Re: let's not kid ourselves (463 Views)
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P-Dub (IP Logged)
Date: October 24, 2014 11:28PM
Silver Charm Wrote:
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> Im not sure there were commingled pools then.
> Vegas took bets on races but I seem to remember
> one Sports Book guy saying later that the Late
> Jockey Ronnie Hansen of the old Bay Meadows/Golden
> Gate circuit almost singlehandedly forcing Vegas
> to go Inter-Track as he burned more Books with
> Stiff Job Rides on 3/5's and plenty of "other
> action" that seemed to hit.
>
> That Wild Again win was no small feat. He was
> pretty much a one style front runner, the opening
> half was 45 and change and he was in a 3 way duel
> with Mugatea a dead sprinter and Precisionist. Pat
> Day hand rode Wild Again in his own unique style.
>
>
> Gate Dancer should be running this year on
> Halloween. If you bet on him or against him when
> he came running off that turn with that Hood on he
> scared the living crap out of you.....
I've heard more than a few stories about scores made in Reno on races up here.
P-Dub
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