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Old 02-28-2011, 09:47 PM
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Originally Posted by hoovesupsideyourhead View Post
Jean Luc Samyn recently lost a good part of two fingers and broke his thumb on his right hand during a snowblower accident.
The Veteran jockey said he will still return to the saddle ,
hopefully the end of March after some therapy
He couldn't even ride when he had all of his fingers.

The story reminded me of my childhood growing up in the 'LP Ghetto'

Around the time I was in 3rd grade - the menace of the area was a guy known only as "fing-ahs" ... he lost a few of his fingers in a work accident and got a check from it. He became the John Gotti of the LP Ghetto.
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Old 02-28-2011, 10:15 PM
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He hasn't updated his web site since '07.... Guess we'll just have to wait a littlle longer.......
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Old 03-01-2011, 09:08 PM
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What is he? 60?
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