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Old 06-30-2022, 01:33 AM   #8
Ted Craven
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Here's how we met Bill Ziemba.

It was 2017 at the annual Saratoga Meetup. Mum and I had just driven down from Ontario to Saratoga, then continued onwards to Albany for dinner with Mick and Charlie (and maybe others, but memory fades).

We were sitting in the Desmond Hotel (site of all the old Sartin Seminars), the restaurant, catching up when in shuffles this older gentleman limping on 2 walking poles with a backpack of papers, sits down near us and orders a very expensive bottle of red wine. He hears us talking about Doc Sartin and after a while mentions he once attended a Sartin Saratoga seminar back in the day, actually was invited to make a presentation.

Really, we say - that's quite a coincidence. What's your name? He says: Bill Ziemba. Except for Mum, we all go - 'Dr Z??!' 'Who's Dr Z asks Mum?' We explain briefly then invite Bill over to our table for stories and food (he brings his bottle of wine). Then he joined us for the rest of the weekend, hitching a ride with Mick up to Saratoga.

That's how we all became friends . Friendships maintained as described above, over subsequent years in several different parts of the horse racing (and skiing) world and online.

Never underestimate who might walk into a bar ...

Ted


(Dinner 2018, Saratoga, from left: Charlie B, Bill Z, Tim G, Mick, Barb/Mum, me, Missy B)



For Rachel and Sandra - these were a few of Bill's many friends.
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