As opposed to a litany of know-nothings that have never set foot on a backstretch, Steve Haskin has been welcome on every shedrow in the country for 40 years. He learned the game's most intricate lessons from Charles Hatton and Joe Hirsch, and has earned the trust and respect of trainers, owners, track management, horseplayers and fans decade after decade. Everyone is entitled to their opinion, but I'm embarrassed by some of what's been written here about a person who loves the sport as much or more than anyone who has ever written about it, and who's been as generous to me as anyone I've ever known.
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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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