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08-31-2011, 07:34 AM
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Maybe I wasn't paying enough attention -- but I don't remember anyone villifying Stay Thirsty any more than the rest of this 3yo crop as a whole. It was one upset after another and one moderate winner after another. The most dizzying such first half to a 3yo season in memory.
Stay Thirsty was a pretty solid 2yo (his no excuse BC Juvie drubbing was in a supersonic fast race -- and the overwhelmingly dominant top two -- Uncle Mo and Boys At Tosc -- have been subsquent cripples.) Just a case of a good 2yo, with a good 2yo foundation, who has stayed healthy and developed in the second half of the season after a slow return from the layoff. Stay Thirsty almost denied Ruler On Ice a Classic win and he has successfully kept Moonshine Mullin from a Jim Dandy score and Rattlesnake Bridge and JW Blue from a Travers exacta. Anyway -- the reason I loved the column so much is that it would have read like an Indian Charlie post had Uncle Mo won the King's Bishop. Stuff about liking a horse at age 2, stuff about pedigree, stuff about losing interest in the game, and stuff about thanking a horse for restoring it back. 
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08-31-2011, 07:43 AM
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Haskins health?
The line of Steve Haskin's blog that caught me by complete surprise was
" As I lay in a bed, trapped in an environment totally foreign to me," I ddn't know this great wordsmith was ill. That really distresses me as he is not only a great writer but a great person. I hope he gets well soon.
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08-31-2011, 09:30 AM
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Somewhere, Andromeda's Hero is smiling. And still working on finishing the '06 Clark.
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08-31-2011, 10:59 AM
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Steve if you're reading this I hope you get well very soon. And, if you're not reading this I still hope you get well very soon. I'm looking forward to hearing you back on the radio. 
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08-31-2011, 02:22 PM
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What's going on with him?
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08-31-2011, 03:19 PM
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08-31-2011, 03:35 PM
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Steve has been ill since returning from covering the Whitney. He'd been in the hospital for three weeks and is still far from 100%. He had been out of touch with nearly everyone this whole time and only surfaced the other day. I was very pleased that he was able to visit with me on the radio today. I don't know a bigger fan of the game, and given his long-standing presence on ATR, missed his contributions tremendously.
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All ambitions are lawful except those which climb upward on the miseries or credulities of mankind. ~ Joseph Conrad A long habit of not thinking a thing wrong, gives it a superficial appearance of being right. ~ Thomas Paine Don't let anyone tell you that your dreams can't come true. They are only afraid that theirs won't and yours will. ~ Robert Evans The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command. ~ George Orwell, 1984.
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08-31-2011, 03:49 PM
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Steve:
Can we send him a card? I'm sure a lot of us would like to let Steve know that we're thinking about him and wish him well. Thinking too that this would help heal his spirit.
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