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02-18-2011, 12:52 AM
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Many years ago at AP, on a red hot Saturday with the paddock packed with kiddies, JR Smith Jr was just starting out. Not sure who's horse it was either Dee Poulos or Emagene Schwan's went down in the saddling stall. I think it was the shorter of the two trainers but she ran out to the center of the paddock and the crowd gasped as they thought the horse had just died right there. Jr. jumped the railing and grabbed two ice bags from a near by beer cart, jumped back over the railing and put them on the horse's neck and as he hosed the horse off it rose up, shaked a bit and of course was scratched. I know JR's horse didn't win the race. And the cheers the crowd gave AFTER he came back thru the paddock after losing the race made it one of those times that you can't ever forget.
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02-18-2011, 01:28 AM
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02-18-2011, 08:45 AM
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The Caiman Gators kind of do. My little brother had one of them as a pet in middle school.
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02-18-2011, 09:34 AM
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Some types of Caiman get huge.
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02-18-2011, 11:11 AM
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I've seen this at least twice at Calder. Several years ago. I think they may have put up some sort of preventive fencing, barrier, etc since then.
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02-18-2011, 01:07 PM
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From the google view it appears that there could be some chance of that.
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02-19-2011, 04:17 AM
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http://www.drf.com/news/tampa-bay-do...-swimming-lake
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02-19-2011, 07:58 AM
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Poor baby - one horse that can lead himself to water. I wonder if anyone caught this on film. Happy to hear he's okay.
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03-09-2011, 02:47 PM
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03-09-2011, 11:08 PM
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Wow. That is one lucky horse. So much could have gone wrong, in so many ways ...
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12-19-2013, 08:42 AM
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12-19-2013, 09:34 PM
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http://www.equibase.com/premium/eqbP...try=USA&race=6
Easily the weirdest race I've ever called. Two Step Partner shied from the whip, jumped the hedge, dumped the rider and then jumped into the River Downs infield pond. Next time they brought him over, they ran him on the dirt so no hedge, and brought him over with a life preserver over his neck! He won!
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