tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8711985.post114477390797247744..comments2024-03-05T05:38:22.024-05:00Comments on Left at the Gate: News and Notes - Apr 11Alan Mannhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12570505944559196118noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8711985.post-1144811156761520032006-04-11T23:05:00.000-04:002006-04-11T23:05:00.000-04:00Though the legal betting age in New York was 21 at...Though the legal betting age in New York was 21 at the time, I used to bet at Roosevelt and Yonkers, (and occasionally Aqueduct), when I was 16 (and I looked closer to 13). I'd say I was stopped twice in all that time; it was such a joke.Alan Mannhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12570505944559196118noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8711985.post-1144801213086874982006-04-11T20:20:00.000-04:002006-04-11T20:20:00.000-04:00Fairmount Park is my first home track. It's in so...Fairmount Park is my first home track. It's in southern Illinios, in Collinsville, just accross the might Mississippi from St. Louis, Missouri. That where I learned to read the form, and place wagers. Illinios had the lowest betting age of any state--17. It didn't matter, though. If I could drive there, they figured I could place a bet.thttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05329697943812963362noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8711985.post-1144795617774330422006-04-11T18:46:00.000-04:002006-04-11T18:46:00.000-04:00...i just received a very strange Virtual Stable n......i just received a very strange Virtual Stable notification...Ron Ellis' supremely talented but long-absent sprinter Long Range Missile worked three furlongs @ Fairmount Park this morning...where the hell is Fairmount Park???...and what the hell is Long Range Missile doig there???...very strange...leads me to believe Ellis doesn't have him anymore...oh well, at least he's alive and kicking...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8711985.post-1144793800541141602006-04-11T18:16:00.000-04:002006-04-11T18:16:00.000-04:00...about Oaks futures, yeah, they're just not very......about Oaks futures, yeah, they're just not very popular...i might add, there are NO Oaks futures in Las Vegas this year...i've only been here six years, but this is the first year i haven't seen them...and unfortunately, it's probably the start of a trend...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com