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Originally Posted by jimmyb
I was a backstretch worker in my teens and the game got into my blood. I have enjoyed the decades of amateur handicapper but always wished I'd have seized one of the many opportunities the industry threw my way. Had a farrier willing to teach me, worked as a groom but I really wanted to train and drive (harness). Didn't stick around long enough to find out.
One of the many regrets I've picked up along this journey.
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When I was in college in CA I became acquainted with Farrell Jones and his son Gary, who was my age and just learning the ropes. I helped around the barn and walked some hots until I graduated, but I was more interested in betting. Farrell was one tough SOB, but he was a first rate horseman.
