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General Category => Harness Racing => Topic started by: moelarrythecheese on October 28, 2024, 06:54:07 PM

Title: RIP Leigh Fitch
Post by: moelarrythecheese on October 28, 2024, 06:54:07 PM: RIP Leigh.
Saw him during the later years of his career. Aggressive driver. 7,000+ wins. Not too shabby.
Title: Re: RIP Leigh Fitch
Post by: Wawajones on October 28, 2024, 07:22:37 PM: Loved to stay on the rail, very smart and talented driver. He and Elmer Ballard made quite the team.
Title: Re: RIP Leigh Fitch
Post by: bass park on October 28, 2024, 07:35:28 PM: Rest in peace leigh.
He was one of a kind on and off the track.
Title: Re: RIP Leigh Fitch
Post by: JUICEJUNKIES on October 28, 2024, 08:02:26 PM: The fix has secured his place in the next chapter of existence.
Title: Re: RIP Leigh Fitch
Post by: chief yogi on October 28, 2024, 08:15:11 PM: was a great driver in maine. was a lot of fun to watch in his prime. rip.
Title: Re: RIP Leigh Fitch
Post by: riley on October 28, 2024, 08:25:23 PM: R I P Leigh. There'll never be another.
Title: Re: RIP Leigh Fitch
Post by: oldjohn123 on October 28, 2024, 10:03:04 PM: Quote from: Wawajones on October 28, 2024, 07:22:37 PM
Loved to stay on the rail, very smart and talented driver. He and Elmer Ballard made quite the team.
He once told me I'm going to give him a termite trip,I said what, he said hit the wood and stay their.
Title: Re: RIP Leigh Fitch
Post by: Sam R on October 29, 2024, 11:25:22 AM: Fitch drove a winner for me at Rockingham. Coerfurst in a w/o trot from the 10 post. Gate to wire. I guess now he will team up with Bobo again. RIP.
Title: Re: RIP Leigh Fitch
Post by: kantseeback on October 29, 2024, 08:25:54 PM: He was one of Walter Case's good friends back in the day.
Title: Re: RIP Leigh Fitch
Post by: dougie on October 29, 2024, 08:35:48 PM: I used to watch Fitch at the old Foxboro Raceway. My brother lived in Brockton, MA. Whenever I came to visit for the weekend it always included a trip to that old racetrack. LOL!
Title: Re: RIP Leigh Fitch
Post by: Grandstand Handicapper on November 01, 2024, 01:26:07 PM: A true classic, old-time New England horseman. Had a long, storied, and interesting career. He will be remembered and missed.