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Sad news from Florida as Howie Tesher was one excellent trainer and a better person. He was always available to the media and rarely held anything back. The interview posted about is a prime example of Tesher saying it as it was. (Thanks affirmedny for that link.)
Howie's brother was the Miami Dolphins team dentist/doctor.
During those exciting long gone years in southern Florida, Howie and the late, famed pinhooker, Seymour Cohen, used to make a good buck bookmaking the jock's room at Hialeah. This went on for quite a while before the stewards caught wind and asked them asked to leave. So, Howie and Sy moved their tack to the next best place to ply their trade -- the press box!
My personal favorites were Plankton, Tap Shoes, Darby Creek Road, Pumpkin Moonshine and Wolfie's Rascal. He successfully trained horses that won important races for 2 and 3 yos (Wolfie's Rascal earned a spot in the Kentucky Derby but finished way back; Tap Shoes won the Sanford Stakes at Saratoga); he won with fillies and mares, grass horses, sprinters and routers, turf and dirt.
Simply, Howie Tesher won with all types over a career and will be missed.
RIP to truly one of the very best.
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