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11-27-2007, 05:10 AM
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Riding immortal Bill Hartack dies at 74
Found dead in Texas cabin where he had arrived for an annual hunting trip..
 Marcus Hersch DRF obit: http://www.drf.com/news/article/90630.html Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Hartack HOF page: http://www.racingmuseum.org/hall/jockey.asp?ID=189 Hartack winning 1956 Preakness on Fabius, over Needles (Newsreel footage.. Starts at 4:01 and continues to Nashua winning Camden H. breaking Citation's earning mark): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3pZaJ1uEkxo 1964 Derby (:56-3:10 of Canadian TV report of Northern Dancer's death): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mjA3-P3hpAY Outstanding 1969 Preakness (Hartack-Majestic Prince; Baeza-Arts and Letters): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sQ1VB...eature=related
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11-27-2007, 08:26 AM
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2 great articles from TIME..
1955 with Hartack on cover: http://www.time.com/time/printout/0,8816,861684,00.html 1958 with Hialeah as the backdrop: http://www.time.com/time/printout/0,8816,868261,00.html AND.. Poster of Hartack TIME cover (pictured above) at Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Willie-Hartack.../dp/B0002E63AA
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All ambitions are lawful except those which climb upward on the miseries or credulities of mankind. ~ Joseph Conrad A long habit of not thinking a thing wrong, gives it a superficial appearance of being right. ~ Thomas Paine Don't let anyone tell you that your dreams can't come true. They are only afraid that theirs won't and yours will. ~ Robert Evans The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command. ~ George Orwell, 1984.
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11-27-2007, 10:13 AM
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Curlin and Hard Spun finish 1,2 in the 2007 BC Classic, demonstrating how competing in all three Triple Crown races ruins a horse for the rest of the year...see avatar photo from REUTERS/Lucas Jackson
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11-27-2007, 11:39 AM
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"Have the clean racing people run any ads explaining that giving a horse a Starbucks and a chocolate poppyseed muffin for breakfast would likely result in a ten year suspension for the trainer?" - Dr. Andrew Roberts
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11-29-2007, 03:48 AM
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Thoroughly brilliant piece of writing by Jay Hovdey on Hartack in the DRF:
http://www.drf.com/news/article/90666.html Has a throwback quality and features this Joe Hirsch confection from a SI article; akin to the prize in a Cracker Jack box: "This is no simple boy, this Hartack," Hirsch's article concluded. "He hasn't fully learned to accept all the many obligations of success as yet. But then Arcaro, too, was a renowned wild one in his youth and matured into quite a man, respected wherever there was racing in this country. Hartack is the Arcaro of tomorrow, and tomorrow is almost today."
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All ambitions are lawful except those which climb upward on the miseries or credulities of mankind. ~ Joseph Conrad A long habit of not thinking a thing wrong, gives it a superficial appearance of being right. ~ Thomas Paine Don't let anyone tell you that your dreams can't come true. They are only afraid that theirs won't and yours will. ~ Robert Evans The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command. ~ George Orwell, 1984.
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11-30-2007, 03:05 PM
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