Summer didnt mean baseball or picnics it meant Rossi Gold in the Stars and Stripes Handicap
Dont remember but dont think it was Bollero.. Goldfine could be right.
Demetri'sBoy was fast and tough.
Was arrested by the Arlington Park security department in 1981 for transmitting race results from a pay phone outside the racetrack.
At the time, the racetrack had instituted a 15-minute embargo on the dissemination of race results and the Director of Security Tom Rivera was enforcing the racetrack's rules.
My company (Phone Programs) sued Arlington Park and won.
I received a $1,000 bonus check on payday and the arrest was expunged.
Les Grobstein of WLS interviewed me so I could express outrage at the ridiculous situation.
I worked for SportsPhone during my college years at Northwestern.
Looked it up on Wikipedia. It was Ray Lawrence Jr. Rossi Gold won that race from 1981-1983.
Was arrested by the Arlington Park security department in 1981 for transmitting race results from a pay phone outside the racetrack.
At the time, the racetrack had instituted a 15-minute embargo on the dissemination of race results and the Director of Security Tom Rivera was enforcing the racetrack's rules.
My company (Phone Programs) sued Arlington Park and won.
I received a $1,000 bonus check on payday and the arrest was expunged.
Les Grobstein of WLS interviewed me so I could express outrage at the ridiculous situation.
I worked for SportsPhone during my college years at Northwestern.
Grobber is still on The Score overnights also.Was arrested by the Arlington Park security department in 1981 for transmitting race results from a pay phone outside the racetrack.
At the time, the racetrack had instituted a 15-minute embargo on the dissemination of race results and the Director of Security Tom Rivera was enforcing the racetrack's rules.
My company (Phone Programs) sued Arlington Park and won.
I received a $1,000 bonus check on payday and the arrest was expunged.
Les Grobstein of WLS interviewed me so I could express outrage at the ridiculous situation.
I worked for SportsPhone during my college years at Northwestern.
Grobstein was the only guy who got the recording of Lee Elia's famous Rant. The greatest tirade in the history of sports.Grobber is still on The Score overnights also.
I remember him on WLS back in the 70's. I think he has family by me across the lake, Lakeside/Union Pier area.Grobstein was the only guy who got the recording of Lee Elia's famous Rant. The greatest tirade in the history of sports.
Grobstein's memory and recall of games and players that he just goes on about during his show is just amazing after all these years.
Was arrested by the Arlington Park security department in 1981 for transmitting race results from a pay phone outside the racetrack.
At the time, the racetrack had instituted a 15-minute embargo on the dissemination of race results and the Director of Security Tom Rivera was enforcing the racetrack's rules.
Was arrested by the Arlington Park security department in 1981 for transmitting race results from a pay phone outside the racetrack.
At the time, the racetrack had instituted a 15-minute embargo on the dissemination of race results and the Director of Security Tom Rivera was enforcing the racetrack's rules.
My company (Phone Programs) sued Arlington Park and won.
I received a $1,000 bonus check on payday and the arrest was expunged.
Les Grobstein of WLS interviewed me so I could express outrage at the ridiculous situation.
I worked for SportsPhone during my college years at Northwestern.
You are right about that. i made it to 26th and California a few years later for about 30 hours. World of difference, especially for a white boy from the suburbs. LOL11th & State better than 26th& California
You are right about that. i made it to 26th and California a few years later for about 30 hours. World of difference, especially for a white boy from the suburbs. LOL
i was put in a bullpen of about 120 guys. Four of us were white. i get talking to many of the Brothers. Almost all were there for street selling drugs. All talking about their territories and gang affiliations. Forty years later and it is still the same shit. Shows the insanity of the "drug war" by police.My uncle was a Marine in Viet Nam....nothing scared him as much as spending a night at 26th & California....I remember the phone call to my mom begging and pleading to get bailed out of there
For you Youngsters reading this, all the phones on track in them days were locked up during racing so you couldn't make a phone call unless you left the track.
A few years before i started going regular. A nice Illinois bred was Marluel's Troy trained by Enoch Rea.
If karma worked Churchill would get it's nuts handed to them by investors because they are have no clue in sports betting and are giving away money left and right with little return. Yeah they can bring in a few more bucks from the Derby, but racing nationwide is a shit show for profit seeking companies. Casinos holding them up for now, but all of their casinos looked like they have peaked to me.
