To make a short story long, yesterday at Woodbine a horse named Navy Band (renamed after the dam of Cortan, a chucktown sensation in the late 70's) ran in the last race and led me to a few nostalgic links on the Kentuckiana Digital Library's website.
'79 Carter Handicap pps
http://kdl.kyvl.org/cgi/t/text/pagev....2;passterms=1
'78 leading horses races won
http://kdl.kyvl.org/cgi/t/text/pagev....2;passterms=1
'79 Neshaminy Handicap stakes nominations with some of the sprinters of the day (notably absent are Dave's Friend,Clever Trick and Jiva Coolit)
http://kdl.kyvl.org/cgi/t/text/pagev....4;passterms=1