Do you remember your first?

[Sightseek]

Do you remember the name of the horse you first successfully bet on?


Mine was Offlee Wild in the Mass Cap.

5th grade. On the Jungle Gym bars. Her name was Thebby.

[Sightseek]

Originally Posted by Coach Pants

5th grade. On the Jungle Gym bars. Her name was Thebby.

You better find where Hossy is hiding and join him.

[RollerDoc]

Afleet Alex - Preakness 2005

[Hickory Hill Hoff]

Better be Single, an Oscar Barrera piece....spring of '86

[GPK]

War Emblem in the KY Derby

[XIIPointStables]

Chalk, Read the Footnotes in the F.O.Y. Hence my love of the guy and his offspring!

[pweizer]

Real Nototious--a harness horse at the old Liberty Bell Racetrack in 1981.

Paul

[kenny p]

Greentree Phantom Roosevelt Raceway around 71 or so. Paid 12.00

[santana]

Originally Posted by kenny p

Greentree Phantom Roosevelt Raceway around 71 or so. Paid 12.00

Do yoiu remember Royal Count N..driven by one of the biggest crooks ever, Alan Cantor...?????

[Cajungator26]

Originally Posted by XIIPointStables

Chalk, Read the Footnotes in the F.O.Y. Hence my love of the guy and his offspring!

He'll be a good stallion IMO. I loved him too.

[Cajungator26]

Oh yeah ... to answer the original post ... my Dad bought me a $2 win ticket on Easy Goer in the Wood when I was 8. He was the horse that started it all for me and that's the first race that I really remember. Easy Goer was a .

[westcoastinvader]

Originally Posted by Cajungator26

Oh yeah ... to answer the original post ... my Dad bought me a $2 win ticket on Easy Goer in the Wood when I was 8. He was the horse that started it all for me and that's the first race that I really remember. Easy Goer was a .

I loved Easy Goer. As a son of Alydar, he was my Derby fave horse that year.


But by the time of the Belmont, I was solidly a bandwagon Sunday Silence fan.

I have photos that I love (shot with a "pocket camera!") of Easy Goer up close and personal in the paddock and paddock ring that day.

I had little money invested in the race, but I sure wanted to see Sunday Silence catch the Triple Crown while I was in personal attendance.

When it was all over, I was eventually OK with the Easy Goer win.

And happy.

I was on hand in person with finish line seats when Seattle Slew won the Belmont and The Triple Crown in 1977 at Belmont.

Pretty content to have seen one Triple Crown winner. I'm not greedy.

[westcoastinvader]

Originally Posted by Sightseek

Do you remember the name of the horse you first successfully bet on?


Mine was Offlee Wild in the Mass Cap.

I don't remember the name of the horse, but pretty darned sure it was a $2 place ticket my mother or father bought for me at Ascot Park near Akron, Ohio.


Digressing, someone here was calling "born in 1972" old. Heck, I still have an uncashed win ticket on Seattle Slew in the Belmont from 1977. And I was in COLLEGE then.

[Zaf]

Seatrain - Roosevelt Raceway - Late 70's

[swale]

Arcadian Connection 1983 Suffolk Downs

[letswastemoney]

Originally Posted by Sightseek

Do you remember the name of the horse you first successfully bet on?


Mine was Offlee Wild in the Mass Cap.

You went against Funny Cide?!?! lol

That was a good race. Funny Cide almost won...

[ibet2win]

A horse named British Bail at Ellis Park - my mom and i bet $ 2 each 'cause we liked the name, neither of us knew how to even read the odds board back then and were surprised when we went to the window and got back over $ 50! Winning that $ 50 has cost me thousands over the years! LOL

[Cannon Shell]

I cant remember my last winner

[cmorioles]

I don't remember the horse, but I know it was an Odie Clelland first time starter. I was in the booth with Dick Wooley at the time. I think it was at Bowie, though Laurel is possible.

It also may be the last winner I have bet...