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General Category => Nostalgia => Topic started by: doug on November 02, 2022, 09:24:31 AM
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Just curious if any of you folks are from Canarsie, Brooklyn. I used to hang out at the OTB on Rockaway Parkway a mile or so from the Belt parkway. Great OTB! Used to jump on the "Belt" and be at the "Big A" in 15 minutes. The 70's and 80's had great crowds at Aqueduct. Even on weekdays during the winter meet, you'd see 8,000 to 10,000 people there. Jockey colony included Codero Jr., Maple, Venezia, Velazquez, and Vasquez. The "Big A" had a great clubhouse, nice and warm. Manhatten clam chowder was $2.95 and was a meal. LOL! Just great racing in those days.
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Just curious if any of you folks are from Canarsie, Brooklyn. I used to hang out at the OTB on Rockaway Parkway a mile or so from the Belt parkway. Great OTB! Used to jump on the "Belt" and be at the "Big A" in 15 minutes. The 70's and 80's had great crowds at Aqueduct. Even on weekdays during the winter meet, you'd see 8,000 to 10,000 people there. Jockey colony included Codero Jr., Maple, Venezia, Velazquez, and Vasquez. The "Big A" had a great clubhouse, nice and warm. Manhatten clam chowder was $2.95 and was a meal. LOL! Just great racing in those days.
I come out of Sheepsheadbay. I'd shovel my car, 4 to 8 inches of snow,AND the path to Ave. Y where the streets were plowed to get there! Nice and toasty warm once inside! Cordero and the crew almost NEVER Cancelled! Boy those were the good old days for sure,,,
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Just curious if any of you folks are from Canarsie, Brooklyn. I used to hang out at the OTB on Rockaway Parkway a mile or so from the Belt parkway. Great OTB! Used to jump on the "Belt" and be at the "Big A" in 15 minutes. The 70's and 80's had great crowds at Aqueduct. Even on weekdays during the winter meet, you'd see 8,000 to 10,000 people there. Jockey colony included Codero Jr., Maple, Venezia, Velazquez, and Vasquez. The "Big A" had a great clubhouse, nice and warm. Manhatten clam chowder was $2.95 and was a meal. LOL! Just great racing in those days.
I didn't go to the OTB on Rockaway Parkway but I would always stop at The Seaview Diner on my way home from Yonkers or Roosevelt.
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A great diner! Owned by some greek folks. Nice people!
You from Brooklyn?
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Towtruck, you got some great memories like i do. I graduated South Shore HS, Kingsborough, and the Brooklyn College. I made a lot of friends from Sheepshead Bay. I loved Joe's Clam Bar and Roll N Roster. I hear it's still pretty expensive to buy a house in that area.
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made lots of friends with harness racing owners and crazy gamblers from Brooklyn back in the day.. exciting area for sure..
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I'm sure. It's changed a lot, but i'm sure there are some "heavy hitters" sending it in
at the "Big A". I used to love the Winter Meet.
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Went to Aquaduck 1 time....never seen people at a racetrack napping on benches b4 that..and not again to this day..had a p3 going..said if I hit i will go to Atlantic city..pick paid around 4 hunge..Went to Atlantic City blew 2 gs...never went back to either place
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Best thing i like about AC was a bar not on the boadrwalk but on the street that ran same way a block up...think it was called The Biltmore..Alot of the casino workers hung in there
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You gotta put Antley and Santos on the list..Samyn on the Green
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Venzia..I dont remeber that name ..Maybe your talking b4 my time I guess
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I remember think it was George Vasquez get his head stepped on an Sadly passed away
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Raul Rojas
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Michael Venezia was a pretty good jockey during those days. Jorge Velazquez was a superstar in that jockey colony. He is 75 years old. I don't know of the jockey you mentioned.
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Yeah it sad..coming out of 1st turn..see the horse just nail him in the head..
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Its was with a s mot z in his name..sounded like Velazquez though
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it happened around 1990..maybe 89
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Just doing some looking up..Venazia died in 88 on the track
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Nothing on Vasquez yet but i will find it..88 is when i 1st started betting t breds so that explains why i didnt know Venazia..missed him by a few monthd
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See in 1981 7 jocks testimony about race fixing jean Cruget ,codrero,Venazia,Valazquez a few others..didnt read whole thing yet but.
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Im thinking maybe it was Venezia i saw get stepped on..Velazquez prob was on the horse that stepped on him..Wheres Harvey Pac when you need him
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I remember those days well. Went to the "Big A" at least twice a week. I thought it might have been the best jockey colony ever. They hardly ever cancelled a card due to weather. LOL! The winter meet was always my favorite time to head out to the track. The inner dirt track always was speed favoring and the early splits were always quick. Speed horses cut the corner on the far turn and opened up in the lane. LOL!
