thanks for all the great horses ive seen you run in my 60 years of following the great racing in the usa even though i grew up on the backstretch at northlands park in edmonton alberta canada heck i was the runner in the jocks room in 1973 at 12 years old when ron turcotte showed up to ride on ron turcotte day after his mounts that day i would carry rons whip and helmet so he could sign autographs for thousands of fans at the end of the day mr.turcotte signed a beautiful secretariat print and gave it to me , i spent 600 on a frame its still beautiful to this day 49 years later
listening to coach sure brings back memories about my father . dad trained horses till he was 81 years old and he decided to retire he took 1 year off and decided to buy a yearling race horse at 83 yrs old cause he was bored .well he got kicked in the head in 2014 by the now 2year old and ended up spending the next 7 years in long term care till he passed in 2021 dad was competetive right to the end heck dad even wrestled andre the giant in the ring in 1965 a true competator in canadian horse racing
thanks for all the great horses ive seen you run in my 60 years of following the great racing in the usa even though i grew up on the backstretch at northlands park in edmonton alberta canada heck i was the runner in the jocks room in 1973 at 12 years old when ron turcotte showed up to ride on ron turcotte day after his mounts that day i would carry rons whip and helmet so he could sign autographs for thousands of fans at the end of the day mr.turcotte signed a beautiful secretariat print and gave it to me , i spent 600 on a frame its still beautiful to this day 49 years later
listening to coach sure brings back memories about my father . dad trained horses till he was 81 years old and he decided to retire he took 1 year off and decided to buy a yearling race horse at 83 yrs old cause he was bored .well he got kicked in the head in 2014 by the now 2year old and ended up spending the next 7 years in long term care till he passed in 2021 dad was competetive right to the end heck dad even wrestled andre the giant in the ring in 1965 a true competator in canadian horse racing
Terrific conversation!
Thanks for watching!