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#1 · August 30, 2024, 1:02 PM

Stan Bergstein and Spencer Ross bring Harness Racing to the public. I was glued to these broadcasts and never missed one.

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#2 · August 30, 2024, 4:12 PM

Great memories! Going over the Goethals Bridge into Staten Island to bet at the OTB. Back home and on the couch to watch the races.

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#3 · August 30, 2024, 4:14 PM

Quote from SC Upstate on August 30, 2024, 4:12 PM

Great memories! Going over the Goethals Bridge into Staten Island to bet at the OTB. Back home and on the couch to watch the races.

What we had to do back in the day!

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#4 · August 30, 2024, 4:19 PM

Also remember going to the Meadowlands, leaving to get to work by 11pm. I'd bet the last races and listen to the results on the radio before walking in. Was the station 88WINS? Crazy good memories! Even better to share with people who can relate. Nobody else would believe any of this!

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#5 · August 30, 2024, 4:26 PM

Quote from SC Upstate on August 30, 2024, 4:19 PM

Also remember going to the Meadowlands, leaving to get to work by 11pm. I'd bet the last races and listen to the results on the radio before walking in. Was the station 88WINS? Crazy good memories! Even better to share with people who can relate. Nobody else would believe any of this!

WINS is 1010 on the AM dial; WCBS was 880 (which will go off the air at the end of August 2024 after over 50 years of bringing News Radio to the Tri-State area)..

One of those two stations used to broadcast the stretch runs twice an hour during their Sports section.

I miss hearing Jack E. Lee from Roosevelt. 'Bullet' Bob Meyer was a little too flat for my taste.

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#6 · September 7, 2024, 10:53 AM

1010WINS, knew I had it wrong. Radio was the best back then. I'm sooo old!

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#7 · September 7, 2024, 11:44 AM

Quote from Lonnie on August 30, 2024, 4:14 PM

What we had to do back in the day!

Smoke filled OTBs, booze in a bag, the occasional scuffle, and most everyone screaming and cursing, and using body language and hand gestures and smacking their program on their leg - like a jockey's whip to the horse to get their selections home! That came to mind 🙂

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#8 · September 7, 2024, 1:47 PM

Are we ready for the International Trot? It's coming up next.

The two French horses drew post 1 and post 2, and both are over 20-1. Arguably these aren't the best French horses ever to invade Yonkers (and before that Roosevelt) Raceway.

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#9 · September 7, 2024, 1:50 PM

My Pick 5 ticket:

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#10 · September 7, 2024, 2:12 PM

Lonnie's Alive! 🙂

Like the hand that used to pop up from the dirt on WPIX (chan 11 NYC) at midnight on Saturday's creature feature night, way back when. 😱

Now it's a pick 4 for ya, good luck buddy!

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