6/25 (PRX): Donald LeVine Memorial H.
 

9th (3:50) Donald LeVine Memorial H.

7 Furlongs | Open | 3 Year Olds And Up Stakes | Purse: $200,000

1 1 Soaring Empire Luzzi M J Gambolati Cam 120 L 5-2
2 2 Golddigger's Boy Elliott S Preciado Ramon 117 L 2-1
3 3 Heritage Hall Dunkelberger T L Shuman Mark 115 L 8-1
4 4 Super Robusto Santiago V Coletti Edward J 116 L 6-1
5 5 Billy One Lite Pennington F Wyner Harold 115 L 10-1
6 6 Rock Yard Rose J Dutrow Anthony W 113 L 4-1
7 7 Whistle Pig Beckner D V Carter Andrew B 116 L 8-1

Second Half Daily Double Exacta / Trifecta

Any help on who Donald Levine was?

Believe he was Chief Steward at Keystone/Philadelphia Park for a long time.

And he gets a 200k stake? Good for him.

He also trained and owned horses before getting in the stand where he then spent 20 years.

He was notably married to Grace Kelly's sister, Lizanne.

They don't make them like Grace Kelly's sister anymore.

Be sure to count among your abilities that of suffering a fool.

The 100K stake at PID tonight is named after some no-name slap-dick republican congressman named Karl Boyes who died in 2003.

PID named two of the biggest stakes races of the meet after Republican politicans ... one of them who campaigned to rid the city of horse racing in the 1980's ... and the biggest stake of the PID meet is named for a Southern Golf Tournament.

Further, in the press room, for God only knows what reason, they still have a huge ass picture of George W. Bush in a suit and tie - standing behind an American flag.

I have been saying for years that I'm going to get a Nancy Pilosi and Barney Frank FATHEAD poster - and slap it on the wall in there when I remember one of these days.

So you knew who Donald Levine was? A very fair question...glass houses Nick. Glass.

Doug, what kind of race would you like named after you?

The difference is I don't give a s.hit who Don Levine was.

True - but, at least he was a racing person and not some stooge bible beating local politican who couldn't give a sh!t about racing.

Well I do. He was a person and he mattered to someone. God Bless Don Levine.

I would rename it the 'RandallScott is a shrivel brained tard'

Doug I'll answer my own question for you....I see you getting an older mare jump race named after you.

Well, the hell with you then.

Don was a great guy and was still in the stand when I started calling some races at the Pha. Classy old fella, rocked tweed like no other in the late 1990s, and you would rarely, if ever, see him without a hat. Always had a smile and a kind word if I saw him in the hall. He is well-remembered with this race.

:tro:

And I love Whistle Pig in this spot. A great story behind this horse...

My buddy's partnership claimed him for $10,000 in his fourth lifetime start on May 27, 2007, he's made 48 starts since, winning 16 races and placing 25 times, earning over $880,000. A win here would make him a ludicrous millionaire. Considering he was actually closing over the shorter trips at speed-favoring Presque Isle, I think he's got a massive shot.