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05-14-2017, 12:31 AM
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Originally Posted by EasyGoer89
In all my years at tracks and watching races, I've never seen a solo worker on the turf unless it was the actual head superintendent. Also, those guys are out there to fill divots, I didn't notice this guy has a divot tool,, or bucket or anything. Lastly, his body language didn't appear to be a guy who was startled at onrushing horses he turned his back and didn't cover his head. I'm going to be a little skeptical of the official story until more info comes out.
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Why post if you didn't even bother to read the link? The official story was that he was working on the timing system. Why would he have tools to fill divots?
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05-14-2017, 12:59 AM
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Originally Posted by cj
Why post if you didn't even bother to read the link? The official story was that he was working on the timing system. Why would he have tools to fill divots?
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Now we know why this never happens at Gulfstream.
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05-14-2017, 01:19 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by cj
Why post if you didn't even bother to read the link? The official story was that he was working on the timing system. Why would he have tools to fill divots?
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There's a tool that maintenance guys use to pack down divots.
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05-14-2017, 01:30 AM
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Originally Posted by EasyGoer89
There's a tool that maintenance guys use to pack down divots.
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I know what a divot tool is. Saying "fill in" wasn't the best term. That said, both the article and my post say why the guy was on the course. So again, why would he have a divot tool to work on the timing system?
Last edited by cj; 05-14-2017 at 01:36 AM.
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05-14-2017, 02:34 AM
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Originally Posted by cj
I know what a divot tool is. Saying "fill in" wasn't the best term. That said, both the article and my post say why the guy was on the course. So again, why would he have a divot tool to work on the timing system?
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When I'm convinced the official story is true, I'll let you know.
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05-14-2017, 02:43 AM
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Originally Posted by dilanesp
Now we know why this never happens at Gulfstream.
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Now that's funny! 👍
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05-14-2017, 03:04 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by cj
I know what a divot tool is. Saying "fill in" wasn't the best term. That said, both the article and my post say why the guy was on the course. So again, why would he have a divot tool to work on the timing system?
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So who decides the "thumbnail/image" question? I'm seeing more and more full page images again
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05-14-2017, 08:54 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by cj
I know what a divot tool is. Saying "fill in" wasn't the best term. That said, both the article and my post say why the guy was on the course. So again, why would he have a divot tool to work on the timing system?
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May have been high on shrooms. Hence the cover story
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05-14-2017, 08:58 AM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by cj
Why post if you didn't even bother to read the link? The official story was that he was working on the timing system. Why would he have tools to fill divots?
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I don't believe anything they tell you when something happens in Ca.
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05-14-2017, 09:32 AM
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Originally Posted by Tom
He shipped in from Pimlico.
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Lee Chang Ferrell, that's the guy who took a swing and a miss at Artax.
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05-14-2017, 11:39 AM
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Originally Posted by EasyGoer89
When I'm convinced the official story is true, I'll let you know.
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You didn't even read the story. You got caught and you're trying to deflect. Don't comment on stuff you don't read. It's bad form.
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05-14-2017, 12:24 PM
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To me it looked like he was attempting to gravely injure himself. Suicide by horse.
You cannot tell me for one moment he could not hear them coming, and then he does not even face them, or flee, he kneels down facing the other way and gets knocked over.
He could have killed someone. Jail or a mental health institution.
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05-14-2017, 03:08 PM
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I'll be there today. I'll see if he's working.
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05-14-2017, 07:48 PM
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I love how the Alex Jones folks on this board can make some fantasy out of any event.
The guy was a electrician working on the timing system. He was under the assumption they were off the turf. Somebody let him on the course to do the work and either abandoned him or forgot him.
He was most likely as stunned to see horses coming at him and we were to see him on the course.
Btw... I'm just happy CJ's constant complaining about bad timing is seeing some action. 
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05-14-2017, 08:18 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Hambletonian
To me it looked like he was attempting to gravely injure himself. Suicide by horse.
You cannot tell me for one moment he could not hear them coming, and then he does not even face them, or flee, he kneels down facing the other way and gets knocked over.
He could have killed someone. Jail or a mental health institution.
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I'm going with this explanation.
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