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06-09-2009, 04:54 PM
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In somewhat chronological order just to name a few:
SARATOGA BIG RED Ruffian Affirmmed Saratoga - chasing jocks for autographs and goggles PERSONNAL ENSIGN BARBARO Evening Attire 2007 Kent Derby DEE TEE STABLES 2007 BC 2008 BC SARATOGA and May 17, 2008 ARLINGTON PARK WINNER'S CIRCLE!!! 
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06-09-2009, 04:59 PM
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A trip to Fair Grounds with my Dad when I was five is what got it all started for me. Soon after we made regular trips to the now defunct Trinity Meadows and by the time I saw my first Belmont Stakes (1993) I was hooked. I still get odd looks when reading the DRF on an airplane and I have friends that thing I'm completely obsessed. It's long past time to explain that horse racing draws you in like no other game. It is the greatest game in the world, bar none.
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06-09-2009, 05:22 PM
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As a kid I used to visit my grandparents in the summer and they would take me to Monmouth Park. It was just a fun time at a great old race track. We would watch the triple crown races and it just grew my interest in the sport. When I went to college we used to Waterford Park and have enjoyed and followed the sport ever since.
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06-09-2009, 05:35 PM
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Pops started taking me to the track at 3. We would go to Pimlico, Laurel, and even cruddy Timonium. When I was a senior in high school, I was able to convince the junior class chemistry teacher to make me his teachers aide. I would "supposedly" grade papers, keep the lab clean, etc. The guy never cared where I was or what I did. So I had 50 minutes to kill every afternoon. School was 4 miles from Pimlico....get the picture.
Eventually moved out west and have not lost one ounce of passion for the game. Have been very fortunate to be a part of some ownership groups. Making a score at the window is always a blast, but it doesn't come close, in my opinion, to taking a picture every so often.
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"I guess it comes down to a simple choice, really. Get busy livin' or get busy dyin'."
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06-09-2009, 07:30 PM
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Where has tis game been, piece of cake!!!!
September 1974,
I just got out of the army(drafted) and was attending Eastern Ky U. on g.i.bill. a few friends i shared a house with ask if i wanted to go one night during the week to Latonia (Turfway park now.) i said sure we pile into the car went to the trk,drank some beers, i could not read a form but had the program, and could not lose!!! i think the story goes,where has this been all my life? well after i won about every race, a couple of weeks later keeneland opened up on first sat in Oct, i was hooked, and came back to earth when my majic touch worn off there, so new i had to read some books. I bought every issue of turf guide, ATM, and the next year Beyers Picking winners(he had some long hair them) lol...
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06-09-2009, 08:01 PM
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Back in the Late 80's Pat Day was King at Oaklawn Park. My granddad would listen to the races out back in the garage because my grandmother was against him going. Well let's just say we caught a few fish at Oaklawn during those years.
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06-09-2009, 08:06 PM
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great stuff.. byk. ateam , dell , infield, all keep it going..cannon!!
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