horse trivia

[smazza]

name the number and name of all triple crown winners

[BULLO12]

name the number and name of all triple crown winners

11 Triple Crown winners:

1978 Affirmed

1977 Seatle Slew

1973 Secretatriat

1948 Citation

1946 Assault

1943 Count Fleet

1941 Whirlaway

1937 War Admiral

1935 Omaha

1930 Gallant Fox

1919 Sir Barton

[KnightsRule]

Seattle Slew was my favorite horse I ever watched race with Spectacular Bid a close second.

[smazza]

correct secretariat was the best

[KnightsRule]

Secratariat was best but I was 4 years old and even being brought up by a gambler I still didnt know the ponys until a little later. I was 8 years old by Seattle Slew and probably had 25 visits to Saratoga in me by then and I loved that horse. Maybe cuz I remember my dad winning so much money?

[smazza]

my father would take me out of school in jr high on monday to go to aqueduct and belmont.

by 14 i was a regular at OTB (off track betting parlors)

they are everywhere like mcdonalds

i didn't know algebra by i could handicapp with the best track bums in new york

[KnightsRule]

Steve

I lived right over the mountain from NY in Mass and was also a regular at OTB.  I feel right at home there. Your dad must have taken you to Saratoga in August every summer right?

[smazza]

yes he did

let me tell you my"internship"  at the tracks taught me so much about human nature.

i learned things i could never learn in school

today the state would probably try to take me away  from him for "not raising me properly'

[KnightsRule]

Im in same boat Steve. I taught a bunch of my 4th grade classmates how to play poker.  My father gambles for a living to this date and has had decent career. I am in stock game so basically followed in his footsteps.