing of a lot of people I actually know...
Brutal. Well put Jim. my feelings exactly. Things that happen to people are hard to ever come to grips with. This news leaves me at a total loss.
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Old 04-25-2019, 04:49 PM
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Shame. Way too young.

Thoughts and prayers go out to him and his family. !!
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Old 04-25-2019, 08:17 PM
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As we did for Steve Dellinger after his untimely passing, and at the perfect suggestion of Hossy, RHT will be memorialized here with the Selections Room rechristened as the 'Joe Silverio Simulcast Center'..
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Old 04-26-2019, 06:14 AM
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As we did for Steve Dellinger after his untimely passing, and at the perfect suggestion of Hossy, RHT will be memorialized here with the Selections Room rechristened as the 'Joe Silverio Simulcast Center'..
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Old 04-26-2019, 12:22 PM
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As we did for Steve Dellinger after his untimely passing, and at the perfect suggestion of Hossy, RHT will be memorialized here with the Selections Room rechristened as the 'Joe Silverio Simulcast Center'..
cheers Steve....
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