Sar 7/30 Race 9- Prado does a good deed

[FGFan]

Originally Posted by Riot

Wow.

You can see the head-on at CalRacing.

Wow.

Yes that was really impressive. I saw it on ESPN on Saturday or Sunday.

OT here...But uhhhh..who are those people in your picture and what are they doing with those animal on their heads?????

[Danzig]

but i bet dutrow would say that kent is the better rider.

just being facetious with the above. i saw the story the other day, really cool stuff. edgar is a good guy, easy to root for. unlike some in this sport.

[eajinabi]

Class Act

[jwkniska]

Originally Posted by eajinabi

Class Act

I agree 100% and it's a nice thing to see a class act react accordingly in racing. Can't say, nor heard a bad thing about him.

Nicest people I've meet at AP the last couple of years were Pat Day and actually Julien Leparoux (even with meeting Bailey and Stevens). Leparoux was a very nice guy and a pleasure to talk to for a few minutes.

[eajinabi]

Originally Posted by jwkniska

I agree 100% and it's a nice thing to see a class act react accordingly in racing. Can't say, nor heard a bad thing about him.

Nicest people I've meet at AP the last couple of years were Pat Day and actually Julien Leparoux (even with meeting Bailey and Stevens). Leparoux was a very nice guy and a pleasure to talk to for a few minutes.

I remember when I was a young kid me and my dad went to santa anita. My dad was a huge fan of Chris McCarron and on this particular day he yelled "happy birthday chris" as he was walking towards the jocks room just after he rode a race. Hearing this, ran to my father and thanked him and held a small conversation with him. He soon jetted fast to the jocks room to suit up for the next race.

I cant think of any other sport where an athlete would take time and thank a fan face to face instead of in front of a camera.

[jwkniska]

Originally Posted by eajinabi

I remember when I was a young kid me and my dad went to santa anita. My dad was a huge fan of Chris McCarron and on this particular day he yelled "happy birthday chris" as he was walking towards the jocks room just after he rode a race. Hearing this, ran to my father and thanked him and held a small conversation with him. He soon jetted fast to the jocks room to suit up for the next race.

I cant think of any other sport where an athlete would take time and thank a fan face to face instead of in front of a camera.

Julien was the same way with me. Ran a smaller stakes race at AP on million day. Came back to the paddock afterward, and won due to a good ride (won due to a better jock ride). I said to him walking by "nice ride Julien!" (cashed a ticket on him).... came over and talked and thanked me for saying it. Nice guy and due to it I'd wish him nothing but the best. (meet a bunch of bigtime sports guys before and he was truly a good one).
Another one of the guy's you wouldn't think of maybe as a nice guy was Hershel Walker. Meet him, wanted to get his autograph... went up to him, said " Mr. Walker, nice to meet you." His reply.... " My name's Hershel... I'm just a normal guy like you. Nice to meet you!" It's good to see people react that way. Pat Day was that way, so was Gary Stevens.

[RollerDoc]

Not to mention how Prado did everything he could and acted immediately and wisely to help comfort Barbaro in the Preakness.