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Meadow Ford

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Sept Trivia
« on: August 31, 2025, 10:25:47 PM »
Laurel Racetrack early 70's.
Clint Hodgins or Harold Story.
I can't remember which one.
Both characters of that era.
A rainy rainy night.'
Clint or Harold warmed up their horse wearing an all black rain coat. He gets called in by the paddock judge and told that he needed disdinguishing colors to race. Not an all black rain coat.
Clint or Harold went straight to the State Vets office.
What did he ask for?
What did he do with what he asked for?
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Re: Sept Trivia
« Reply #1 on: September 01, 2025, 02:41:43 PM »
Pretty sure it was Story looking for gauze or adhesive tape.

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Re: Sept Trivia
« Reply #2 on: September 02, 2025, 08:13:21 AM »
Pretty sure it was Story looking for gauze or adhesive tape.
Yes white adhesive tape.
Now what did he do with it?
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Re: Sept Trivia
« Reply #3 on: September 04, 2025, 07:48:22 AM »
Made a white x

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Re: Sept Trivia
« Reply #4 on: September 05, 2025, 12:43:30 PM »
Made a white x
"Right Church, Wrong Pew".
He had the groom wrap a couple bans of the white tape around each arm, a couple bans around his chest, and over each shoulder.
There you go, Disdinguishing Colors, and everyone is happy.
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Re: Sept Trivia
« Reply #5 on: September 05, 2025, 12:53:37 PM »
What Major League Baseball Pitcher (1986-2003) went under the stable name "Three Up-Three Down Stable"?
Horses he raised he named after baseball players.
He trained horses for a short time,  and drove in a few races.
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Re: Sept Trivia
« Reply #6 on: September 05, 2025, 01:05:58 PM »
What Major League Baseball Pitcher (1986-2003) went under the stable name "Three Up-Three Down Stable"?
Horses he raised he named after baseball players.
He trained horses for a short time,  and drove in a few races.

Dan Plesac

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Re: Sept Trivia
« Reply #7 on: September 05, 2025, 01:11:16 PM »
Harold Story was a real character. I remember when they made it mandatory to wear glasses while driving. Story never wanted to so he just wore the frames and took out the lenses. I also remember at Green Mountain Park he came out in the post parade with his pet monkey riding on the horses back. Fun times back then.

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Re: Sept Trivia
« Reply #8 on: September 05, 2025, 01:22:42 PM »
Dan Plesac
Right you are.
Can you name any of his baseball related named horses and who they were named after?
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Re: Sept Trivia
« Reply #9 on: September 05, 2025, 01:28:37 PM »
Right you are.
Can you name any of his baseball related named horses and who they were named after?

I saw a YouTube video many years ago..I think it was Stanley Stinky shoes or something like that

he had some others but I cannot recall any

do not know who they were named for


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Re: Sept Trivia
« Reply #10 on: September 06, 2025, 08:06:56 PM »
I saw a YouTube video many years ago..I think it was Stanley Stinky shoes or something like that

he had some others but I cannot recall any

do not know who they were named for
Some of his horses were.
Stanley Stinky Toes
Hank And Whimpy
The Big Lefty
Grap Some Bench
Lets Get Some Runs
Ronny Woo Woo
Meeko Mania
Meeko And Tumba
Rule Twenty One
Chief Big Kahuna
Duck Snort
Brew Crewser
Fo Schizzo
Philly Phanatic
Richard Baylaag
In return Richard Balog named a trotting colt Plesac.
Plesac the horse was a FFA trotter earning over 2 and a half million.




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Re: Sept Trivia
« Reply #11 on: September 06, 2025, 10:59:21 PM »
Harold Story was a real character. I remember when they made it mandatory to wear glasses while driving. Story never wanted to so he just wore the frames and took out the lenses. I also remember at Green Mountain Park he came out in the post parade with his pet monkey riding on the horses back. Fun times back then.

War Nickel, a very nice open handicap trotter he had at the BigY.  Trying to remember the other two, who ever got the 6 or 7 of the 6,7,8 post left first and usually won.  Maybe Covert Action, Schnittker's horse was one of them.  Those were the fucking days, almost 40 years ago!   

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Re: Sept Trivia
« Reply #12 on: September 11, 2025, 02:12:58 PM »
Some of his horses were.
Stanley Stinky Toes
Hank And Whimpy
The Big Lefty
Grap Some Bench
Lets Get Some Runs
Ronny Woo Woo
Meeko Mania
Meeko And Tumba
Rule Twenty One
Chief Big Kahuna
Duck Snort
Brew Crewser
Fo Schizzo
Philly Phanatic
Richard Baylaag
In return Richard Balog named a trotting colt Plesac.
Plesac the horse was a FFA trotter earning over 2 and a half million.
I googled some of the names.
Ronny Woo Woo
Ronny (Woo Woo)  Wickers
A legendary Cub's Superfan

Duck Snort (Fart)
A fly ball that barely makes it over the infield for a hit.

Fo Schizzo
Term meaning "For Sure" made popular by Snoop Dogg.
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