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He loved the stuff wet at SA or Hollywood Park during a spring-summer rain.вЂќ Reactor (a $20-$25K claimer) was one that I made a few dollars investing upon. Ridden by Christina BlackerвЂ™s Dad, Frank Olivares.вЂќ French-bred, he loved the mud, especially at Pomona. вЂњAlso, a guy named Drouilly trained by Jerry Fanning back in the early вЂ™80s. Back before the Tomlinson ratings, the DRF used to put in mud marks to indicate mud ability, it was either an asterisk, an X or the X in a circle which was called a вЂwagon wheel.вЂ™ They rarely gave out the wagon wheel, but she was a wagon wheel. Jockey said he had four or five pairs of glasses and it wasnвЂ™t near enough. Horse had to have extra 50 pounds of mud on him at end. вЂњSaw a lot of good mudders, but one I remember was a come-from-way-behind horse, I think maybe Silky Sullivan. вЂњGummo without a doubt вЂ¦ had the вЂXвЂ™ (with a circle around it).вЂќ

вЂњCome on, anyone who ever watches horse racing has seen what Secretariat did in the Belmont.вЂќ After all, he did win two legs of the Triple Crown on a wet track.вЂќ I did the walk in my bare feet, so I can attest to how muddy the track was before the Derby was run! Given JustifyвЂ™s front-running win in the Derby on one of the wettest Derby Days on record, Justify qualifies as my favorite mudder.вЂќ вЂњMy husband, Ken, and I attended the Kentucky Derby and were lucky enough to do the walk over with My Boy Jack. If I see any connection to Seattle Slew, it is an automatic to be included on tickets.вЂќ They went six furlongs in 109 and change (way, way too fast), but Seattle Slew put away the two Laz Barrera horses then fought back when Exceller came up inside him and Slew was beaten only a neck.вЂќ After breaking through the gate before the race, he was reloaded, then got hung up inside a head-and-head duel with Affirmed (whose saddle slipped so he got very rank) and AffirmedвЂ™s вЂrabbit,вЂ™ LifeвЂ™s Hope. But maybe his best off-track race was his only defeat on an off track in the 1978 Jockey Club Gold Cup (mile and one-half back then). Won two allowance races on sloppy tracks. вЂHis father was a mudder, his mother was a mudder, he loves the slop, he eats the slop.вЂ™вЂќ вЂњI have to go with вЂPappanick.вЂ™ ThatвЂ™s the horse that Kramer got a tip on and played in a hilarious episode on Seinfeld. And itвЂ™s great to hear your call on this race.)

I know I speak for myself and many, many readers in wishing you well. вЂњIt has to be Pappanick, who won the race I called on the Seinfeld episode вЂThe Subway.вЂ™ #HisMuddaWasAMuddaвЂќ Now, I know I put many links in here that you almost always ignore. OK, IвЂ™ll use executive privilege and name this horse in second place, even though, well, he never existed. An asterisk (*) for good, an X for excellent, and an X with a circle around it for superior. Back in those days they had three marks in the Racing Form for good off-track ability. Mid-level claimer until it rained, then he was stakes caliber, especially when they had real mud. вЂњRiver Buoy (the old-timers will remember him well ).

KRAMER HORSE RACR CODE

Gummo, Deputy Commander and Desert Code were all excellent mud sires.вЂќ All Grade 2 and Grade 3 races at the time. River Buoy was claimed in 1972 by trainer Jack Look for $6,500, and at age 8 went on the win the Arcadia, San Luis Obispo and San Bernardino Handicaps in the mud. This was likely passed on to his son Gummo, who sired Flying Paster and Out of the East (second in the SA Handicap in the mud against Stardust Mel).вЂќ From research performed more than 30 years ago when we had many more off-tracks, I also recall that Fleet Nasrullah (son of Nasrullah) was superior as a sire of off-track runners. вЂњReaching back 45 years, I recall River Buoy (son of the obscure stallion Wetok-Indian Hemp-Nasrullah) who seemed to move up significantly from lower-class levels on both dirt and turf, later winning wire-to-wire in stakes competition circa 1973.

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