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General Category => Harness Racing => Topic started by: PIGLAND on February 26, 2024, 08:30:25 PM
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Very sick
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Sorry to hear. Prayers to him and his family.
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Very sick
Definitely one of the good guys! He has been fighting for 12 years now. While that has been going on, lost his wife and his daughter! Good profile (about 2 years ago)
https://www.drf.com/news/harness-profile-track-announcer-larry-lederman
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My favorite announcer, he brought color to the show
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Awww prayers for Larry...yes, one of the good guys
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So many years of fighting for health and family heart ache. Peace to LL.
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https://youtu.be/2TW49HI2Q5E?si=v1zpOvKmfYl89SVs
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Do u remember this '01 Freehold match race epic?
Winless t-bred Zippy Chippy vs. harness horse Paddy's Laddy w/ Cat Manzi and a 20 length headstart!!)
Mr Lederman if you will:
https://youtu.be/tjM-pqzkGSM?si=InysZL55o-7rVKcs
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for the youngsters among us, the 0-100 'proud' history of losing t'bred Zippy Chippy, who passed at 30 in '21.
--- Zippy Chippy was owned and trained by Felix Monserrate at Capritaur Farm in New York. Tom Gilcoyne, a retired historian for the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame in Saratoga Springs, New York, said that Zippy Chippy "...hasn't done anything to harm the sport. But it's a little bit like looking at the recorded performances on all horse races through the wrong end of the telescope."
Felix Monserrate (d. 2015), who had boarded Zippy Chippy, acquired the horse in 1995, in a trade for a 1988 Ford truck. The horse was not always cooperative at races, and was eventually banned from competing at a number of tracks for such antics as "refusing to break from the starting gate".He was also known to bite people and pick people up "by their collars and not letting them down". According to Monserrate, "This horse is mean. ... He's been mean all his life."
In 2000, the magazine People included Zippy Chippy on its list of that year's most interesting personalities.
In August 2001, Zippy came in first against Darnell McDonald, a minor league baseball player, in a 120-foot (37 m) race. He had lost a previous 40-yard race against Rochester outfielder José Herrera on August 18, 2000.[9] Zippy also won against a harness racer called Paddy's Laddy in a publicity stunt in which he spotted the trotter a twenty-length lead.[10]
Zippy Chippy's 100th loss occurred on September 10, 2004, in the Northampton Fair at the Three County Fairgrounds. He went off at odds of 7-2, making him the second betting choice; however, Zippy Chippy finished last.[11] In December 2004, he retired from racing to become an outrider pony at his hometown track, Finger Lakes racetrack in Farmington, New York, where he'd been banned from racing on September 8, 1998, after failing to leave the gate with the rest of the field for the third consecutive time. As an outrider pony, he escorted horses in the post parade and led them to the gate. Other horses with similarly long losing streaks include Dance Saber (0 wins for 229 starts, Japan),[12] Meine Attrice (0 wins for 192 starts, Japan),[13] Dona Chepa (0 for 135, Puerto Rico),[14] Quixall Crossett (0 for 103, Britain),[15] Costano Mille (0 for 123, Australia), Ouroene (0 for 124, Australia),[16] and Haru Urara (0 for 113, Japan).[17]
Zippy Chippy's lifetime record is: 100 starts, 0 wins, and lifetime earnings of $30,834; he also had eight second-place and 12 third-place finishes.
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Lederman's been dying for a couple decades now.
He's got no complaints.
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His attempts to be funny never stopped him from repeating his juvenile attention seeking calls. I don't understand how being obnoxious, annoying, and overbearing makes a person a "legend". I prefer the word prick..
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Correct.
If you gonna go that direction, just hire Buddy Hackett to call the races.
His Borscht Belt announcing worked to poison the blood of harness racing.
I wish it weren't so. But it is.
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1 OF MY OWNERS OUT HERE (CARL L.) STILL IS IN CONTACT WITH LARRY. PRAYERS NEEDED FRIENDS. GOOD GUY WHO CALLED A.C., GARDEN STATE, AND FREEHOLD AFTER JACK E. LEE.
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Sending prayers.....
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Larry, the comeback kid. Your going to beat this and be behind the Mike again!
As someone very close to me has a 2 word mantra we recite regularly...FUCK CANCER!
I'll reach out after rehab.
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Correct.
If you gonna go that direction, just hire Buddy Hackett to call the races.
His Borscht Belt announcing worked to poison the blood of harness racing.
I wish it weren't so. But it is.
I'm glad are no black announcers. At least we don't have to listen to the Chitlin circuit.
Why don't you give it a a try Calhoun.
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One of the few good guys in harness racing.
He’s fought this battle too long.
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Great guy, loves the business and enjoyed calling every race he called. He tried to make it fun. Good Wishes my friend
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Great guy, loves the business and enjoyed calling every race he called. He tried to make it fun. Good Wishes my friend
One of the few good guys in harness racing.
He’s fought this battle too long.
Hear hear. Truly one of the good guys in our sport and in our industry. A good man. Since being diagnosed, he sadly lost his wife and daughter. One of the real good guys.
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My favorite announcer hands down.
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Comforting prayers for Larry
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Comforting prayers for Larry
What the hell will that do?
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Correct.
If you gonna go that direction, just hire Buddy Hackett to call the races.
His Borscht Belt announcing worked to poison the blood of harness racing.
I wish it weren't so. But it is.
Buddy Haclett and Lederman have two things in common. Their heritage and their lack of being funny.
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What the hell will that do?
It will do a Hell of a lot more than being an asshole 👌
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It will do a Hell of a lot more than being an asshole 👌
Same results as doing nothing.
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A JADED ASSHOLE NO LESS
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Best Wishes. Always loved talking with you, hearing the stories. You had the call on my first Freehold win.
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hoping for the best outcome
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Best Wishes. Always loved talking with you, hearing the stories. You had the call on my first Freehold win.
Larry also called my win at Pompano Park (RIP) on 3-3-13 the first ever Sunday race at Pompano. Was a very interesting call to say the very least. Prayers sent!