The No-Cash Bears
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I suffered from allergies and could not work around the horses.
The hay really got to me.
Did you ever suffer any injuries when working on the backside?
It's amazing how many backstretch workers have a little hitch in their giddyup.
blueline
EOG Master
First time I was ever in the paddock for a race I was cow-kicked ....I tried to act cool like it didnt hurt....left a horseshoe imprint on my thigh...if I had been standing at a little different angle....I can't even imagine the pain that would have been
Also stepped on a couple of times but thats it
Also stepped on a couple of times but thats it
Thought i wanted to be a trainer. Started at the bottom. Cleaning stalls, bathing horses, and all the other stuff. Worked for a couple of small guys. Bought in to some cheap claimers trying to get a good one and make some money.
Long hours and hard work and i loved it on the backstretch. Very difficult to make any money. Always many good stories and gossip about people. It is just like a soap opera. So many interesting characters. Drug and alcohol abuse was very common.
After a few years, looking at guys that were 30 years older than me and they were living on the backside with no money and living in tack rooms and moving every three months realized this life ain't for me.
Hell JK, working on the backside i got to know three guys you know pretty well. The guy i was working for was training a horse for a guy named Bruce. Got to know him well and we went out to eat regular. He then moved out to Vegas and eventually went to work for the computer group.
By 95 i moved to Vegas and Bruce helped me get my first apartment in the same complex he lived in. Well, you know the rest of the story because you have written stories about him in the past. He was the one who disappeared with 250K of the computers money after the 96 Super Bowl between Dallas and Pittsburgh. Dallas won but didn't cover. Had dinner with Bruce two nights before he left town and i have never seen him again.
By 95 i moved to Vegas and Bruce helped me get my first apartment in the same complex he lived in. Well, you know the rest of the story because you have written stories about him in the past. He was the one who disappeared with 250K of the computers money after the 96 Super Bowl between Dallas and Pittsburgh. Dallas won but didn't cover. Had dinner with Bruce two nights before he left town and i have never seen him again.
Murphy’s Best
EOG Dedicated
Good story Rock!
Oh my!
It's a small world.
I once saw Bruce wager $10,000 to win on a trotter named Cordeleone.
Sterling Buch was the driver/trainer.
I can still see the red wheels on the sulky.
Cordeleone was 8/1 in the program and 3/1 at post time.
Nice score for Bruce.
But you know...wait for it...the rest of the story.
Well done on the research, i worked at Rax (!) in the mid-80s for exactly that, $3.35/hr. Got fired for calling in sick to go to the high school homecoming football game, lol.
Murphy’s Best
EOG Dedicated
Back in 1984 I made $4.25 an hour as a box boy at Alpha Beta Supermarket….
I'm with you, BOMZEE.
Today, there are signs outside Guaranteed Rate Field, home of the Chicago White Sox, that read "Your phone is your ticket."
Ugh.
#BigTime
My first Job was in the maintenance department at Arapahoe Horse Track in 1992 and paid $7.00 an hour almost double the minimum wage at the time.
blueline
EOG Master
Australian-based sportsbook company PointsBet has hired an investment bank to help with the sale of its North American operations, according to a report from The Australian Financial Review.
PointsBet, which operates in 14 states and reportedly ranks as the seventh-largest sports betting operator in the U.S., has apparently struggled to carve out a large enough market share amid stiff competition to become profitable. As a result, the company reportedly appointed Moelis & Company to help accelerate its exit.
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