Thank you all for your thoughts. I'm Ok as I prepared for this during recent decline after battling Parkinson's disease for 13 years. It's a terrible terrible disease that slowly and then suddenly sucks the life out of you.
Patty was a thoughbred sevant and the one who started getting me involved on these horse racing forums. We traveled to many tracks aroubd the country, none more favorite than Saratoga in our home state. We vacations in the Adrondacks as kids but in different parts. We made many wonderful trips to tracks around the country. We were able to meet many nice but somtimes unique individuals in person after thinking we knew them by their virtual personalities. She knew more about thoroughbreds and racing than probably all of you put together. I knew her mind was being totally taken over by PD when her interest in the sport basically shut down.
We were lucky enough to meet Glen Gallivan "Glenners" at Churhill a year before his terribly handicapped body gave way. He knew even more about racing than Patty did. Thus the Gallivn Cup we play for every year.
I will try and catch with Points totals soon and hope to eventually get back in the gate with all of you. I am ok!
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The wind of heaven is that which blows between a horse’s ears – Arabian Proverb
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