Kasept Wrote:
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> > Richie..
>
> The gout must be affecting your memory...
> Wand/Dayjur/Unbridled was '90!! That was a day
> that is best forgotten.. It also included the
> heart attack/collapse of Mark Reid's Mr. Nickerson
> who had become a real favorite of mine.
>
> I think I've posted the link to this before, but
> here's my somewhat maudlin recollection of BC '90,
> an ode to Nick and Wand...
>
>
> MINOR PHILLY PARK STAKE EVOKES MEMORIES
>
>
>
> Hope you're feeling better after the trip to
> 'Little Kingston' (AQU)..
>
> Steve
>
>
>
> richiebee Wrote:
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> -----
> > NCT:
> >
> > The only thing you should have learned
> at
> > Yonkers is that in terms of credibility
> Harness
> > Racing is one step ahead of the World
> Wrestling
> > Federation and should be avoided at all
> costs. The
> > last time I was at Yonkers was for the simo
> of the
> > (95?) BC which included the tragic Go for
> Wand
> > race and Dayjur snatching defeat from the
> jaws of
> > victory with his flying leap.
>
>
>


Never read that before Kasept. Well written and very poignant.

I think I had Mr. Nickerson in my bet too, but the horse that would have won that sprint most times was Glitterman. He was a little more lucky than Mr. Nickerson, but not much more. He retired injured out of that race and Glitterman wasn't even the best sprinter in the nation around that time. It was a Ziadie trainee named Hooting Star. Though that one may have been more suited to 7 panels.