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Babe Donaway....Myth or Legend
« on: April 10, 2024, 07:42:15 AM »
Sixties and seventies....king pin at East Coast tracks......or not

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Re: Babe Donaway....Myth or Legend
« Reply #1 on: April 10, 2024, 10:51:01 AM »
Anybody from Garden State or Meadowlands remember this guy with his 15 man entourage

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Re: Babe Donaway....Myth or Legend
« Reply #2 on: April 10, 2024, 04:17:18 PM »
Yes

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Re: Babe Donaway....Myth or Legend
« Reply #3 on: April 10, 2024, 05:12:28 PM »
No.
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Re: Babe Donaway....Myth or Legend
« Reply #4 on: April 10, 2024, 06:11:51 PM »
Was banned from almost every track on the East Coast!
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Re: Babe Donaway....Myth or Legend
« Reply #5 on: April 10, 2024, 07:34:49 PM »
I vaguely remember Benny the Whip getting banned from M1 ages ago for some cheating scandal, this must be it.

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Re: Babe Donaway....Myth or Legend
« Reply #6 on: April 11, 2024, 02:55:34 AM »
The judge threw the case out of court and said it was one of the thinnest cases he had ever seen put up for trial.  Benny was suspended for the duration of the trial, but was reinstated immediately.

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Re: Babe Donaway....Myth or Legend
« Reply #7 on: April 11, 2024, 03:42:41 AM »
One time at the BigM Babe hit a score for 30k.

He stuffed the money on the inside of his suit jacket. Cookie and him were going to their car in the parking lot, not sure why they didnt use valet but they come across an "Old" Woman laying on the ground. Well Babe went to help to help her up but the woman turned out to be a dude in disguise and scored the 30k.

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Re: Babe Donaway....Myth or Legend
« Reply #8 on: April 11, 2024, 06:51:04 AM »
Does anyone remember the Tally - Ho Bar/ Hotel incident in 1975 near Brandywine on Route 202?

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Re: Babe Donaway....Myth or Legend
« Reply #9 on: April 11, 2024, 06:51:24 AM »
The judge threw the case out of court and said it was one of the thinnest cases he had ever seen put up for trial.  Benny was suspended for the duration of the trial, but was reinstated immediately.

For reference,

https://www.nytimes.com/1982/07/02/sports/driver-2-others-indicted.html

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Re: Babe Donaway....Myth or Legend
« Reply #10 on: April 11, 2024, 06:53:18 AM »
Was Wendal Donaway related?  Trained really nice horses back in the days . I think he drove them too

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Re: Babe Donaway....Myth or Legend
« Reply #11 on: April 11, 2024, 07:07:23 AM »
Baby brother........co lors purple and gold....known on program as  "Windy"

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Re: Babe Donaway....Myth or Legend
« Reply #12 on: April 11, 2024, 07:38:11 AM »
Mainly a New England guy. Saratoga, too.

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Re: Babe Donaway....Myth or Legend
« Reply #13 on: April 11, 2024, 07:47:33 AM »
Hometown is Millsboro,Delaware...Raced in Delaware,Maryland and Pennsylvania until 1977 when asked to leave due to lack of effort drives....relocat ed in Foxboro in 1978...moved back to Delaware around 2000.
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Re: Babe Donaway....Myth or Legend
« Reply #14 on: April 11, 2024, 09:12:49 AM »
Does anyone remember the Tally - Ho Bar/ Hotel incident in 1975 near Brandywine on Route 202?


Yes, gunshot and Babe was lucky.

 

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