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Title: 76 year old jockey
Post by: caveman on August 01, 2012, 03:59:29 PM
Check him out.......

http://boston.cbslocal.com/2012/07/31/suffolk-downs-unsafe-for-76-year-old-jockey-to-ride/?hpt=us_bn7
Title: Re: 76 year old jockey
Post by: LVGaryD on August 01, 2012, 04:14:41 PM
Wow! I thought McKirgan switched and went to the dark side.   rflmao1
Title: Re: 76 year old jockey
Post by: Just Saying on August 03, 2012, 07:57:43 AM
He's got nothing on Leo Burns. Won with a FFA trotting mare recently at age 97.
Title: Re: 76 year old jockey
Post by: careless hal on August 03, 2012, 10:28:58 PM
Quote from: Just Saying on August 03, 2012, 07:57:43 AM
He's got nothing on Leo Burns. Won with a FFA trotting mare recently at age 97.

He just keeps rolling along.  And,I heard that he is legally blind and also deaf!!!!!!!!  Still has a great set of hands. thumbsup thumbsup thumbsup
Title: Re: 76 year old jockey
Post by: Just Saying on August 04, 2012, 08:22:27 AM
Quote from: careless hal on August 03, 2012, 10:28:58 PM
He just keeps rolling along.  And,I heard that he is legally blind and also deaf!!!!!!!!  Still has a great set of hands. thumbsup thumbsup thumbsup
And a great mare in 'Winsome Wyoming'. She's been tough from day one.