Things not looking good for Billy Turner (RIP)

[dilanesp]

He's an important part of racing history, and the prognosis looks grim. There are efforts to raise money for him.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/seattle-s...163205870.html

[Tom]

Passed away yesterday.

[classhandicapper]

I was lucky enough to meet Billy Turner a couple of times when he trained a couple of horses for some friends of mine. Sad day for the people that remember the Slew days.

[BarchCapper]

Slew was before my involvement in racing. Punch Line was my Billy Turner horse. Got to meet him a couple times when my group had a horse with PG Johnson. RIP.

[Brass Hat]

Sad news. Was not a fan of the sport during the Seattle Slew days, but met him a few times while he trained a horse we had a small share in with Castle Village some years ago. One weekend at Saratoga, my wife took three of her friends up for the weekend; she took them over to see the horse and Billy and his wife couldn't have been nicer, it made a great impression on them. So we have fond memories of Billy as a good person, may he rest in peace.