1989 Preakness

[2Hot4TV]

Originally Posted by SentToStud

Log rolling, badmitton, Evel Knevel. Were there any teams other than the LA Thunderbirds and the SF Bay Bombers? If there were, I never saw them.

Detriot Devils, My Grandmother loved roller derby.

[SuffolkGirl]

what a stretch run, and the coverage was enviable also. I think back to this year's Preakness with Curlin and Street Sense and the coverage is lackluster compared to this.

thanks for posting this and the fond memories

Goddamit! How do I get UTube to work? I have a dial up but I used to watch those horse racing hall of fame videos and the NYRA clips of Belmont so I know my athalon PC is capable. WHat gives? Do I need to upgrade software?

I can see bits and pieces of the race but they are not moving images. I can even see them in the home stretch and at the 1/2 mile mark and in the gate. Moving the little switch on the monitor doesnt do anything but once in a while it will get the image to move a little.

Any help on this issue mucho appreciated.

[ninetoone]

that was a lame objection...

[RolloTomasi]

Some of us are just coming out of our bomb shelters avoiding Y2K.

Personally, I'm giving it a good decade before updating any sort of modern technology.

[largo1]

HELLO!!???

The whole Y2K thing is *so* OVER!!! So is Dial-up. Thanks for posting this, I'm loving the walk down Memory Lane. Unless it's leading to Dial-up.
And, FYI, Hawkster turned out to be an awesome racehorse. And I believe he sired Afleet Alex's momma. Probably someone has already mentioned this. I came in late on this and I'm trying to post here, listen to high school football, supervise a girl riding one of my horses and cook on the grill.

Suzanne(that's how I roll)

[SlewsMyHero]

This is my favorite race of all time as well. I haven't seen it in years, and have not yet seen it on Youtube. What I do remember is that closeup head on shot in deep stretch. Sunday Silence had Easy Goer pinned in on the rail. You can see Easy Goer's ears pinned back and he looks at his rival like he's pissed off. He was trying like hell, but Sunday Silence was just the better horse that day. If their positions had been reversed, with Easy Goer on the outside, it may have been a different result.

I agree about the ABC coverage. It was outstanding. As was NBC's coverage of the early Breeders' Cup runnings. NBC had their A team for the first few years. People like Dick Enberg, Harvey Pack, and Jenny Ornsteen were part of the broadcast. After the first few years the second stringers took over, and the production was not as good.

[RolloTomasi]

Originally Posted by largo1

I came in late on this and I'm trying to post here, listen to high school football, supervise a girl riding one of my horses and cook on the grill.

Sounds like Armaggedon to me. Not so sure about Y2K anymore, are we?

The irony is that your evening sounds a lot like my list of vices, which includes betting on high school football, leering at girls on horseback, and firebombing my neighbor's property...

[The Indomitable DrugS]

Originally Posted by RolloTomasi

betting on high school football

I wonder if there is a professional highschool football linemaker anywhere in the country.