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Originally Posted by thaskalos
Not only was Pat Day a great rider...but he was the classiest guy to ever sit on a thoroughbred.
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Many years ago I found myself walking next to Pat Day in a racetrack parking lot and it was early in the year and he had just won a race earlier that day on a fancy 3yo gorgeous looker, very well bred and I said hello to him and asked about that horse and gave him my 2 cents that he may be a 'derby horse' and in so many words he told me 'it's Really hard just to get there' and essentially 'talked me off' this horse and he turned out right, the horse essentially vanished and never even made it to a prep race. Classy guy, totally gave me the time of 'day' even though I'm sure it was obvious to him I knew nothing about racing lol
