Grade I Winner Lite Light Dead at 19

blackthroatedwind · #1 05-15-2007, 01:14 PM

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Originally Posted by DaHoss9698

I can actually appreciate the enthusiasm, because I might do the same thing if a filly I owned won. Wait, no I wouldn't. Except for the taking my shirt off part.

You guys thought I was kidding about him taking his vest off? The greatest thing may have been that he was sitting next to the Phipps box. It was a truly great moment. The Hammer was great. He used to stop and sign autographs for all the kids. He was awesome. And they BET. Either he, or his Dad, bet over 100 dimes on her in the Mother Goose and skewed the odds ( she was a super tough luck loser ).

On a side note, Lite Light finished the Pick-6 that day ( it used to end in the 8th ) and it paid a whopping $211 or so. There were at least two 1-5 laughers in the sequence ( one was a Mack Miller - Rokeby horse, I think named Secret Sharer, that won by 15 on the turf ) and only one mildly tough horse who won at about 3-1 on the lawn. I remember liking that horse, as well as thinking Lite Light was a cinch, and hitting the Pick-6 like 4 times for $16 or $32.

paisjpq · #2 05-15-2007, 01:30 PM

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Originally Posted by blackthroatedwind

You guys thought I was kidding about him taking his vest off? The greatest thing may have been that he was sitting next to the Phipps box. It was a truly great moment. The Hammer was great. He used to stop and sign autographs for all the kids. He was awesome. And they BET. Either he, or his Dad, bet over 100 dimes on her in the Mother Goose and skewed the odds ( she was a super tough luck loser ).

On a side note, Lite Light finished the Pick-6 that day ( it used to end in the 8th ) and it paid a whopping $211 or so. There were at least two 1-5 laughers in the sequence ( one was a Mack Miller - Rokeby horse, I think named Secret Sharer, that won by 15 on the turf ) and only one mildly tough horse who won at about 3-1 on the lawn. I remember liking that horse, as well as thinking Lite Light was a cinch, and hitting the Pick-6 like 4 times for $16 or $32.

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