Nice baby girls -- KEE 7th

Originally Posted by Kasept

BTW and I were talking about old geldings the other day, and Graeme Hall's name came up about a race that Mike will recall too... Opening weekend at Saratoga 1999, I fell in love with a Hal Wiggins' trained 2 year old named Perfect Sleeper who came like a bullet in a MSW race to be third. He chipped a knee in that race and was never the same, but I've followed him since and he was still running at 9 at Fairmount Park as of the spring. Second in that race was Sykes Alive, who is still running at Philly Park... The winner of that race was Graeme Hall!

I remember it very well.
The funny thing about that race was that when Sykes Alive ran back(I know D Wayne trained him at the time, and I believe that Cloverleaf owned him), he should have been 3-5, but everyone went goo-goo over some first time starter and made him favored instead. Sykes crushed him, and after the race D Wayne made a quote that I still remember that day, he was speaking to reporters/handicappers after the race who had all touted the firster and said " I think you guys are drinking too much coffee or something!!""