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10-09-2011, 09:33 PM
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Aqueduct Jan 1976 - arrived late to the track and in a rush to bet the 1st race Daily Double (the only one of the day back then)
Had to go to the $10 window ($2 window's line was too long) and bet $10 DD on 7-10. Well, the #7 was nosed out by the #2 horse on the wire and of course the #10 easily won the 2nd race under Jorge Velasquez in the slop. I remember that well... Later in the day, though, I made my money back by cashing a win bet on Gallant Bob in the Paumonok Hdcp. I was hooked !!! 
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10-10-2011, 07:40 AM
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A friend and I cut classes and went to Keeneland. I don't recall specifics, but we came out ahead, winning enough to pay for our beer and dinner at Columbia Steak House. I recall thinking how easy it was to win, and that we were going to do this all the time.
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#3
10-10-2011, 01:26 PM
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10.00 WP on Risen Star in the 1988 Preakness - went for the all day infield drunkfest - left a racing fan for life
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#4
10-10-2011, 01:55 PM
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It was the summer that changed my life forever. I was 6 years old. Rambunctious, young, full of piss and vinegar, observant, and highly manipulative.
The location? Riverside Downs. The teller? Some obese, slack-jawed blue hair who never made eye contact with the patrons. The wager? $2 win on some pos trotter. The result? DFL. The reaction? GFY, so and so driver. Some things never change.
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