falconridge
02-02-2006, 02:42 PM
Just read a story on the Thoroughbred Times web site (http://thoroughbredtimes.com/todaysnews/newsview.asp?recno=60224&subsec=1) about a mare that's made all 27 of her career starts under the wrong name--and with the wrong pedigree listing. I know there have been several such cases--usually the result of negligence on the part of the horse identifier, or because of some other kind of clerical slovenliness or oversight. (Many of us remember the Cinzano/Le Bon switcheroo that resulted in a boxcar win mutuel and bulb-blowing trifecta payoff in Gotham some years back, but that's a different issue.)
Toetoe, do you recall a similar incident at Golden Gate Fields (perhaps BM, but I believe it was GGF) about 20-25 years ago? I think one of the horses involved was a mare named Nogotta the Mama's, or something like that. I'm not sure if that was the mare that was supposed to have raced, or the one that raced in another's stead. I seem to recall also--though I may just have dreamt it--that one or another of the misidentified mares was in foal when she raced.
Anyone else aware of other such incidents? Damn! This game is hard enough as it is.
Toetoe, do you recall a similar incident at Golden Gate Fields (perhaps BM, but I believe it was GGF) about 20-25 years ago? I think one of the horses involved was a mare named Nogotta the Mama's, or something like that. I'm not sure if that was the mare that was supposed to have raced, or the one that raced in another's stead. I seem to recall also--though I may just have dreamt it--that one or another of the misidentified mares was in foal when she raced.
Anyone else aware of other such incidents? Damn! This game is hard enough as it is.