Trivia Question
 

I was discussing some horses from the past 30 or so years today with a friend at Aqueduct and one of my favorites from the past came up.

This horse still holds a dirt track record at Saratoga when he won a race after making his prior start in Europe ( and probably his only start over there ). Name him.

Was Leo O'Brien the trainer?

general assembly?

sid water was the trainer

quick call

not Jolley?

Jolley trained General Assembly but I don't recall if GA won the Travers in the mud off a victory in Europe

I thought Chuck would have known this.

The love child of Sid Vicious and Roger Waters?


Is Sid Water like Ricky?

I cant remember

He did beat a horse trained by Leroy Jolley when he set the track record. A fairly well known Jolley horse in fact.

could be

andy when you see the mig tell him if he doesn't sharpen up he'll be up in the booth with you and jason pretty soon

At least the your posting quality remains consistent.

Arrr

Talekano?

Angel Penna trained?

What track record does he hold?

Don't let Gales try 'big man in a little coat'

2 miles on the turf? LOL

I'm too lazy to look up the track records

No.

The trainer is still alive but not training.

John Veitch? Though some will dispute the notion that he is actually still alive

Other than John, who would dispute that?

Was it a Rokeby horse?

Biancone

No.

There are only 4 track records standing from the 70's:
General Assembly; Spanish Riddle; Topsider and Darby Creek Road

It could be one of them.....but I never said it was the 70s.

Did he successfully have his leg amputated? I can't find PP's for these horses!

You said 30 years or so ago....only other horse close to that was Winter's Tale.

I surrender

I think we already established that Winter's Tale isn't the horse.

It took 9998 posts for you to admit you don't know something.

5083 and we are still waiting

I won't reach 9998....but I'm never admitting it.

It takes a man as big as Chuck.

Please tell me....

Topsider.

He raced in Europe, I think England, like a week or so before setting the 6 1/2 Furlong record on, I believe, August 1 1979. I think Tilt Up was second.

Thanks. I didnt remember that but you are a lot older than me

Decades.

I always remember Tilt Up because Marty Katz, another racetracker who is sorely missed, had me give him $10 on Seattle Slew's Belmont Day to bet him when he debuted the following week.

Marty was strong even in 1977.............Tilt Up paid $4.20.

1 of them was the last 2 years.

Huh?

My Dad did the same thing. Skipped 51-54, and 56-59. One year he was 50. The next year he was 55, and the year after that he was 60.