9/10 ATR: MA Fair Special w/ Welsch, Mirahmadi, Figueroa, Blowen..

[freddymo]

Originally Posted by Kasept

Rollicking Massachusetts Fair Special ATR has..

9:00 Mike Welsch
9:20 Michael Blowen
9:40 Frank Mirahmadi
10:00 Tommy Skiffington
10:15 Jim Cornes
10:30 "King of the Fairs" Carlos Figueroa
11:00 Andy Serling
11:35 Night School's Jeremy Plonk

SiriusXM & Capital Off-Track Betting TV 6-9a Wednesday; Archive, etc., www.stevebyk.com..

Carlos Figueroa spot required subtitles.

[Kasept]

Originally Posted by freddymo

Carlos Figueroa spot required subtitles.

[art vanderlay]

I am really enjoying listen to these stories, very entertaining.
One year I was at Marshfield with my wife and very young daughter, I can't remember the distance of the race but one of the horses collapsed on the jockey and dropped dead right on the spot. Out comes the equipment to remove the horse which consists of a front end loader and a tow truck. Quite the introduction to the sport for my daughter.

[Kasept]

Here is a direct link to the uproarious chapter in Beyer's "My $50,000 Year at the Races", Barrington Fair: Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Crime. (Perhaps the greatest chapter title in publishing history)..

http://books.google.com/books?id=3jX...0crime&f=false

[casp0555]

great show...great stories Steve, nice photos on Facebook also

[Alabama Stakes]

will always be grateful to the king for helping my father into the winners circle in a monsoon to take what would be his last picture there.

side note, when this hoss ran, the comment in the paper was "comes from a sharp betting outfit". I remember telling the trainer " i wonder who they're talking about, cuz it sure ain't us. Hoss gets dusted at 4-5. Next start 13-1 she wins by a pole. Too funny.

[OldDog]

Originally Posted by casp0555

nice photos on Facebook also

Nice, agreed, but to me very sad . . .

[parsixfarms]

Originally Posted by Kasept

Here is a direct link to the uproarious chapter in Beyer's "My $50,000 Year at the Races", Barrington Fair: Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Crime. (Perhaps the greatest chapter title in publishing history)..

http://books.google.com/books?id=3jX...0crime&f=false

While I am of the opinion that there were too many races run at Saratoga this year (but given the state's involvement, a very complex discussion), in leafing through the book excerpt to which you linked, Beyer contained discussions about Saratoga races that included a $10,000 maiden claiming steeplechase and a $45,000 maiden claiming race for 2YOs. With all the columns containing hand-wringing about the quality of the racing at Saratoga this year, one would have thought that those sort of races were never contested at Saratoga in "the good old days."

[dellinger63]

Originally Posted by Kasept

Here is a direct link to the uproarious chapter in Beyer's "My $50,000 Year at the Races", Barrington Fair: Parsley, Sage, Rosemary and Crime. (Perhaps the greatest chapter title in publishing history)..

http://books.google.com/books?id=3jX...0crime&f=false

"I could never decide whether to bet on the basis of logic or larceny."