Re: Sad Day for Southern Illinois Racing (433 Views)

His training was nothing special whatsoever. His wife worked for Fairmount while he was training. The Fairmount paddock set up allowed you to speak to trainers while they were saddling the horse at the time. He never said much of anything. And he was still a very small guy at that time.

His last race was the end of a Fairmount meet on a Sat night circa 2000. His mount should have been 3 to 1 or 4 to 1 but went off at 3-5 and he made his patented late move from last to pass them all in the stretch. It was the ultimate setup and with good reason. He owned the place for a long, long time. That is what most around Fairmount would recall about him. That he waited, waited, waited and then moved past them all. The 2 summers I watched him I can't recall more than just a very few amount of times he won on the front end.

I believe he is in the Canadian Sports Hall of Fame but not the Racing Hall of Fame?