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Re: THINGS YOU DONT SEE IN HARNESS RACING ANY MORE
« Reply #30 on: May 02, 2018, 04:39:18 PM »
pinball machines at the old roosevelt apron .

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Re: THINGS YOU DONT SEE IN HARNESS RACING ANY MORE
« Reply #31 on: May 02, 2018, 05:39:15 PM »
Roosevelt's tartan track and taking a bus from the parking area to the grandstand! Gam Wah after the races and the first tote board to tell you the exact win price! And oh those pretzels so bad that they were great!

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Re: THINGS YOU DONT SEE IN HARNESS RACING ANY MORE
« Reply #32 on: May 02, 2018, 05:40:55 PM »
How bout races going off at post time!

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« Reply #33 on: May 02, 2018, 09:50:36 PM »
Roosevelt's tartan track and taking a bus from the parking area to the grandstand! Gam Wah after the races and the first tote board to tell you the exact win price! And oh those pretzels so bad that they were great!

Great stuff Master.  Gam Wah where the money was paid.  When I was broke in the early 60's, climbing the fence at Orbach's and Fortunoffs.  In the late 60's when things got better I had a $6,000. claimer that did REAL well for me sitting behind Fast Gun with Matucci.

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Re: THINGS YOU DONT SEE IN HARNESS RACING ANY MORE
« Reply #34 on: May 03, 2018, 02:00:09 AM »
No more Seminar. Bee Bop's father held shop before every race. He didn't know a thing about handicapping and couldn't pick a winner but the Seminar was always on.   ngc3 ngc3

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Re: THINGS YOU DONT SEE IN HARNESS RACING ANY MORE
« Reply #35 on: May 03, 2018, 06:45:00 AM »
TRAINERS WARMIN UP THEIR OWN HORSES..

THEY USUALLY PAY 5 OR 6 BUCKS TO GUYS PER HORSE

Its $10

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Re: THINGS YOU DONT SEE IN HARNESS RACING ANY MORE
« Reply #36 on: May 03, 2018, 06:47:08 AM »
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Re: THINGS YOU DONT SEE IN HARNESS RACING ANY MORE
« Reply #37 on: May 03, 2018, 06:49:05 AM »
Great stuff Master.  Gam Wah where the money was paid.  When I was broke in the early 60's, climbing the fence at Orbach's and Fortunoffs.  In the late 60's when things got better I had a $6,000. claimer that did REAL well for me sitting behind Fast Gun with Matucci.

Gene was good people. I still keep in touch with Gino, today, from time to time.

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Re: THINGS YOU DONT SEE IN HARNESS RACING ANY MORE
« Reply #38 on: May 03, 2018, 07:18:27 AM »
Cloud Casino, Doc Robbins, Jack Lee, Eddie Cobb

I have a menu from the cloud casino put away somewhere in my house

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Re: THINGS YOU DONT SEE IN HARNESS RACING ANY MORE
« Reply #39 on: May 03, 2018, 08:23:17 AM »
Great stuff Master.  Gam Wah where the money was paid.  When I was broke in the early 60's, climbing the fence at Orbach's and Fortunoffs.  In the late 60's when things got better I had a $6,000. claimer that did REAL well for me sitting behind Fast Gun with Matucci.

Did Mattucci have gray and pink colors ?

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Re: THINGS YOU DONT SEE IN HARNESS RACING ANY MORE
« Reply #40 on: May 03, 2018, 09:43:47 AM »
Did Mattucci have gray and pink colors ?
pink and black

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Re: THINGS YOU DONT SEE IN HARNESS RACING ANY MORE
« Reply #41 on: May 03, 2018, 09:45:40 AM »
Matuccci also trained a very good horse Lucky Child.

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Re: THINGS YOU DONT SEE IN HARNESS RACING ANY MORE
« Reply #42 on: May 03, 2018, 10:17:52 AM »
    The guy that wore the big clock around his neck at freehold..

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Re: THINGS YOU DONT SEE IN HARNESS RACING ANY MORE
« Reply #43 on: May 03, 2018, 12:35:58 PM »
Matuccci also trained a very good horse Lucky Child.

I also remember him training KungFu..
He was a decent horse

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Re: THINGS YOU DONT SEE IN HARNESS RACING ANY MORE
« Reply #44 on: May 03, 2018, 02:01:43 PM »
Did Mattucci have gray and pink colors ?

Pink and black is right Sam.  Lucky Child was a JFA working his way up the A-B-C ladder winning whenever Gene wanted until one fateful night when Gene got caught on the wrong side of the bridge when it went up and they put Gilmour up and he wired him from the 8 in C-1 and Lucky Child was immediately moved up to A-3 and was still the best. Of course Matucci got caught up in the Moonstone Bay fiasco along with Mike Santa Maria and things went downhill from there.

 

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