Pajeen’s reasoning for exit conjures up thoughts and memories for Haskin.
http://cs.bloodhorse.com/blogs/horse-racing-steve-haskin/archive/2017/02/18/delp-s-daughter-stirs-up-memories-of-the-bid.aspx
Have to laugh but it seems every controversial or history making racing story of that era worth telling includes Dr Alex Harthill. The guy was everywhere. Don’t know how any other track vets made a living competing with him. Back then I thought all Delp had to do was to stay out of Bids way to win the TC. I thought the safety pin excuse was the most imaginative I had ever heard, but who could tell as Buddy was running his mouth a mile a minute on every topic known to man. Besides Buddy Delp, Johnny Campo, one of my favorites, had a mouth that could move faster than most of the horses in his barn. It was a great time for racing when fans, with barely a dime to their names, packed the tracks to see the horses, not the hats. Then for some reason most of the trainers began to dress and act like dry cleaned and starched Wayne Lukas types as if winning ways were transferable by appearance and would attract rich owners. The culture shock from the mismatched attire of a Lucien Laurin or wrinkled business attire of Sunny Jim or Preston Burch to the corporate stamped D Wayne was striking.
