The Thistleydowns
 

What about 6 to win the first?

Morty how many does Trophy Road win the 4th by

Morty

Whatty?

Oh.


He doesn't.






4 wins.

Ill put the over under on TR at 6.

Nice pick on the 6

Too kind.




I'm going with 4 in the 2nd and and 6 in the 3rd.

Ill take 3 in the third, and Trophy Road in the 4th.

Got it.





I failed to do so in the 2nd.

Well the third was another phooey.

Boy are you lucky 4 scratched in the 4th...=:>




Fine work.




7 in the 5th.

Ill take the 1 in the fifth.

TR was lucky the 4 scratched. Had there been one more horse in the field Stokes could have found trouble. Amazing where ever he rides hes in the 6 path, regardless of post

5 in the sixth Morty.

Yeech on that 5th.


I like 5 ,too,but will take 4 to win and a 4/5 exacta.


I don't like the remainder of the card..

Morty did you see TR stopped the clock at thistle in 110.20. Thats zipping there, and he needed it. File him in your watch horses, hell turn up in a stake somewhere and trounce

Yow!

I did not....thanks.






The rout times have been abyssmal today....even for here.

Its hard to gauge how good that run was with a card of crows, however I would be willing to say it was pretty darn good. The track seems to slow as usual

Well that sucked.


Fortunately tomorrow is not another day there.

Heady ride from the jockey of the 5 we both liked

Morty that horses number came back at 93:eek:

Which one!?

Trophy Road.

Oh.





You think it should have been more?

No, I think its a little heavy to be honest.

I would guess so...but since Bob Roberts is not writing anymore we have no expert analysis.






Oh he was a good guy all right,but I thought a little challenged in the nuances of horseys.


If you're here ,Bob, I did say you were a good guy.






I mean everyone can't be a TypoJay.

Morty,

Did you follow Bob when he would have the mythical bankroll in the PD? His expertise was in thoroughbreds, AND TROTTERS

He was what I call a 5 tool handicapper

ror!!





Didn't he always go through that 1 large fairly quickly? He would usually only bet like maybe 10 to 20 dollars each card.

Again..he was a reall good guy.


I think it was the buggies what got to him.

Im pretty sure everything got him. Ever week he had a new excuse why he was losing, but every week he lost. When Gulfstream would run he would ride the chalk till he went bust.

I think maybe one time I saw him go with someone other than the heavy fav in the derby.


He was definitely big on the favorites.

Remember ( and maybe it's still there) the cafe on Warrensville just north of Emery on the corner there? A lot of track people hung out there.


A savory lot.

I think its a cellphone store now. Not the greatest neighborhood. When Magic Johnson theater cant cut it, you know you are in trouble

This is so true.



It is a tough place to be around at night.

My Father said there was another race track right next to Thistledown...where Randall Mall is now.

In fact I think it was Randall Park...maybe a trotter place.


He also said there was Crandall Park in Geauga Lake. He told me GL was really wide open back in those days...anything you wanted I guess....and Ascott was in Akron. So there were 5 mixes of thoroughs and trotters within about no more than 30 minutes of each other and now there are 2.

All true, your dad is correct. Thistle used to have a turf course too until they installed "winterized" surface in place of the grass. That worked out well

Oh yes.



His brothers were jockeys of very little note. One lived in Louisville right next to the track....made buzzers in his basement.

I always bring this up and can imagine other posters who know this are groaning right about now.