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Old 04-27-2014, 11:57 AM
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... your first Derby horse, that is.

... and I don't mean who you hit the big score with... I mean your first one even if you didn't have a dime on him (or her).

Even if it was back when you were a kid...that's the one I want to hear about.
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Old 04-27-2014, 12:20 PM
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Seattle Slew is the one that got me hooked. I remember sitting at the kitchen tables in the mornings eating my bowl of cereal and reading anything I could find that pertained to the Kentucky Derby. Back then, that was the only information we got.
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Old 04-27-2014, 12:23 PM
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I turned 18 the day before the 2004 Derby... My brother brought me to Great Lakes downs on Derby day and I bet Friends Lake, was hooked on racing that day.
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Old 04-27-2014, 01:02 PM
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I'm a late "bloomer"...I remember Barbaro, poor Barbaro. May he rest in peace.
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Old 04-27-2014, 01:07 PM
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Taylor's Special in 1984.
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Old 04-27-2014, 01:07 PM
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1976 - Bold Forbes going wire to wire over my select of Honest Pleasure
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Old 04-27-2014, 01:11 PM
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Old 04-27-2014, 01:12 PM
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Coronado's Quest. Was so happy when he dug in and fought off Captain Bodgit.

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Old 04-27-2014, 01:20 PM
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Was a big Demons Begone fan, heard he bled, wasn't really ever the same after that.
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Old 04-27-2014, 01:22 PM
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Smarty.

Did not bet a cent... fell in love with his Cinderella story after seeing Seabiscuit.
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Old 04-27-2014, 01:31 PM
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Genuine Risk, probably because she was a filly and everyone who 'thought' they knew anything were throwing her out because of it.
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Old 04-27-2014, 01:36 PM
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Old 04-27-2014, 01:49 PM
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Count Turf in 1951; I was all of 9 years old. He was owned by a NY restaurant guy named Jack Amiel who my father had a nodding acquantaince with. Dad made a pretty nice score with the bookie, I think.
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Old 04-27-2014, 02:17 PM
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Old 04-27-2014, 02:36 PM
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Diabolo, lol, saw him in person and thought he was the Black Stallion, hey, at least he didn't embarass himself, ran his heart out.
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Old 04-27-2014, 02:54 PM
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Probably Spend A Buck, but I saw Affirmed/Alydar in person as 2yos at Saratoga.
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Old 04-27-2014, 03:01 PM
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Spectacular Bid. :-)
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