Found some old programs...

[Sightseek]

Originally Posted by blackthroatedwind

Or even Believe It or Sauce Boat.

Them too!

I did see the epic battle of Hello Broadway and Imperial Council. Surely that is going to be worth something in 30 years.

[blackthroatedwind]

Originally Posted by Sightseek

Them too!

I did see the epic battle of Hello Broadway and Imperial Council. Surely that is going to be worth something in 30 years.

Boy, it sure seemed like it might have been more meaningful.

Here's how pathetic ( and narcissistic ) I am....that Alydar maiden race was ( shockingly ) a key race. Calligraphy ( who I believe was a Greentree horse....as my first thought was Woody but he trained Believe It ) returned on a day I was at Belmont. In those days Harvey Pack used to interview handicappers between races on Saturdays on TV, and I made my debut picking Calligraphy. He ran second to a firster who I think was named Cloud Forest.

[Sightseek]

Originally Posted by blackthroatedwind

Boy, it sure seemed like it might have been more meaningful.

Here's how pathetic ( and narcissistic ) I am....that Alydar maiden race was ( shockingly ) a key race. Calligraphy ( who I believe was a Greentree horse....as my first thought was Woody but he trained Believe It ) returned on a day I was at Belmont. In those days Harvey Pack used to interview handicappers between races on Saturdays on TV, and I made my debut picking Calligraphy. He ran second to a firster who I think was named Cloud Forest.

You debuted on October 1, 1977! The racing isn't as good now, but at least we have better technology to quickly and freely learn:

Calligraphy
http://www.equibase.com/premium/eqbH...563&registry=T

Cloud Forest
http://www.equibase.com/premium/eqbH...862&registry=T

[richard]

Sweet Bernice , daughter of Speak John . And Sauce Boat, sire of Barbicue Sauce ( dam of Tabasco Cat). . Makes me think of Ham Sandwich.

[blackthroatedwind]

Maybe Cloud Forest was Greentree.

Mac Diarmida finished third in that maiden race.

[blackthroatedwind]

Sauce Boat won the Arlington-Washingto Futurity and was third or fourth in Alydar's Champagne victory over Affirmed.

God racing was great back then.

John Imbriale brought in an old OTB entry sheet from Belmont in 1977 the other day. There were some great names on it. But none bigger than the horse that won the finale.....Lebon.

[alysheba4]

Originally Posted by Sightseek

You debuted on October 1, 1977! The racing isn't as good now, but at least we have better technology to quickly and freely learn:

Calligraphy
http://www.equibase.com/premium/eqbH...563&registry=T

Cloud Forest
http://www.equibase.com/premium/eqbH...862&registry=T

......throat was what, 12 years old

[Sightseek]

Originally Posted by alysheba4

......throat was what, 12 years old

He was a prodigy.

[slotdirt]

Man, this is some good stuff. The only good program I have in my possession is from the Laurel Futurity in November 2005.

[Hickory Hill Hoff]

Linny, a lot of your programs were BEFORE my time but, I do have a lot from 1986 - today.......including Pine Bluff 's maiden breaker (which I saw in person) from the Spa. Most of my old programs are in the back of the closet or in the garage attic along with many DRF Racing Forms from the late 80's into the 90's.

[blackthroatedwind]

Originally Posted by alysheba4

......throat was what, 12 years old

15.

I'm an old codger.

[Linny]

I also have a vast collection of Thoroughbred Record issues from 1976-78 and tons of BH issues from the early to mid 80's. If I start selecting articles from some of those to post we'll have a 100 page thread in no time.

I found the maiden breaker notice in an old TR today for Alleged. He broke his maiden as a late 2yo, at the Curagh IIIRC.

[keithting]

The first program that I just pulled out of my "large stash"

November 2, 1985 - Aqueduct
1st Race

1 Ketoh
1A Louisiana Slew
2 Papal Power
3 Au Bon Marche
4 Danzig Connection
5 Mogambo
6 Scat Dancer
7 Tasso
8 Mr. Classic
9 Real Courage
10 Groovy
11 Regal Dreamer
12 Storm Cat

(On the last page of the program - Robert Brennan of 1st Jersey Securities exclaims that "horse racing is entering into an exciting new era of growth and opportunity")

Of course, Tasso won the Breeders Cup Juvenile that year for Neil Drysdale and Laffit Pincay, Jr. (and things didn't turn out too well for Mr. Brennan).

I remember sitting in the grandstand 2nd level and mid-stretch on a blustery, cold day. Gotta love it !!!

[Linny]

For Your Pleasure, Morning Frolic, Believe It, Sauce Boat, Junction and Alydar were all SW's. Historically was a SP winner.

Calligraphy was Mill House (by Art and Letters) and Woody did train him. He and Believe It were uncoupled.

Cool thing to me was how many outstanding mares I saw and who they eventually produced.

[Port Conway Lane]

Originally Posted by Linny

For Your Pleasure, Morning Frolic, Believe It, Sauce Boat, Junction and Alydar were all SW's. Historically was a SP winner.

Calligraphy was Mill House (by Art and Letters) and Woody did train him. He and Believe It were uncoupled.

Cool thing to me was how many outstanding mares I saw and who they eventually produced.

None as influential to the breed as Mississippi Mud, dam of Dixieland Band.

Hold on to those programs, if for nothing else than to be able to look back and reminisce when in the future someone on a message board talks about their old programs and you suddenly realize you threw all of yours away

[blackthroatedwind]

Originally Posted by Port Conway Lane

None as influential to the breed as Mississippi Mud, dam of Dixieland Band.

Hold on to those programs, if for nothing else than to be able to look back and reminisce when in the future someone on a message board talks about their old programs and you suddenly realize you threw all of yours away

Or a flood in your storage room ruined them.

A tragedy.

[Port Conway Lane]

Originally Posted by blackthroatedwind

Or a flood in your storage room ruined them.

A tragedy.

Now that's truly sad.

[blackthroatedwind]

Originally Posted by Port Conway Lane

Now that's truly sad.

Pristine copies of the first few Marlboro Cups....Onion's Whitney over Secretariat. It makes me want to cry thinking about it.

[Indian Charlie]

I remember looking at the program one day at the track, I think Del Mar.

I saw a 2yo debuting that had my birthday. Since he was by Nijinsky, I went over to look him over in the walking ring and thought something like, wow, what a magnificent looking horse. I thought about keeping the program, but since I was only 18 years old or so, I had no use for sentiment. It was Ferdinand, and the race turned out to be a pretty good field, if I remember correctly.

Wish I'd have kept the Snow Chief msw program, Melairs last start, Swear, Akinemod and Lakeways programs.

Oh well.

[Port Conway Lane]

Originally Posted by blackthroatedwind

Pristine copies of the first few Marlboro Cups....Onion's Whitney over Secretariat. It makes me want to cry thinking about it.

Well at least your friends who couldn't think of what to get you for your birthday have a myriad of ideas now. Better than that Zenyatta paperweight.