Willie Gray was a full on midget.....he pretty much didnt have any fingers just nubs. He used to throw the reins around his hand before horses left the gate , when the asst. starter would yell one back the lil turd used to pretty much lay down on the horses neck which caused most of the horses to ram the front of the gate. If he was behind going into the turn he would always yell for help the lil bugger , so one night at Waterford there were about 6 of us girls riding the race so we decided to school Willie about crying wolf , we boxed him in and when we hit the turn you should have heard him squell like a lil girl lol, he never tried that crap again. Will say this for him , horses ran like crazy for him because they were pretty much running like a loose horse.
Ah those were the days.
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