Page 37 - April 2005 The Game

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PICTURE OF THE PAST CONTINUED FROM PG.12
Serendipity Farms
Hubba Hubba - $2500 705-357-1788
Clearbrook Stock Farm Baron De Vaux - $2000 Synastry Express - $1000 Welbred Fred - $1000 (BC) 604-888-4463
Road’s End Farm: Alfaari - $2000 Amaruk - $1200 Orchid’s Devil - $1200 Dramatic Show - $1000 Recreation - Private 604-856-7559 (BC)
Display Farm:
Sambuca On Ice - $1000 Catahoula Parish - $2000 Inspired Prospect - $2500 Devil Begone - $3000 519-928-5273
Rainbow Ridge: China Ruckus - $1500 905-939-9467
Hawthorne Farm: Royal Dixie - $1500 250-260-4414
Hillside Thoroughbreds Legal Jousting (IRE) - $1500
New Regime - $750 905-386-0912
Wynnwood Farms: Compadre - $5000 905-859-3000
Calmar Stables & Ranch: Just A Cat - $3000 Ground Stroke - $2000 Rosetti - $2000
Tiger Trap - $1500 Willard Scott - $1000 780-985-2998
Pedigree Farms
Grey Counter - $1000 Brite Adam - $1500 416-616-9962
Parish Ridge & Foxhillacres
Blameless is Smoking - Private Fee 905-331-7176
Wolff Run Farm Ashbury - $1,000 905-894-0240
Falconview Farms Keen Affair - Private
705-424-4809
Branview Stables EH - $1500 Endeavor - $2500 905-936-3359
Longview Farms Kinshasa - $2500 905-713-3762
Grassmere Farm
My Imperial Slew -$1000 705-277-2421 905-261-6859
Castle Peak Farm Ltd. Alystar Slew - $1000
Like the Prospects - $2000 Box Office Event - $3000 613-838-7895
Silver Duck Stable Northern Strike - Private Picolo Pete - Private Appalachian Chief - $2000 Strike A Gold Mine - $1,500
416-578-5073
Schönberg Farm Porto Foricos - $5000 Wonneberg - $3000 905-859-0624
Minshall Farms
Sea Wall - $3000 519-855-4671 Kiridashi - $6500 (standing at Park Stud) 519-941-3944
Maple Ridge Farm It’s Too Late - Private Treaty - 613-623-4970
ParkStud
Tomahawk - $8500 Kiridashi - $5500
Bold N’ Flashy - $4500 Perigee Moon - $3500 Tejabo - $2500 519-941-3944
Select Stud
Wake at Noon - $6000 Salty Note - $2000 Minstrel Dancer - $1000 905-841-1891
Norse Ridge Farm
My Way Only - Private Paynes Bay - $2500 Valid Trefaire - $2000 Lodge Hill - $2000 Umrigar - $1500 416-841-9201
TC Westmeath Stud Crown Attorney - Private Great Gladiator - Private One Way Love - $3500 Parisianprospector - $1500 Patrol - $2500 519-925-1445
Silver Duck Racing Stable Apalachian Chief - $2000 Northern Strike - Private Picolo Pete - Private
Strike A Gold Mine - $1500 416-578-8846 416-578-5073
True Colours Farm Puchilingui - $1500 Guaranteed Gold - $2450.00 905-854-5630
Spring Farm
Elajjud - Private Fee 519-225-2845
JNT Farm Colebrook Jet - Complimentary to approved mares 905-732-2095
Road’s End Farm Alfaari - $2000 Amaruk - $1200 Dramatic Show - $1000 Orchid’s Devil - $1200 Recreation - Private (BC) 604-856-7559
Calibre Farm
Gun Power - $2000 Special Considerations 905-727-1690
Creekside Stables Catinental - $3000 905-688-6185
Windfields Farm Limited Ascot Knight - $5000 Cat’s At Home - $6500 D’Wildcat - $10,000 Tethra - $4000
War Deputy - $3500 Whiskey Wisdom - $5000 905-725-1193
Blue Blood Stud Farm Bugsy Too - $1070 Uncle Woger - $1635 905-238-2855
Hutchinson FNB Farm Monsieur Wizard - $500 intr
705-324-7331
Adanac Horse Farm/Wilshire Farm Painful Pleasure - $1000 905-342-3265
Colebrook Farms
Dance to Destiny - $7500 Randy Regent - $2000 Foxtrail - $2000
I Can’t Believe - $1500 Valid N’ Bold - $1000 905-852-0215
or 905-853-2085
TanMaBar Farm
Casino Prince - $1000 disc. to approved mares & ECTA members 613-832-3500
Bystorm Farm
Rather Well - $500 One Rainy Day - $500 905-584-1115
Knob Hill Stable Iskandar Elakbar - Private
Megas Vukefalos - Private 416-751-2300
Park Lane Ranch Yellow Creek - $800 905-936-2658
Marlandy Stables Shelter - $1000 intro. 613-623-2950
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....incredibly, this very same picture of my father and his two buddies at the track in 1961. Gordon Laws embraces the memories,
"It was a well-planned day. We had a lot of fun and a lot of kibitzing around," he says as his face breaks into a smile.
Back then the art of reading a racing form was not especially refined. Picking a winner wasn't too complicated a procedure.
"We'd go by names sometimes," Laws recalls," But mostly by jockey. Hugo Dittfach, Avelino Gomez, Ron Turcotte, Jim Fitzsimmons. Those were the guys."
The man to the left of the picture is Fred Eisen whose home was on the other side of Mr. Laws' house. Mr. Eisen is still in good health, a robust 74. And his memory of that day is surprisingly intact.
"We were the mob from Gordon Rd. We went to the clubhouse and paid the extra $2.50. We were going first class," he told me, clearly relishing the flashback.
Since Eisen was barely 30 at the time, my older and more experienced father took on the role of guide and advisor for that day.
"What the hell did I know about the track?" laughs Eisen, "Your father knew all about everything. He really was the leader of the mob for our day at the races."
Eisen's face grows animated as he remembers the details of an outing with his neighbourhood buddies.
"In the months leading up to that day, we had all discovered vodka. Your dad was certainly more dignified than we were, but I can remember we had a couple of drops of vodka before we left for the track."
Gordon Laws testifies as to the beverage of choice that day.
"When we got there we drank a little vodka at the bar as well."
The picture does bring up one painful memory for Fred Eisen.
"In the first or second race, there was a horse called Pam's Pet," he recalls, " Pam is my second oldest daughter, so of course I had to bet it, but Gordon Laws and your Dad kept saying this horse did not have a chance, don't waste your time. The girls will never let us live it down if we don't come back with money."
I didn't really have to ask how Pam's Pet did.
"Pam's Pet came in and paid a hell of a price," says Eisen ruefully, "But the guys had talked me out of it."
"That could be true," laughs Gordon Laws when informed of the charges.
It's just an old Kodak moment, one of hundreds of pictures that tell the story of a man's life. This one speaks of the pleasure of having something in common with your father.
But most important to me, it's an enduring image of Dad having a good time.