Beyer on knowing oneself

[46zilzal]

PBS show FRONTLINE, many years back, did a show called "The Other Side of the Track" and Andrew Beyer was featured and a real turism was uttered which I have next to the computer all the time. "If you have a chink in your psychological armor, this game will find it and exlpoit it if you are not careful."

True today as it was then.

[the little guy]

Beyer has said a lot of interesting things over the years but none has stuck with me like that line.

Wasn't that Frontline great? The segment about the Great Barrington Fair races was incredible. I can still remember that trainer saying " I don't think some of these races are fixed.....I know they are ". Great stuff.

[46zilzal]

still have the tape. Wasn't that guy The Beard something else??

[the little guy]

I don't remember who was on from Barrington. I know the guys Beyer talks about in " My $50,000 Year " that he goes to Barrington with but I doubt they're on the show.

You still have the tape? I'm jealous. Doesn't Beyer need a Veitch horse in the Double at Belmont?

[46zilzal]

I don't remember who was on from Barrington. I know the guys Beyer talks about in " My $50,000 Year " that he goes to Barrington with but I doubt they're on the show.

You still have the tape? I'm jealous. Doesn't Beyer need a Veitch horse in the Double at Belmont?


He goes on about HATING a horse called Chopper Charie as he lectures to the Belmont crowd but gets nosed by a horse he has not considered.

This guy has SOME KIND of facial tick! I wouldn't want to be near him during a race with all those body English moves he makes.

[Suff]

stop talking abot massachusetts or I Will pick up the phone

[karlskorner]

Richie " The Beard " is still around, he and Toby Colet hand time the races for CRC and GP

[hdcper]

I like when Andy said something like, I got a horse tomorrow that will make me King of the World.

Funny, I still have it on tape too, and the original copy was actually Beta which I transferred to VHS.

I just might have to find it and take another look!

Great memories,

Bill (hdcper)

[Wiley]

I remember that Frontline and think I too still have it on tape somewhere. What a great one with many great characters. It really gets the flavor of the game right.
Who was the guy who had the research/handicapping service possibly a precusor to/or was the Sheets/Ragozin maybe? I remember him saying he loved American folk music about racing and he pulls out the banjo and starts singing 'There was a horse named Seabeau who was a white horse but they painted him redddddddd! Painted him red.' Loved that. Early larceny. Need to take a look for that tape. Thanks. :ThmbUp:

[46zilzal]

that was Len Ragozin singing about Stuball in that tape

[Wiley]

Stuball! and that was Ragozin. Thanks.