Who was your first?

[PJR 3.0]

Originally Posted by Big Peps

Funny Cide.. Close to home

I'm quite close to Sackatoga Stables too. As for my first Derby hit, Grandma took us to the OTB, $2 to win on Sea Hero, '93, hooked for life.

[Big Peps]

Originally Posted by PJR 3.0

I'm quite close to Sackatoga Stables too. As for my first Derby hit, Grandma took us to the OTB, $2 to win on Sea Hero, '93, hooked for life.

Was at a wedding day Funny Cide won Preakness... My wife's grandmother was adamant that we head to OTB to place a win bet on him between wedding and reception. Great times. Now if it was just me who wanted to place the bet, wife would have been peeved to say the least but here 78 year old grandmother, well that was different. Had a few manhattans, placed the bet and the rest is history

[OldDog]

Although I was old enough to be aware of the great horses who ran in the 70s, it wasn't until later that I came to a fuller appreciation of just how tremendous they were. My "first" was when I was getting my feet wet hot walking at the Lexington training center. Swale was from just up the road and was all the talk. Unfortunately he also taught me just how quickly the highs can be followed by the absolute lows.

[MaTH716]

First Derby I remember was Pleasant Colony in 1981, I was 8.

[OldDog]

Originally Posted by OldDog

Although I was old enough to be aware of the great horses who ran in the 70s, it wasn't until later that I came to a fuller appreciation of just how tremendous they were. My "first" was when I was getting my feet wet hot walking at the Lexington training center. Swale was from just up the road and was all the talk. Unfortunately he also taught me just how quickly the highs can be followed by the absolute lows.

Nice piece by Robin Foster
http://www.drf.com/news/swales-derby...right-30-years