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10-09-2011, 09:29 AM
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Yonkers back in the late 60's while still in high school.
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10-09-2011, 10:34 AM
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1983 Street Fidler $5 win at Pocono Downs
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10-09-2011, 07:37 PM
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Suffolk Downs 2005 - Mass Cap.
I'll never forget the thoughts running through my head and wondering if I was crazy to step foot at a track as I stepped over the drunk man passed out by 12:30, but the show that Offlee Wild, Funny Cide and The Ladies Groom put on was worth it! At the risk of being tarred and feathered by the redboard patrol...I read on the Thoroughbred Times Forum that Offlee Wild was a good bet (whatever happened to Crusty?) so that was my very first bet.
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10-09-2011, 08:33 PM
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Aqueduct Jan 1976 - arrived late to the track and in a rush to bet the 1st race Daily Double (the only one of the day back then)
Had to go to the $10 window ($2 window's line was too long) and bet $10 DD on 7-10. Well, the #7 was nosed out by the #2 horse on the wire and of course the #10 easily won the 2nd race under Jorge Velasquez in the slop. I remember that well... Later in the day, though, I made my money back by cashing a win bet on Gallant Bob in the Paumonok Hdcp. I was hooked !!!
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10-10-2011, 06:40 AM
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A friend and I cut classes and went to Keeneland. I don't recall specifics, but we came out ahead, winning enough to pay for our beer and dinner at Columbia Steak House. I recall thinking how easy it was to win, and that we were going to do this all the time.
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10-10-2011, 12:26 PM
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10.00 WP on Risen Star in the 1988 Preakness - went for the all day infield drunkfest - left a racing fan for life
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10-10-2011, 12:55 PM
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It was the summer that changed my life forever. I was 6 years old. Rambunctious, young, full of piss and vinegar, observant, and highly manipulative.
The location? Riverside Downs. The teller? Some obese, slack-jawed blue hair who never made eye contact with the patrons. The wager? $2 win on some pos trotter. The result? DFL. The reaction? GFY, so and so driver. Some things never change.
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