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71 win difference between 1st and 2nd
I remember many moons ago walking into race secretary BARRY HEWSON office after the races and we talked about the races of that night and he told me it was poor as the track had no movement and was boring and he said that he would speak to the track crew to make changes to the track and then he said to me RICK Zeron is trying to get into our circuit and this would never happen on his watch,, Well later Rick got in and i asked him if he had a change of heart and man was he not a happy camper,,,,,,,, Years later blue bonnets closed its doors and most of the people who ruined racing like SYLVAIN FILLION, BENOIT AND MARIO,, RICHARD MOREAU,, RICK ZERON ,,COLLIN JOHNSON AND MANY OTHERS decided to kill racing in ONTARIO AND TODAY ITS NO LONGER A SPORT,,,,, When i started in the game you could handicap,,,, When drivers like DAVE SMITH,, ROBERT LACKEY,, DOUG BROWN,, WILLIAM MEGANS,, BRENT DAVIES,, FRED GILLIS were driving it would be a speed duel and these guys closed holes,,,,,, How can you call it a sport when you do not do everything you can to win a race,,, Today the great trainers of the past like ROGER MAYOTE and JERRY DUFFORD are jokes and guys like LARRY WALKER left the game looking like a fool,,,,, Back then i would walk into the track and knew how a race would go and it was not the chalk on the lead every race and there was speed horses that always left and i looked forward to the weekly FFA PACE AND TROT........ EARL LENNOX to me the best announcer ever as he would call a race without making it a circus like many announcers do today and a hard driven first half meant back runners were going to win and today i am not sure if 53 seconds is to fast with the drugs keeping them going,,,,, Man i did not realize how good EARL LENNOX was as he did not go overboard with telling you were the chalk was the entire race,,,,, For me its sad that this site is all horsemen as 20 years ago horse going from 2-1 to 3/5 when leaving first is not a topic on this site and 20 years ago it would be the number one topic,,,,,,,,