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General Category => Harness Racing => Topic started by: Janny on March 05, 2023, 01:23:05 PM
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For all of us old farts out there. Gene Sears. His wife was a sweetie too.
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my brother spent 2 years working for Del Cote in New Jersey----my brother said he was always a gentleman a very good driver, trainer , and person
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Tom Harmer. Worked for him for a long time. Debbie was good peeps too
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For all of us old farts out there. Gene Sears. His wife was a sweetie too.
My dad and del cote were good friends and your right always a gentleman
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Doug Hamilton. Always drunk as a skunk and never 1st in the barn in the morning. It was a good thing because we got more work done without him there to fuck things up! 11.wp
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George Forshey - great place to work. Good horseman, good horses, great owners, good people to work with money not bad either. John Edmonds, used to supply all the beer, drank right along with grooms.
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George Forshey - great place to work. Good horseman, good horses, great owners, good people to work with money not bad either. John Edmonds, used to supply all the beer, drank right along with grooms.
those are 2 names that always did well at Monticello back in the day .. I read that Mr Edmonds passed away last month
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Carl LeCause
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chris boring great horseman driver and human being
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The late Doug Ackerman, also a great horseman and a wonderful human being. I never worked for him but two of my friends (at the time) did, and they both had nothing but good things to say about him. Doug lived in nearby Solana Beach and wintered his stable and broke his babies at Del Mar, that’s where I met and got to know him. I’ll never forget the day when he tandem hitched two of his trotters (Noble Hustle and Noble Traveler) and went on to set what I seem to remember was a then record for a one-mile tandem trot. It was a foggy morning at Del Mar, and out of the fog Doug emerged mid-stretch urging his pair on; it was quite a sight! I had never seen anything like that before, or since.
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Doug was a very good guy but stiffed a lot people out of money. He owed everyone money when he died.
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Doug was a very good guy but stiffed a lot people out of money. He owed everyone money when he died.
I to got stiffed once by a guy named Doug, different Doug though.
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John Patterson Jr.. Worked for him in Monticello 76-77
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I would have liked to work for Gary lewis.
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I would have liked to work for Gary lewis.
Bet you would
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I would have liked to work for Gary lewis.
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George Forshay - Good pay, rub two horses, go south in the winter.
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Joe C.& Mickey Mc.! Those were good times.
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Carl porcelain Jr was a great guy to work for. That’s where I met my longtime girlfriend Robin. Always fun in Carl’s barn and he was well loved by everyone in Chicago.
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IMHO
Delvin G. Miller The squire of Meadowlands, PA.
If you were a person wanting to move up in the business, then Delvin was the stable to go to. The list of graduates from his stable is endless. If you showed some desire and ability he would give you an opportunity.
Harry Harvey won the 1953 Hambletonia when he was a 2nd trainer for Delvin. What trainer today would dare put up their 2nd trainer to drive in The Hambo? Plus No less then 23 starters in the first heat.(yes 23 in the first of three heats) Harvey was 17th the first heat then won the next two. That was racing.
Tom Charters started out as a groom for Delvin and became a race sec. and President of The Hambletonian Society.
John Butenschoen groomed, 2nd trained, and drove for Delvin, and has is own large stable today.
Robert Yohn groomed, 2nd trained, and drove for Delvin and had his own stable, and was a many year director of The USTA.
I could list more, but I think you get the drift.
Plus Pompano training side in the winter.
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I got my start with Tommy Paver back in the 90's. Great guy and he taught me a lot. His wife was a different story. Constantly bitching about something.
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Definitely Delvin Miller. A true gentleman and ambassador of the sport.
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Doug Hamilton. Always drunk as a skunk and never 1st in the barn in the morning. It was a good thing because we got more work done without him there to fuck things up! 11.wp
We were lucky if he showed up by 10! some days
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I would have liked to work for Gary lewis.
If I remember right, he always had some hot girls working for him.