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Re: Harness Racing Tragedies You Witnessed Trackside
« Reply #15 on: May 16, 2024, 05:50:12 AM »
Glen you absolutely did not offend Anyone you just made the story too long and the 80yr olds on here are used to one or two lines of reading before they flush. 

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Re: Harness Racing Tragedies You Witnessed Trackside
« Reply #16 on: May 16, 2024, 08:10:00 AM »
i saw Cat Manzi get taken off the track via ambulance twice at freehold--seemingly at the same spot-at the top of the stretch

thankfully he survived both incidents

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« Reply #17 on: May 16, 2024, 08:37:32 AM »
I was at Hollywood Park when Godreau went down. I'll never forget he was actually getting up right after the incident before he collapsed again right on the track. Terrible tragedy. 

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Re: Harness Racing Tragedies You Witnessed Trackside
« Reply #18 on: May 16, 2024, 08:53:05 AM »
July 15, 1988 Roosevelt Raceway, Westbury, NY. The closed.

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Re: Harness Racing Tragedies You Witnessed Trackside
« Reply #19 on: May 16, 2024, 09:07:16 AM »
I was at the Meadowlands for two close calls. The first was an accident where I thought Jack Parker Jr was dead. He has made the most incredible recovery in what may be the greatest in harness racing history. The second close call was on a Sunday afternoon at the Meadowlands where John Campbell went down hard. It was very scary from the old grandstand. Thank goodness he only broke his elbow and other secondary injuries.

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Re: Harness Racing Tragedies You Witnessed Trackside
« Reply #20 on: May 16, 2024, 09:41:41 AM »
Leigh Fitch getting launched from his bike when his horse fell at Scarborough.

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Re: Harness Racing Tragedies You Witnessed Trackside
« Reply #21 on: May 16, 2024, 03:49:53 PM »
I was at the Meadowlands for two close calls. The first was an accident where I thought Jack Parker Jr was dead. He has made the most incredible recovery in what may be the greatest in harness racing history. The second close call was on a Sunday afternoon at the Meadowlands where John Campbell went down hard. It was very scary from the old grandstand. Thank goodness he only broke his elbow and other secondary injuries.

might have been when a top trotter named Florida Jewel went down--cant recall vivdly but it was a sunday afternoon

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« Reply #22 on: May 16, 2024, 04:09:08 PM »
Since someone said Roosevelt Raceway, let’s add Pompano Park  Sunday April 17, 2022!!

I actually dressed in black for a funeral!!
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Re: Harness Racing Tragedies You Witnessed Trackside
« Reply #23 on: May 16, 2024, 04:44:24 PM »
watchin maywood one day when i lived in chicago when homer and steve pletcher i think caused some kind of wreck and vince tambnorello to catapult in the air and smash his head on the inside rail drainage ditch that was made of concrete. it split his helmet in half and he died instantly. vinny was well liked by eveyone and a good fella. the mob had a seious talk with home and pletcher even tho vinny died that day at mcneil memorial hospital
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Re: Harness Racing Tragedies You Witnessed Trackside
« Reply #24 on: May 17, 2024, 12:22:16 AM »
How many died at roosevelt..I know dunkley did...Haughton yonkers...

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Re: Harness Racing Tragedies You Witnessed Trackside
« Reply #25 on: May 17, 2024, 05:07:25 AM »
Haughton, Goudreau and Smullen were all wearing a Caliente helmet (which, after the fact was discovered to be no more durable than a child's bicycle helmet.)  After Haughton's death in 1986, the following study was conducted to help prevent this in the future: (copied from the abstract at the NIH):

"A case of a harness racing accident in which the driver died of head injuries is presented. To evaluate the victim's head injury and corresponding helmet damage, a videotape of the race was reviewed and analyzed. Based on calculations of a simplified trajectory analysis and testing of the helmet, it was determined that the helmet design did not provide adequate protection for the victim.
The standards for harness helmet design are being re-eval-uated by the harness racing industry to ensure the safety of the drivers. A review of 178 harness racing injuries and deaths, current harness helmet research, and recommendations for safer helmets are discussed. A protocol for the forensic investigation of sports-related injuries and/or deaths is also presented to assist medical examiners in fulfilling their roles as practitioners of preventive medicine.
The American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology 8(3):p 185-207, September 1987."

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Re: Harness Racing Tragedies You Witnessed Trackside
« Reply #26 on: May 17, 2024, 05:23:37 AM »
watchin maywood one day when i lived in chicago when homer and steve pletcher i think caused some kind of wreck and vince tambnorello to catapult in the air and smash his head on the inside rail drainage ditch that was made of concrete. it split his helmet in half and he died instantly. vinny was well liked by eveyone and a good fella. the mob had a seious talk with home and pletcher even tho vinny died that day at mcneil memorial hospital
I was there also almost right in front of it don't believe he died right away if my memory is correct at my old age they brought him back a few times before he actually passed they announced it on the radio station that would play the races later that night

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Re: Harness Racing Tragedies You Witnessed Trackside
« Reply #27 on: May 19, 2024, 09:03:51 AM »
Windsor fair several years ago when the Gaye failed to close and hit spectators just after start going into turn 1

 

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