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TRACKSIDE "Where the truth makes the story"
with Mike Kravchak
5/28/07

A very colorful weekend

On Thursday, Friday and Saturday, you could walk by

Leading trainer/driver Gary Neafus' barn and you will

see a white SUV with tinted windows and a state sign

on the side, sitting there in the baking sun, watching

and waiting. Who is behind the driver's seat?

(holding his newspaper with two holes and

whispering to himself, "

can

see you

Why it's

Dont

s "THE INFORMANT

Kolioutas

Don works

for the integrity of Kentucky Racing. You may

remember Don's

BIG BUST

at Bluegrass Downs

seizing syringes and needles while apprehending the

culprit, about 3 years ago. So, why stay

and

camp

out

in front of Gary's Barn? Was it his 9 stable wins

over

the weekend? I stable directly across from Gary.

are out in the open. I guess he can't help it that

has a stable of 20 that are much better than most

years.

Classification, Classification, Classification

is Gary's best

PRE-RACE. You see, he DOESN'T put

his $2000 claimers in for $5000 claimer so that they

don't get claimed. Ok.......maybe

it is the fact that

Gary was one of the

smarter

horsemen that went to

the Purina seminar, and he has since switched to

feeding Strategy to his whole stable. Or

....

maybe, it

because he jogs everyday and doesn't hang out in

the race office all day!!! You won't find anything here

MR. DO

TAS

. MARK MY WORDS!!! So because we

are friends Don,

I will let you in on a secret

FORGET ABOUT GARY, and

follow the

WHITE

FORD EXPEDITION

....Catch my

drift?? GOOD!!!

Do your job.

Falita was back in action this week, and back to the

winner's circle AGAIN. The battle between Falita and

Brush the Sand lasted as long as a Paula Abdul

record. How did it go, "I take 2 steps forward , then

take 2 steps back?" Well, Brush the Sand took 1

step forward and 20 steps back, in the blink of an

eye. So fast she kept her bridle on. Definition: to

stop badly....quit...

ALL DONE

Ok, now that Falita has beat up on everyone....boys

and girls.......and I love it. I got the chance to meet

Janie Cantrell at the Banquet, while winning last

year's Horse of the Year with her Falita. She not only

is a very nice lady, she is great for the harness world.

Great Job Janie

, and you are on your way again for

back to back Awards...

Tyler

the Greatest"

Shehan

had a 3 bagger,

with 1 win from Donna Eferstein's FEYS BLITZEN

GREY, a nw 1 grey beauty..

Pat "

Destroy" Melloy

also had a good weekend,

with many on the board finishes capping off a BIG

win with SF Camion. Pat also trains and owns the

winner.

The annual

KHHA banquet

was a hoot right? At

least they had DRINK tickets.

3 Long Island Ice Teas

later, and we had a GREAT evening. The best part of

the night was the award for longtime horsewomen

Lucy Shirley. I may crack on the old horse

Underexposed a bit, but I have nothing but respect

for Mrs. Lucy, as I can say, so does ALL of the other

horsemen that come in contact with her.

Congratulations Lucy and Neil!!

But what the HE

was up with

Joe

"I wear my sunglasses at night"

Costa

. Now,

I am all for Steve Beshear for Governor, but 50

minutes,

IN DARK SHADES

mind you, about how

we need to support him. HOW sincere could that

have been

.........

in shades

You

could

also see the split in the room. KHHA on

one side and horsemen on the other. Calling names

left and right to stand up and

WAVE.

Gimme a break, guys.

Do your job,

you track

reps

, then you can

STAND UP and

....................NUFF SAID.

The Woodford county Fair started off with RICO

Robinson winning the open Trot with Bringham

Dream to a new lifetime mark in 1:58.2..Super Sims

continued from his Wldcat series Win to a 1:59 win.

Stable mate Jon's Girl made an uncharacteristic break

under Randy Jerrell.

TUFSUN BEACH

was a runaway

for

Mark

THE

GOLDEN BOY" Evers

in 1:54.1,

does

this guy Iron and Crease his colors, what a

freak!!!

ANd finally Prodigals Best won the Open pace

1:54.4, after the scratch of favorite CARTOUCHE.

Mike Neafus drove the winner.

Now for my hot/not/get out of town picks

HOT

again

FALITA, FUZY FINANCE, LEA LEGEND

NOT:

Khaki Cam, Half gold rose

(boy you

disappointed me) Fire Scene

Get out of town:

NO MORE SECRETS

( Never

trotted

a lick) and Jiminee Jack

( Has he left yet)

As we go into our last week, we look forward to the

battle for driver and trainer of the year, and as to

what track Josh Sutton will be al

lowe

d to WHIP at..

ooop

I mean Race at!!!

You have been Trackside, I'm Michael Kravchak and

this is my side.