Everyone seems to think racing is dying, and as an in person sport to see, it is. But betting handle keeps going up and up. Most that I know who bet racing bet from the comforts of home. Who needs to pay all that extra for overpriced concessions, parking, and waiting in endless lines? Sure, it helps to see paddock inspection but the live feeds are pretty good; get a good idea of who looks sharp and who doesn't. It won't be more than a niche sport but people have been saying racing is dead for 40 years. But betting handle keeps going up.
The betting handle means very little these days. the handle is only up because of the computer groups that bet for rebate. Outside of the big rebate groups betting the handle is not going up. Horse racing has been dying the slow death for 25 years now.Everyone seems to think racing is dying, and as an in person sport to see, it is. But betting handle keeps going up and up. Most that I know who bet racing bet from the comforts of home. Who needs to pay all that extra for overpriced concessions, parking, and waiting in endless lines? Sure, it helps to see paddock inspection but the live feeds are pretty good; get a good idea of who looks sharp and who doesn't. It won't be more than a niche sport but people have been saying racing is dead for 40 years. But betting handle keeps going up.
I think it has been dying for a couple of generations now. I remember Balmoral, Harthorne, Maywood, Sportsmans Park, and Arlington - all gone now. I think the Bidwell family owned Sportsman's Park.Everyone seems to think racing is dying, and as an in person sport to see, it is. But betting handle keeps going up and up. Most that I know who bet racing bet from the comforts of home. Who needs to pay all that extra for overpriced concessions, parking, and waiting in endless lines? Sure, it helps to see paddock inspection but the live feeds are pretty good; get a good idea of who looks sharp and who doesn't. It won't be more than a niche sport but people have been saying racing is dead for 40 years. But betting handle keeps going up.
My comment has little to do with the industry as a whole. Its about CHDN and their attempts to move away from horse racing because it is losing profitability. Whether its dying or not I have an opinion but I'll let others debate it. CHDN saw that they didn't make much off anything but Kentucky Derby weekend and the racetracks that have casinos. They are going to underinvest or sell racetracks going forward, they are putting lipstick on the pig with the investments in Kentucky Derby. Those are just trying to extract more money from corporate types, they don't grow or sustain the racing industry. I would think a lot of you would have figured this out already, but seems people can't resist sending money to CHDN when they are quietly working to screw over most of the industry.Everyone seems to think racing is dying, and as an in person sport to see, it is. But betting handle keeps going up and up. Most that I know who bet racing bet from the comforts of home. Who needs to pay all that extra for overpriced concessions, parking, and waiting in endless lines? Sure, it helps to see paddock inspection but the live feeds are pretty good; get a good idea of who looks sharp and who doesn't. It won't be more than a niche sport but people have been saying racing is dead for 40 years. But betting handle keeps going up.
Hawthorne is not gone. They just ran a summer harness meet and are running a thoroughbred meet starting in October until the end of the year. They are building a casino at Hawthorne. Rumor is that the Casino construction is not going well.I think it has been dying for a couple of generations now. I remember Balmoral, Harthorne, Maywood, Sportsmans Park, and Arlington - all gone now. I think the Bidwell family owned Sportsman's Park.
ThisThe betting handle means very little these days. the handle is only up because of the computer groups that bet for rebate. Outside of the big rebate groups betting the handle is not going up. Horse racing has been dying the slow death for 25 years now.
Hawthorne is not gone. They just ran a summer harness meet and are running a thoroughbred meet starting in October until the end of the year. They are building a casino at Hawthorne. Rumor is that the Casino construction is not going well.
You are right the Bidwell family family owned Sportsman Park. Then they made the disastrous decision to turn Sportsman into a combination Horse and car racing track. That lasted about three years and the track closed shortly there after.
The Johnson family owned Maywood and Balmoral until one of them was caught on tape trying to bribe Governor Blagojevich to get slots. They lost a big lawsuit and had to declare bankruptcy. Tracks were then sold at auction.
I think it has been dying for a couple of generations now. I remember Balmoral, Harthorne, Maywood, Sportsmans Park, and Arlington - all gone now. I think the Bidwell family owned Sportsman's Park.
I don't know how you call this flourishing...On track is dying. Overall betting handle is flourishing.