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08-02-2006, 09:40 PM
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I'm alot older than the rest of you. It was 1973 and a local sports writer is touting his chioce for the Kentucky Derby, Big Red. I was hooked for life after the Belmont that year.
My biggest thrill was going to the winners circle with my first horse and first time starter. A little 2 yo maiden filly that went wire to wire at Fairplex park in pomona, Calif. That was along time ago with a purse of $21,000 and she paid $17.60. 
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08-02-2006, 09:45 PM
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My greatest moment...mid Sept 1973, Belmont Park. It was my first time to attend live races. The featured race on the card was the inaugural running of the Marlboro Cup. It was a field of champions. The only 3yo in the race just galloped with absolute ease around that field which included the best older handicap horses in North America, running 9fl on dirt in 1:45:2 which stands to this day as the track record at Belmont Park. Unfortunately, I was a horse racing neophyte at the time and did not fully appreciate the magnitude of the horse I saw perform that day.
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08-02-2006, 10:04 PM
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1974... Hazel Park. Kathy's All Heart, Danny Scocca up. I was 16, working at the pool hall at Cass and 2nd in downtown Detroit. They sent me to bet $300 W/P on the horse. She paid $17.40. I walked out with $3500. They gave me $300. Felt like the kid in Goodfellas.
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08-02-2006, 10:26 PM
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08-02-2006, 10:38 PM
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I do love the little fella....he is what horse racing is all about to me...hes all heart.....just like me 
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08-02-2006, 10:42 PM
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Watching Captain Condo storm down the lane at Longacres, sitting on my dads shoulders, and hearing Gary Henson call "And here comes the big grey, its Captain Condo."
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08-02-2006, 10:47 PM
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My happiest (and saddest) moments recently (I'm only 19, lol, so its all recently) came in the same damn race. Intercontinental won the F&M Turf paying on my WP bet, but goddamn Ouija Board got up for 2nd by a neck over Film Maker to **** up what would have been a very nice exacta. 15/1 over 5/2 paid $131.50 for $2. I dont even want to know what 15/1 over 9/1 would have payed for $10.
Best moments were just watching Ghostzapper cruise around the track in low gear, yet still well ahead of anyone else. Wish he hadnt gotten injured last year 
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08-03-2006, 06:26 AM
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Getting about two feet away from Kelso at Delaware Park's paddock in...well a long time ago.
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08-03-2006, 06:35 AM
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08-03-2006, 06:42 AM
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Exactly why I hang out with Bill. I just keep telling him I'm old so he deosn't feel bad when he can't keep up with me..lol I have to ask you a golf question, but I'll private message you on that.
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08-03-2006, 06:52 AM
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hanging out with Bill with age you very quickly anyways...
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08-03-2006, 07:14 AM
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There's one standout moment for me - when Tempera won the BC Juvenile Fillies a few years back. She had been a monster in her first couple of starts, then had a bit of a tough trip in her 3rd to Habibti in the Del Mar Debutante. All of a sudden, she was not the buzz horse and no one really talked about her. Coming up the Juv Fillies, I thought she was very much an overlay at 10-1 or something like that; I thought the odds were ridiculous because, at her best, she was brilliant..something the other fillies were not. I would have been ecstatic at her victory without having laid a bet, but I wagered $5.00 and won a few bucks. It was sweet vindication..... of course, one of my worst/unhappiest horse racing experiences was her death the next year. Devastating
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