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Title: RIP ..MARK FRANSEN
Post by: LUCPARK on March 28, 2019, 07:12:05 PM: Good Illinois horseman hearing he passed in hiz sleep

Good guy. tmbz1..

Very young.

Diabetes sucks
Title: Re: RIP ..MARK FRANSEN
Post by: zoot on March 28, 2019, 07:24:59 PM: not a good guy luc.
Title: Re: RIP ..MARK FRANSEN
Post by: LUCPARK on March 28, 2019, 07:38:19 PM: Quote from: zoot on March 28, 2019, 07:24:59 PM
not a good guy luc.

HE WAS OK WITH ME
Title: Re: RIP ..MARK FRANSEN
Post by: zoot on March 28, 2019, 07:41:21 PM: you were a guy who could put horses in his barn. just sayin....sneaky and 2 faced.
Title: Re: RIP ..MARK FRANSEN
Post by: MR.DALRAE on March 28, 2019, 07:58:02 PM: RIP
Title: Re: RIP ..MARK FRANSEN
Post by: Rabbi Of Racing on March 28, 2019, 08:26:20 PM: RIP
Title: Re: RIP ..MARK FRANSEN
Post by: Fatboy on March 28, 2019, 09:38:40 PM: FRANSEN EXPOSED IN DEATH AS SNEAKY AND TWO FACED?
WTF ngc3
Title: Re: RIP ..MARK FRANSEN
Post by: POOLSHARK on March 28, 2019, 09:55:50 PM: Trained so many great horses
R.I.P.
THATS RUSTYS IRON JET GETTING UP
Title: Re: RIP ..MARK FRANSEN
Post by: hoosierboy on March 28, 2019, 10:27:30 PM: RIP
Title: Re: RIP ..MARK FRANSEN
Post by: shadowfax on March 29, 2019, 12:11:53 PM: Never pictured Mark as a bad guy, RIP
Title: Re: RIP ..MARK FRANSEN
Post by: Bernie Madoff on March 29, 2019, 12:16:31 PM: Sadly died penniless.
Title: Re: RIP ..MARK FRANSEN
Post by: slivercharm on March 29, 2019, 01:34:52 PM: Quote from: Bernie Madoff on March 29, 2019, 12:16:31 PM
Sadly died penniless.

Smart man can’t take it with ya when u die
Title: Re: RIP ..MARK FRANSEN
Post by: cigar on March 29, 2019, 01:48:50 PM: Quote from: LUCPARK on March 28, 2019, 07:38:19 PM
HE WAS OK WITH ME
ngc3 ngc3 he couldn’t stand you
Every time you drove your demo on the backside of Maywood mark would do his famous ____oh geez
Title: Re: RIP ..MARK FRANSEN
Post by: LUCPARK on March 29, 2019, 02:05:52 PM: Quote from: slivercharm on March 29, 2019, 01:34:52 PM
Smart man can’t take it with ya when u die

I agree
Title: Re: RIP ..MARK FRANSEN
Post by: battleground on March 29, 2019, 02:46:01 PM: RIP Had a il bred bred that that they could not beat.
Title: Re: RIP ..MARK FRANSEN
Post by: Bernie Madoff on March 29, 2019, 03:03:59 PM: Quote from: battleground on March 29, 2019, 02:46:01 PM
RIP Had a il bred bred that that they could not beat.

Say what ?
Title: Re: RIP ..MARK FRANSEN
Post by: DEEPSTRETCH on March 29, 2019, 08:17:40 PM: ALL horsemen die penniless. Sad but TRUE
Title: Re: RIP ..MARK FRANSEN
Post by: DEEPSTRETCH on March 29, 2019, 11:19:55 PM: Different era. Plus they were exemplary business men AS WELL as horsemen.
Title: Re: RIP ..MARK FRANSEN
Post by: zoot on March 30, 2019, 10:25:25 AM: do you Chicago guys remember a young horseman named bruce bilter? he got himself broke in the business, had a young family depending on him and committed suicide when I was racing out there.

I felt badly for his family
Title: Re: RIP ..MARK FRANSEN
Post by: zoot on March 30, 2019, 11:14:50 AM: I heard that greg koblinski had died. where is victor peguese these days gregs partner phil who was an English teacher. jeff piene who raced a very nice trotter "chad e carlton was dealing cards on one of the boats. thosewere some of the guys hanging in the horsemans kitchen when I was there. mike patineo and his brothers and dad,
Title: Re: RIP ..MARK FRANSEN
Post by: She Dont Know on March 30, 2019, 01:06:03 PM: Mark was a diabetic, did not have money for his insulin and went into a diabetic coma and died in his sleep.
Title: Re: RIP ..MARK FRANSEN
Post by: scr lame on March 30, 2019, 02:18:24 PM: if thats true even more sad R.I.P.
Title: Re: RIP ..MARK FRANSEN
Post by: horses first on March 30, 2019, 02:32:54 PM: Majority of people have less then 500 dollars in a bank account or rainy day fund. Not sure why a comment of being penniless is a valid point. He stuck around a broken state for racing. I've seen millionaires loss millions in this industry and break them.
Title: Re: RIP ..MARK FRANSEN
Post by: battleground on March 30, 2019, 02:47:48 PM: Quote from: Bernie Madoff on March 29, 2019, 03:03:59 PM

Say what ?
BROADWAYPREVIEW
Title: Re: RIP ..MARK FRANSEN
Post by: Bernie Madoff on March 30, 2019, 03:00:48 PM: Quote from: battleground on March 30, 2019, 02:47:48 PM
BROADWAYPREVIEW

tmbz1 tmbz1 tmbz1 tmbz1 tmbz1
Title: Re: RIP ..MARK FRANSEN
Post by: Bernie Madoff on March 30, 2019, 03:03:43 PM: I think Sarah Hunt was 33% owner.
Title: Re: RIP ..MARK FRANSEN
Post by: Bernie Madoff on March 30, 2019, 03:05:45 PM: http://ustrottingnews.com/mark-d-fransen-64-dies/