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I guess enough time has passed to let me safely speak about this. back in the 80's I had a friend with connections with the guys with crooked noses. They got 2 tips, one was at Yonkers, Best Bullet with Joe Marsh Jr driving. Papa Herman led most of the race and then on the final turn Best Bullet made a 3 wide sweeping move and won paying 66.00 to win.The 2nd tip was the next day at Aquaduct on the 9th race triple. My friend and I were non believers that they could rig a triple but it came in straight and neither one of us bet it. It only paid 167.00 but neverthless it was amazing it came in in the exact order they said it would.
Ok, Let's have some fun...Tell me/us about the best tip you ever got in terms of it working out to where you won a lot of money ( or maybe a little ) Point is it worked out.please no horses you were connected to - No O/T/D/GHere's mine...Mid 80s, fall meet just started at YR. Yves Filion just blew into town with a coterie of horses and an entourage of Frogs.Saturday morning main track at YR was always busy with horses training for the following week, especially since most were off on Sundays.I never acted like a leach, but always had my "ear to the ground" and new how to make complimentary small talk. I see a large man stopwatch in hand intently watching Yves go a trip, in a race bike, with a chestnut. The man is holding a stopwatch and as they finish the mile, he says out loud, "2.02, last quarter in 28.3" It turns out this man is Robert Tetrault, although I don't know it at the time.I respond by saying something about how good he looked, blah, blah, blah. He turns to me matter of factly and say if i want to make some money Tuesday night, I should bet Yves' horses in the early double of the evening card. First race is the chestnut Riff Red. He has the 6 hole. Second race is the 8 - King Crombie. Then he looks me in the eye raise his finger like a professor and says "You must go to the track, don't bet off track because I only want you to bet if Ruff Red is wearing the same red and white shadow roll in the post parade that he is right now. If no shadow roll DONT BET A DIME!I said Ty. He said dont mention it and walked away.Tuesday night couldn't come fast enuf. Sure enough Ruff Red comes out wearing the red shadow roll. I put my plan into action. I was a 23 year old wanna be trainer who didnt have alot of money, but these horses were bombs so I did not need a lot to make a whole lot!$60 to win on Ruff Red $40 Daily Double 6 / 8. I wqs planning to bet another $40 on the second horse but if I hit the first race and was alive I would double that to $80Ruff Red swept three deep down the back from third over in a live flow, circled every one and won easily through the stretch. Paid $36 and change to win My win ticket on him is $750 right there. I run to the screen to look at DD possibilities 6/8 is paying $386 which means it "took money" because it is at least $150 under the anticipated parlay.King Crombie comes out, also wearing a red and white shadow roll. On his toes, ears spinning, etcI run and bet the $80 to win even though my DD ticket is worth nearly $7,500. Yves leaves the gate 100 mph. Quick top, yield, loose pocket, no ones coming gains a head of steam and charges out of the 2 hole mid turn and blows on by easily like a favorite. Pays like $37 to win. Almost Identical to the first race.I am delirious but keep my composure. Everyone knows me there and I told no one except close family.$750 first race, $7,500 on the DD, nearly $1,500 second race Almost 10 LARGE for 180 investment and I was free rolling after the first race.I saw Bobby Tetrault in the kitchen 2 mornings later and as I approached him making eye contact, he slowly raised a hand, kinda squeezed his lips together and smiled while slowly shaking his head back and forth as if to say "no need to say anything"I know for a fact Yves and his entourage took a ton of cash out of YR during that meet, with help from some unusual places. But that's a different story.100 percent true storyThanks for readiing
papa herman owned by a now passed friend of mine, Joe Chalesky and trained/driven by Lucien Fontaine
There were a few notable speedballs in the lower ranks of the NY curcuit years ago.Papa Herman was one , others I remember, Pocono Julio, The Penman, Pisco, Sea the USA, Mr AAA, There were a few notables on the trotting side too such as Fish Story
At Monticello Raceway I had the pleasure of being on the line next to the race fixing degenerate Andrew. It was for the night time races so he didn’t have his private window. He was punching big tickets at Yonkers and the only number he didn’t use was Walter Case’s horse who was 1/5. I figured he paid Walter so I tossed him too and cashed some nice tickets.