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05-07-2020, 10:38 AM
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Porchy, what a great time capsule. Just spent the last hour reading every page and looking though the amazing photos. Great these things still exist.
Whenever I had business in Pittsburgh, and it has been at least 25 years, I would make it out to Waterford Park. I seem to recall in the back of my minds eye traveling through Beaver Falls and thinking about Joe Namath and what a difference growing up there must have been in comparison to his escapades in New York.
Love going to out of the way tracks and Waterford was one of the best!1
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05-07-2020, 11:32 AM
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Location: Folsom, CA
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Originally Posted by mountainman
Great to see you weigh in. Do you remember old Randal Park, right across the street from Tdn?? Or old Ascot Park (my dad would pick me up from my elementary school at lunchtime and head there..dead of winter, arctic cold, whiteout blizzards) ??
Do you remember when Wheeling Downs ran thoroughbreds during the winter?? Mom and dad used to bring home the form and challenge me that night to handicap that afternoon's races. I was 10.
Yes, Hartack got started here. And some old-timers STILL talk about then Waterford Park holding a "Willie Hartack" day (he hadn't yet "changed" his name to "Bill") and him nursing a chronic 5-furlong quitter to a 6-furlong win. In fact, I listed that feat at number 6 (or 7?) in a blog I did entitled "Mountaineer's 10 most significant moments."
You're now in California??
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Thanks, Mark.
My aunt lived in Cleveland but I was too young to remember anything in the Thistledown neighborhood except the track. And Cleveland Stadium, where the Indians played. She took us to an Indians/Yankees game on one of our visits. We saw Lary Doby play. I loved the Topps Indians' baseball cards.
I swear Wheeling Downs had a tunnel on the backstretch, but I could be wrong.
Job took me to California.
Tom
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05-21-2020, 01:57 AM
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Nancy and I will again be doing the show this year.
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05-21-2020, 02:00 AM
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Location: Nebraska
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Originally Posted by mountainman
Nancy and I will again be doing the show this year.
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05-21-2020, 08:20 AM
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10 days and counting
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05-21-2020, 08:59 AM
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Great to hear!
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Originally Posted by mountainman
Nancy and I will again be doing the show this year.
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Watched some morning workouts there recently. Surprised to see Deshawn working a horse!
He planning to stay local?
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05-29-2020, 12:43 AM
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Originally Posted by PA.race.fan
Watched some morning workouts there recently. Surprised to see Deshawn working a horse!
He planning to stay local?
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not for long, i'm sure, sir.
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05-29-2020, 12:46 AM
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Pumped.
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05-29-2020, 12:53 AM
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Originally Posted by mountainman
Pumped.
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Sometimes life deals it straight. 
Would you be surprised if I pay you an impromptu visit at your place of work? 
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"Theory is knowledge that doesn't work. Practice is when everything works and you don't know why."
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05-29-2020, 01:13 AM
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Originally Posted by thaskalos
Sometimes life deals it straight.
Would you be surprised if I pay you an impromptu visit at your place of work? |
Yes...and extremely pleased..do it, Gus. do NOT think twice...but expect to get together..and if it might entice you, i promise you stories you might never imagine..ones i can only tell a close friend..but be prepared, sir, because i am less articulate and civilized than i might seem on the air..
Last edited by mountainman; 05-29-2020 at 01:16 AM.
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05-29-2020, 01:18 AM
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Originally Posted by mountainman
Yes...and extremely pleased..do it, Gus. do NOT think twice...but expect to get together..and if it might entice you, i promise you stories you might never imagine..ones i can only tell a close friend..
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Mark, I hold you in such high esteem that I feel it's imperative we should meet. And I might have a story or two of my own to share...
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Last edited by thaskalos; 05-29-2020 at 01:20 AM.
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05-29-2020, 01:26 AM
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Originally Posted by mountainman
Yes...and extremely pleased..do it, Gus. do NOT think twice...but expect to get together..and if it might entice you, i promise you stories you might never imagine..ones i can only tell a close friend..but be prepared, sir, because i am less articulate and civilized than i might seem on the air...
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Only if you promise to never again call me "sir". Placing "sir" on a horseplayer is like putting mayonnaise on a hot dog.
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05-29-2020, 01:45 AM
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Mark, I hold you in such high esteem that I feel it's imperative we should meet. And I might have a story or two of my own to share... |
the hotel opens soon..i'll get you a considerable discount..and forget the esteem part..it's a strong bond of friendship that matters
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05-29-2020, 11:56 AM
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Only if you promise to never again call me "sir". Placing "sir" on a horseplayer is like putting mayonnaise on a hot dog. |
There is a lurker on this board (hello Bob!) who can confirm that our mutual horseplayer friend at La. Downs puts mayo on his hot dogs, thereby disgusting everyone at our table. This miscreant is German, so maybe that explains it. I dunno.
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05-29-2020, 12:45 PM
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Originally Posted by Mulerider
There is a lurker on this board (hello Bob!) who can confirm that our mutual horseplayer friend at La. Downs puts mayo on his hot dogs, thereby disgusting everyone at our table. This miscreant is German, so maybe that explains it. I dunno.
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That was a thing on fries when I was in Belgium, mayo, or mayo mixed with ketchup. Gross.
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