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Old 04-17-2015, 02:03 PM   #91
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When I first started playing the races, at Charles Town, my favorite jockey was William R. Lewis, Jr.
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Old 04-17-2015, 02:11 PM   #92
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When I first started playing the races, at Charles Town, my favorite jockey was William R. Lewis, Jr.
Do you have a favorite there, these days? I plan to watch Shared Belief tomorrow but, otherwise, I ain't too familiar with these guys. I should totally depend on the horses past performances? Or the jocks? Or the trainers?
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Old 04-17-2015, 02:13 PM   #93
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Grits - JD Acosta is an excellent rider and Travis D. is a great big-money rider.
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Old 04-17-2015, 02:27 PM   #94
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Love Ramon Dominguez. Awesome Jockey and a Class human being. Top notch all the way around.
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Old 04-17-2015, 05:07 PM   #95
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Grits - JD Acosta is an excellent rider and Travis D. is a great big-money rider.
Thank you, Mike. Not sure how much I'll watch on a track I'm not familiar with, still I thank you. I look forward to SB. Too, Pimlico and Keeneland have better cards tomorrow than Aqueduct.
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Old 04-17-2015, 05:29 PM   #96
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Perret, mcbeth, mccarron.

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Old 04-17-2015, 06:46 PM   #97
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I think both rode at ELP for a couple of meets, FF. I do remember Lumpkins rode on the Ohio circuit, went out to BM/GG, and then came back on the local KY/OH circuits.
They did. Also remember John McKee becoming my "anti-Christ" jockey. He would lose when he was on my choice and beat me when I didn't have him....
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Old 04-17-2015, 07:03 PM   #98
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Bill Harmatz

Rode Silky Sullivan, and Round Table as a sub for Shoemaker.
Won the Preakness on Royal Orbit, 4th in the Ky. Derby with
tons of trouble.

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Old 04-17-2015, 10:33 PM   #99
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I live just outside of Louisville and Im in my early 20s so when I was really young it was Pat Day just like everyone else. When i got a little older (12-14) and thought i was an expert, Garrett K Gomez. Speaking of Garrett...
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Old 04-17-2015, 11:05 PM   #100
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Jose Espinoza , A.R.Napravnik and the MIG
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Old 04-18-2015, 02:04 AM   #101
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Dave Gall at fairmont, except when he was on the favorite in the finale on a Friday or Saturday night...huge bet against and the track made their money
I forgot about that, but that was absolutely true. Like Pat Day, Gall was a big fish in a little pond, and made a lot of races unbettable - but he plenty of talent. Betting him in the last race at Fairmount was not the road to riches.
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Old 04-18-2015, 11:01 AM   #102
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Eldon Nelson at Delaware Park
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Old 04-18-2015, 11:08 PM   #103
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Unlike the masses the Shoe disgusts me, first he stayed at least 5 years too long, he was famous for going extremely wide many times to avoid tight spots during his last years. He was someone to avoid betting on unless he was on a lone front runner. Then he charged appearance fees during his farewell tour.

Worst of all getting in a solo drunk driving accident, never taking responsibility for it saying he only had two beers, suing the state for road design, Ford motor company, and worst of all every doctor and
medical worker that came in contact with him.
Bear in mind 2 beers will get a 102 pound man very impaired, a fact the California DMV icludes with every license renewal.
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Old 04-18-2015, 11:30 PM   #104
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Julie Krone - she seemed fearless with good sense of pace
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Old 04-19-2015, 08:34 AM   #105
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Bear in mind 2 beers will get a 102 pound man very impaired, a fact the California DMV icludes with every license renewal.
He was a .13% that is more than two beers even for a little guy like Shoemaker also I think the body dissipates a drink an hour and he wasn't tested immediately after taking his last gulp. He and his attorney claimed to the end the hospital gave him alcohol in his I.V. which is preposterous. Then all the lawsuits that followed blaming everyone but himself. In spite of all the money he earned riding he didn't have a lot left because he married a succession of socialite gold diggers. He was a winner on the track, but not much of a person off it.
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