Hat used to love playing New York racing and as he put it "taking that smart NY money"!
He went to the simulcast one day and when he got home he told me he played Belmont and lost bad. Told me he had unfinished business there! A week later he called me up wanting to play but I told him it was raining and he said PASS til it was nice out.
Couple of days later weather was gonna be nice and he told me during our nightly phone call to get the pp's for the next days card and to call him early and we'd go over the card beforehand. I called early and LeRoi answered. I said hi and she said" Richie he has that look in his eye, Ive seen it before! We should play his horses in daily doubles and pick 3's and include his "other horse"" When she put him on the phone he went over the whole card giving me ONE horse in every race and in a few of them gave me his "other horse", telling me to "play them Rich"
Ok so the card runs and he goes 7 for 9 with his horse and in one of the other 2 races his "other horse" wins. so 8 out of 9 and a few were double digit payers too! I called the house later, before speaking with Hat LeRoi asked me how I did
I told her I played my own horses and while wining a few bucks ….... LeRoi laughed telling me I was a stubborn … said if we had played them all in doubles and pick 3 's we could have won enough to buy a car! This was true!
Hat comes in and gets on the phone" told you Rich we were gonna get them good"! He hit like 3 or 4 cold pick 3;s , doubles, win bets everything! He cleaned up and when he asked ME about my play and I told him what I had done he paused for a couple of seconds then said " Rich I like that you follow your own path but today you're a dumb sonofa…..! LMAO I told him he's right
I really miss Jim and our talks which to be honest were much more about life and being a good person over horse racing. I am Blessed to know him
Richie
PS - Hi Tim! We are doing great, Karen says hi and cant wait to hook up again at the Spa
