Re: Battaglia (379 Views)
Posted by:
richiebee (IP Logged)
Date: April 21, 2005 10:55AM
Bull:
Story I was told re: old Garden State Park. On the day it burned in 1977, Rick Wilson crossed the wire on a winner about the time it became evident that a serious fire had started. In the winners circle, the track photographer was waiting for all to be right: the horse standing still, all the owners there, etc.
Wilson looked at the photographer and said "Could you just take the f-----g picture, the f-----g grandstand is burning down".
My most vivid memory of the new old GSP: watching simulcast of IMO the best Derby ride ever: Shoe/Ferdinand/ 86.