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Old 10-26-2008, 06:59 PM
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The big bodyguard sat in front of me the entire Belmont Stakes card.

I could be wrong, but I think he could have taken me.
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Old 10-26-2008, 07:23 PM
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The big bodyguard sat in front of me the entire Belmont Stakes card.

I could be wrong, but I think he could have taken me.
Taken you where?
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Old 10-26-2008, 09:43 PM
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Taken you where?
I laughed.
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Old 10-26-2008, 10:30 PM
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The big bodyguard sat in front of me the entire Belmont Stakes card.

I could be wrong, but I think he could have taken me.
He had the huge bodyguard at SA....My friends and I looked at each other and said "very necessary." Joe Pesci was tagging along with them on Friday.
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Old 10-26-2008, 11:06 PM
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Too bad the threat makers didnt follow through.....
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Old 10-27-2008, 02:34 AM
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Too bad the threat makers didnt follow through.....

And why exactly would that be......
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Old 10-27-2008, 04:12 AM
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Why didn't they do us all a favor and threaten to duct tape Dutrow's mouth shut?

Seriously if they had a ton of money on a supposed sure thing and BB gets pulled up on purpose that puts you in worse danger, not less, Rudeboyelvis. They're protecting the investment not the horse's safety per se...one just happens to lead to the other as a general rule. I don't think a threat not to let anything happen to BB had to do with keeping him physically sound...I think they meant 'don't screw it up so the horse doesn't get across the line or you'll be sorry.' They might've been better off to pass that on to Kent instead of Iavarone. Sort of a 'scared straight' jockey lesson. Instead his rode as only KD can.
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Old 10-27-2008, 05:27 AM
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That interview smelled like a horses stall first thing in the AM...
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Old 10-28-2008, 06:36 AM
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That interview smelled like a horses stall first thing in the AM...
Nothing better than the smell of horse shiat piling up all night.
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Old 10-27-2008, 01:14 PM
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And why exactly would that be......
Use your imagination...
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Old 10-27-2008, 01:26 PM
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I was parked right across from where BB was stabled on Belmont day. My friend and I walked through the tunnel to go to the car and there was Iavarone (and bodyguard w/o BTW tucked under his arm) talking to a couple of media types. Soon a group of about 10 media members was gathered. At this time, no one could confirm or deny the colt's "condition" other than that he'd walked off the track under his own power. (I was at the gap and he walked 4 feet from me. No security there other than the usually NYRA Security.)
Over on the backstretch post race, alot of folks were milling about. I chatted with John Lee and a couple of media types. Iavarone was there, Dutrow was there (and very quiet) and I saw no one that appeared to be "security" other than the big bodyguard and one NYRA security man. We hung around for quite some time hoping to get any info about the horse. Nothing seemed out of the ordinary considering the circumstances. I wasn't wearing my credential yet I was able to walk up quite close to the barn (and I'm not that well known at Belmont) without being questioned. I pushed right up into the group of reporters speaking to Iavarone at the intersection of the main road to the gap and the road BB was stabled on.
I find it odd, after hearing this story that this man was under some sort of death threat at that moment. I was clearly diappointed but he didn't look worried for his life.
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Old 10-27-2008, 01:41 PM
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Its sad someone would resort to threatening the guys life or his family. When someones serious there is no threat prior to death. They just show up and your dead.
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Old 10-26-2008, 11:53 PM
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Sometimes when you cross the wrong people you need to hire protection. Hopefully for Mr Iavarone and his family whomever he's upset gets over it before as opposed to getting even
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Old 10-27-2008, 07:03 AM
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Sometimes when you cross the wrong people you need to hire protection. Hopefully for Mr Iavarone and his family whomever he's upset gets over it before as opposed to getting even
Maybe people after him from his Hedge Fund days?
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Old 10-27-2008, 07:07 AM
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Maybe people after him from his Hedge Fund days?
or perhaps the Benny the Bull days...
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Old 10-27-2008, 12:46 PM
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The big bodyguard sat in front of me the entire Belmont Stakes card.

I could be wrong, but I think he could have taken me.

did you ever have to say "HEY!!!! DOWN IN FRONT!!!!!"

even though that guy could probably tuck you under his armpit without anyone noticing, i'm pretty sure you could get some good shots in

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Old 10-27-2008, 12:59 PM
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If I lost my life savings in the market because some guy was trading my money without my permission hed need a 24hr bodyguard, and that benz the pope drives around in.
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Old 10-27-2008, 01:14 PM
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If I lost my life savings in the market because some guy was trading my money without my permission hed need a 24hr bodyguard, and that benz the pope drives around in.

i hear ya, but anyone dumb enough to put their life savings into penny stocks should be tought a serious lesson about life

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