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Few names i remember..Yonkel Yonkel,Mean Streak,Mean and Crafty....pretty good horse think was True and Blue 99 percent sure that was him name..blue something 4 sure...hell yeah the inner was speed favoring
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Loved Angels Flying Dismount
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I could never catch Cordero on the chalk! Now at a price.....LOL!
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Jerry Bailey was my never catch..maybe couple times..use him no bueno leave him out and here he comes...pretty good handicapping by me Smh
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Towtruck, you got some great memories like i do. I graduated South Shore HS, Kingsborough, and the Brooklyn College. I made a lot of friends from Sheepshead Bay. I loved Joe's Clam Bar and Roll N Roster. I hear it's still pretty expensive to buy a house in that area.
I went to school with the Randazzo's. Prinni passed away not long ago.R&R still rocks! I love Stella Maris Bait and Tackle still at the end of the fishing boats.Fat Robert across the street from SS high, a great Deli!
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I went to school with the Randazzo's. Prinni passed away not long ago.R&R still rocks! I love Stella Maris Bait and Tackle still at the end of the fishing boats.Fat Robert across the street from SS high, a great Deli!
George & Sid was my go to Deli on Ralph Avenue in the shopping center.
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George & Sid was my go to Deli on Ralph Avenue in the shopping center.
I think that was accross from the Temple?
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Just curious if any of you folks are from Canarsie, Brooklyn. I used to hang out at the OTB on Rockaway Parkway a mile or so from the Belt parkway. Great OTB! Used to jump on the "Belt" and be at the "Big A" in 15 minutes. The 70's and 80's had great crowds at Aqueduct. Even on weekdays during the winter meet, you'd see 8,000 to 10,000 people there. Jockey colony included Codero Jr., Maple, Venezia, Velazquez, and Vasquez. The "Big A" had a great clubhouse, nice and warm. Manhatten clam chowder was $2.95 and was a meal. LOL! Just great racing in those days.
Dove past the Big A yesterday on way back from Amagansett.
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Mike Venezia was killed by a horse ridden by Robbie Davis. Not long after that Davis quit riding. Now his son Dylan and his 2 daughters Kate and I can't think of the other sister all ride in NY.
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Just curious if any of you folks are from Canarsie, Brooklyn. I used to hang out at the OTB on Rockaway Parkway a mile or so from the Belt parkway. Great OTB! Used to jump on the "Belt" and be at the "Big A" in 15 minutes. The 70's and 80's had great crowds at Aqueduct. Even on weekdays during the winter meet, you'd see 8,000 to 10,000 people there. Jockey colony included Codero Jr., Maple, Venezia, Velazquez, and Vasquez. The "Big A" had a great clubhouse, nice and warm. Manhatten clam chowder was $2.95 and was a meal. LOL! Just great racing in those days.
I remember back in those days there was also an OTB on the corner of Woodhaven blvd and linden blvd, close to the belt and about a mile from the Big A.
I remember back in those days yelling at cordero in the post parade "MONKEY". Monkey was his nickname and he always smiled when we yelled it. The whole main grandstand had glass doors and it was heated.
Belmont was cold as heck in OCT, the cold wind blew right through the grandstand.
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Mike Venezia was killed by a horse ridden by Robbie Davis. Not long after that Davis quit riding. Now his son Dylan and his 2 daughters Kate and I can't think of the other sister all ride in NY.
I remember that accident with Venezia on the backstretch during a race. A horse stepped on his head and his eye was even popped out of its socket. A friend of mine thought it was divine justice for Venezia ratting out Jose Amy and getting him banned from racing.
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Do any of you folks remember a turf horse named SPRINK? He used to run in long turf races and open a 20 length lead early and be lucky if he won by less than a length at the finish. There was a horse named THUNDER PUDDLES that used to catch him most times. Sprink's trainer was Gil Puentes who claimed Sprink the dirt sprinter for 6500 bucks at some out of town track and put him in those marathon turf races on the Aqueduct inner turf track, he was pretty successful, Sprink seemed to like those sharp turns.
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Jose Amy testified against Con Errico both banned for life . Errico got ten years.
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Jose Amy testified against Con Errico both banned for life . Errico got ten years.
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Way way back in the 80's my friend Dominic said more than once that Venezia ratted out Amy, I guess it was just another rumor.