I think it was in '91 or '92 when Oaktown Stable (MC Hammer) had a horse entered in a stakes race at Ellis Park. I didn't like Hammer at all, in fact I was keen to the song The Gas Face by 3rd Bass which dissed hammer. I was hoping to see Hammer in the paddock area and yell out "Hammer gets the gas face!"

Well Hammer didn't show. Instead it was his entourage that was there, you know, the guys that took every penny from him. If I recall his horse ran last and I cashed a $2 across the board ticket on the second place horse. I was hooked.