agreed MO

You gotta break in somewhere. A shrewd trainer can come from anywhere and you just have to recognize when he's upon you.

I remember the 92 Breeders Cup. Pre computer betting, Pre multiple signal simulcasting. Real paper racing form. Ink on the fingers.

I saw a horse entered in the B.C. sprint by a trainer I didn't know from California. He was a gelding and obviously ouchy. Big race spacing, but every time he came back to the races, he came back running. He was really motoring on the layoff. I looked him over in the Paddock and realized he'd shipped all the way from Kalifornia and I liked what I saw. I liked his 39 year old trainer. He was quick and jovial and you could tell he wasn't an ordinary type horseman. I liked the fact he was West Coast Speed and would probably be on the pace, which was important at Hallandale that year. The horse was Thirty Slews and he won a tight one over Meafara at about 18-1. It was that trainers first year with a thoroughbred license and there he was at the Breeders Cup. He's gone on to win three derbys, three preaknesses and a belmont and had a 2nd and two 3rds in the Derby, if I'm not mistaken.



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