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[freddymo]

Originally Posted by Kasept

August 11, 1990.. Alabama Day at the Spa..

G/F Karen Papp (photo below) and I get to the track and I hit the opening exacta 5x (@$25.00) to immediately get up $100. I had bet a DD, which I rarely do, and a $10 double at that, and it hits for $20+, so I'm up $200.

Now Karen LOVES the Shoe Depot up here, and I figure up $200, I'll run her downtown and get her a couple pairs of shoes and go back to see Go for Wand romp in the Alabama later. But as we're walking to go out, she runs into a girlfriend from Cortland State. We were right by the Carousel, and I tell her to take her time as I's bet the third...

So I look at the third, and find a 15-1 shot named Balinar, the #9, that looks interesting and I wheel him in $2 exactas back and forth with the 1, 3, 5 and 7 for $16 total. They get to the top of the stretch and are running 1-9-5-7 and the 9 is moving best and I'm thinking I've got this puppy cold stone locked, when all of a sudden I can see a blur in the corner of the TV...

I don't know who it is coming fast, and I'm asking the old brother watching it with me who it is and he says 'it's da 3... you gots the 3?'... and now Balinar is ding-donging with the 3 down the stretch and they hit the wire together and the old guy is screamin at me "You gots it! You gots it!"... And the 3 -- Keynote Speaker, a Rockingham shipper from Michael Aro with Chop Chop -- is the longest shot on the board at 25-1 and I've got him over my Balinar -- the 2nd longest shot on the board at 14-1...

"You gots it! The boy gots it... You my hero!"

$721.00 exacta.. my first IRS ticket.

At the track 1 hour and 10 minutes and up 'on paper' $1,000.


Karen and I from that same summer..

Nice Lips.........

[SentToStud]

lol.

Walked into Hawthorne harness during a near-blizzard in Jan '86 with two friends. 2 minutes to post. One friend and I had to use the john and we told the other guy (not a gambler) to find out who Magee was driving and gave him $36 to wheel him 1st/2nd in the exacta for two bucks.

Come out of the john and the guy who bet handed us the ticket. The race had just started. We expected we'd have Dave Magee, but the non-gambler had read the program and found Dean Magee was on the 1 horse and stopped reading.

The 1 horse was 80-1 and ran second to an 15-1 shot. Ex paid $1800. Dave Magee ran 3rd as the chalk.

[The Bid]

Good story STS did you throw the guy a couple hundred

[SentToStud]

After the tax, we split it even three ways and left and went to Gene & Georgetti for a decent meal.


That was the last smart thing I did.

[Scav]

Originally Posted by SentToStud

After the tax, we split it even three ways and left and went to Gene & Georgetti for a decent meal.


That was the last smart thing I did.

I haven't had Gene & Georgetti in a long time, probably 5 years. I just went back to Superdawg for the first time in like 10 years. I went and saw my Grandpa in his nursing home in Norwood Park and my dad is like "Lets go to Superdawg" Never had a green tomato before, not a fan

[SentToStud]

Originally Posted by Scav

I haven't had Gene & Georgetti in a long time, probably 5 years. I just went back to Superdawg for the first time in like 10 years. I went and saw my Grandpa in his nursing home in Norwood Park and my dad is like "Lets go to Superdawg" Never had a green tomato before, not a fan

I remember Superdawg. Haven't been there in a real long time. When I went to Arlington PArk over the summer, I did stop at Jimmy's Place on NW Highway.

Lots of great restaurants in Chicago but Gene & Georgetti is one of my favorites.

[Scav]

Originally Posted by SentToStud

I remember Superdawg. Haven't been there in a real long time. When I went to Arlington PArk over the summer, I did stop at Jimmy's Place on NW Highway.

Lots of great restaurants in Chicago but Gene & Georgetti is one of my favorites.

NO KETCHUP and the McDonalds across the street charges like 25 cents for a packet.. LOL

[TheSpyder]

Went to LA on business from SC and dragged some fellow employees with me telling them all the way how I knew the horses, which they did not.

Well they bet my selections for the first four-five races which all lost. With each losing race they were getting more and more pissed at me and started to make comments about me knowing nothing.

The started betting on their own and the next race I hit a 50/1 shot (Plenty of Grace) on top of a $1,150 exacta, to this day my biggest hit.

Turned to them and said, "see I told you I knew what I was doing"!

Happened 12 years ago and still have the chart framed in my office.

[herkhorse]

While I have nothing that can top the picture of Byk and gf from 1990 , my best walk in score came in the late 80's at Hindsdale Greyhound park in NH. I was Driving to the track through Brattleboro Vt., and some idiot nearly hit me as he cut in front of me by the bridge. I was so pissed and then I had to follow him as he plodded along for the next few miles. He turned into the track , and I thought about confronting him but I kept my cool. For some reason I had been staring at his license plate 647 XXX or something. I walked in the door and the were putting the dogs in for the 3rd race. I went straight to the window and boxed the 467 tri and quinella. Came in 764, I cashed 700+ for 1.00 tri, and 2.00 Q. Never cashed another ticket, and walked out 600 ahead.

[cowgirlintexas]

Originally Posted by herkhorse

While I have nothing that can top the picture of Byk and gf from 1990 , my best walk in score came in the late 80's at Hindsdale Greyhound park in NH. I was Driving to the track through Brattleboro Vt., and some idiot nearly hit me as he cut in front of me by the bridge. I was so pissed and then I had to follow him as he plodded along for the next few miles. He turned into the track , and I thought about confronting him but I kept my cool. For some reason I had been staring at his license plate 647 XXX or something. I walked in the door and the were putting the dogs in for the 3rd race. I went straight to the window and boxed the 467 tri and quinella. Came in 764, I cashed 700+ for 1.00 tri, and 2.00 Q. Never cashed another ticket, and walked out 600 ahead.

Great story...

[cowgirlintexas]

Great thread.. Have really enjoyed reading a lot of these.. You guys on here really get me to laughing sometimes. Wish I had a story, but as you know I'm from Texas and us Texans according to some don't eat the right "brain" food. So most of the time I don't rember sh*&$...lol

[blackthroatedwind]

Originally Posted by TheSpyder

The started betting on their own and the next race I hit a 50/1 shot (Plenty of Grace) on top of a $1,150 exacta, to this day my biggest hit.

My man John Veitch.

[PSH]

Plenty of Grace
Proud Truth won the Breeders Cup at the Big A....

Veitch took over from Tom Rondinelli (spelling?).

PSH

[blackthroatedwind]

Lou Rondinello.