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Originally Posted by Tim Y
ha ha 1/4/9/7 not even close as I thought
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The winning horse in Phila. Park's 8th, El Charrucca, is trained by Ramon Preciado, probably the
hottest trainer in the country at this moment.
The 9th race winner at Philly, On Demand, is owned by Rich Santulli, who founded NetJets and at one time was considered the heir apparent to Warren Buffett at Berkshire Hathaway.
Santulli was also part owner of Safely Kept, champion sprinter and winner of the Breeders' Cup Sprint in 1990, a race made famous when Dayjur
twice jumped the shadow very deep into the homestretch within feet of the finish line.
I'll never forget the post-race interview when trainer Alan Goldberg was asked: 'Did you think you'd have won the race if Dayjur didn't jump?', or words to that effect.
Like the nitwit that he is, Goldberg answered : 'Why, of course, she was getting to him.'
Safely Kept wasn't getting to him, for sure.
When that same question was immediately posed to winning jockey Craig Perret, the Cajun said: 'Nope. No way we'd win it. He had us beat.'
God love him, that Perret.