
9th September 2005, 02:39 AM
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Join Date: Aug 2005
Posts: 318
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Thanks Brave!!! I asked my buddy last night to look through Retama real quick for Mr. Question, and he wasn't in. Excellent! I don't know anything about him and Avenger spotted him, but I will get the form and look it over for sure and get back to you. I really don't like the tracks in the US that run at night. Most are cheap and it's hard to follow. But there are great values to be found if you do. Delaware Park trainers will ship to Charlestown and Penn National and crush those pigs. Look for guys like Steve Klesaris and Scott Lake- they're no secret but sometimes you can catch a price. They don't ship for nothing! Evangaline is one I try to avoid in a way because I don't know a whole lot about those crazy Cajuns in LA. A little history on Louisiana horse racing: They used to have all kinds of bush tracks and that's where the great LA jocks would start as 13 or 14 year olds(Kent Desormeaux, Eddie Delahouyse, MarkGuidry, Randy Romero, Shane Sellers.....) Watch a trainer named SAM DAVID JR. at Louisiana Downs, though if you get a chance. He is very high % and has always done a great job on the southern midwest circuit. And I knew his dad. He used to own a cheap little motel next to Gulfstream in Miami and I stayed there for the Breeder's Cup in 1989 (showing my age!). Alot of the jocks and horsemen used to stay there as well. Ironically, my brother stayed at some posh hotel on the beach for BC '89 and Randy Romero was hanging in the bar the night before the races and found out my bro and co. were from Delaware and told them, "So's my fillie's owner! Mrs. Lunger owns GO FOR WAND and she'll crush tomorrow in the Juvenile Fillies. Best horse I've ever been on." and that was after he had just gone undefeated 13 and 0 on PERSONAL ENSIGN! Gotta love those whacky Cajuns! Laissez le bon temps roullette!!! Sad thing about the Creole community in LA being just about decimated by Kun...rina! Mother Nature can sure let you know who is boss.
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