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General Category => General Harness Racing Discussion => Topic started by: myakka prince on October 22, 2012, 01:43:09 PM
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a few drivers unseated,palone and wilder went down hard.palone off in ambulance
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Still no word from the hospital on Dave Palone. Mike Wilder reportedly broke a rib or arm.
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i heard Dave got up and didnt know where he was. sounds like a concussion.
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Just talked to Mark Weaver. He us going to let me know when he hears something.
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Speedy recovery to both. Very bad looking
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Mike has a sprained wrist and bruised ribs. Not as bad as originally thought! Still have not heard about Dave Palone.
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Hope Dave is OK. Looks like he took a beating while down.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=gldNj634sq8
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That was terrible. Hopefully everyone makes a complete and speedy recovery.
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Just talked to Bill Zendt. He said they are awaiting the results from an MRI of Palone's neck and shoulders. He was life-flighted because his head hit the ground so hard they feared brain trauma. The tests on the brain came back ok, but he is in a lot of pain from his neck and shoulder region.
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Gary with the updated info before the USTA even posts that the accident happened. Well done, young man.
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Looked awful. Gotta pray they're going to be okay. Keep up the updates please.
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Gary with the updated info before the USTA even posts that the accident happened. Well done, young man.
Thank you sir, but the credit goes to Pezz, who informed me both that this site was down and of the accident, both while I was grocery shopping.
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Do you now have to subscribe to youtube to view? I can't get anything to come up. Having been in a few horse wrecks I know how bad they can be. Hope everyone is OK.
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It must be your computer. hammerhead1
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Dong posted this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=gldNj634sq8
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Finally got it to play... that was ugly. Puter's been screwy since this morning's storm, hope it ain't damaged. Hope all are well.
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WASHINGTON, PA, Oct. 22, 2012
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Glad to hear the good news so far. Get well soon Mr Palone.
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It must be your computer. hammerhead1
You can take this thread down. I only started it because I couldn't access the original. Puter's back working again. Get well soon Dave.
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I merged the two topics. idunno
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In addition to sharing the hopes that the driver are OK, I ask this: Why did the judges not declare the race no contest? Why did they allow the results to stand? Is this something that is at the discretion of the judges or is there some official rule about the number of horses to actually finish the race, etc.?
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In addition to sharing the hopes that the driver are OK, I ask this: Why did the judges not declare the race no contest? Why did they allow the results to stand? Is this something that is at the discretion of the judges or is there some official rule about the number of horses to actually finish the race, etc.?
Not sure what the rule is, but I would not punish the bettors who had the winning numbers. I would never ever ever make a race a non-contest. No sense alienating the few bettors we still have left.
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I merged the two topics. idunno
Thanks Gary. I'd never try to derail somebody else's thread, but my puter wouldn't let me access the original. It's slowly getting back to where it was before. Glad it wasn't ruined in the storm.
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Palone, Wilder Escape Serious Injury
By Bill Finley
The drivers in a very frightening spill yesterday at The
Meadows walked away, for the most part unscathed.
The accident occurred in the 10th race on the card when
Mike Wilder
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That was horrific ! Glad to hear everyone should heal up..Man I hate seeing that stuff noway
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Palone, Wilder Escape Serious Injury
By Bill Finley
The drivers in a very frightening spill yesterday at The
Meadows walked away, for the most part unscathed.
The accident occurred in the 10th race on the card when
Mike Wilder
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So good to hear! thumbsup
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At the beginning of the broadcast of the Meadows Live racing show on Tuesday at 12:30 pm, announcer Roger Huston reported that he spoke with Bethann Palone, wife of driver Dave Palone, shortly before going on the air and she reported that her husband was up and walking around in his room at Allegheny General Hospital in Pittsburgh.
Bethann Palone told Huston that x-rays of her husband's shoulder and neck were negative, but that he was still in severe pain in the neck area and more tests are likely.
(harnessracing.com
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HALL OF FAMER DAVE PALONE RELEASED FROM HOSPITAL
Hall of Famer Dave Palone, who was injured in a five-horse accident in Monday
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HALL OF FAMER DAVE PALONE RELEASED FROM HOSPITAL
Hall of Famer Dave Palone, who was injured in a five-horse accident in Monday
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Palone Playing It Day By Day
Dave Palone was able to laugh on Wednesday afternoon,
not quite 48 hours since he had been put on a stretcher and
loaded into a helicopter for a flight to the trauma unit at Allegheny
General Hospital in Pittsburgh.
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Thanks for the post, Elgin. When you hit that limestone surface at race speed it's like power grinder against your skin. Thankfully that's usually the quickest thing to heal. Dem bones take awhile... joints & nerves even longer. Glad Palone's improving. thumbsup
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Palone Playing It Day By Day
Dave Palone was able to laugh on Wednesday afternoon,
not quite 48 hours since he had been put on a stretcher and
loaded into a helicopter for a flight to the trauma unit at Allegheny
General Hospital in Pittsburgh.
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I suppose it may come down to how much pain Palone can stand without knocking it down with opiates like Oxycontin and Oxycodone. In some cases the over the counter stuff just won
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I have two or three fusions in my cervical spine that don't hurt me a bit. Matter of fact, that is the only part of my body that generally doesn't hurt. The surgeon I have is truly one of the best on Earth, and his neurosurgeon/partner is even more highly regarded.
As far as pain control, if I hurt real, real badly, I will take four ibuprofen along with two extra strength tylenol at one time. My doctor said this is just as strong as taking lortab, sans the opiate side effects and addiction qualities.
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Oh and by the way, if the above doesn't work I use cannabis oil/brownies. That always works. 8) ;D
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Oh and by the way, if the above doesn't work I use cannabis oil/brownies. That always works. 8) ;D
The problem is it won't pass a piss test if they test Dave. He doesn't need a suspension on top of the injury. I'm not anti-cannabis (even though it doesn't agree with me) but random drug testing is the rule here, and I imagine elsewhere.
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I have two or three fusions in my cervical spine that don't hurt me a bit. Matter of fact, that is the only part of my body that generally doesn't hurt. The surgeon I have is truly one of the best on Earth, and his neurosurgeon/partner is even more highly regarded.
As far as pain control, if I hurt real, real badly, I will take four ibuprofen along with two extra strength tylenol at one time. My doctor said this is just as strong as taking lortab, sans the opiate side effects and addiction qualities.
Yeah but when the other doc's say boy you were right about having A LOT of metal in your neck, then you know you have it. I've seen x-rays of it and it looks like Barboro's leg after he had all the metal screws and stuff. Plus I've taken 5 motrins at once didn't do a thing. Surgeon now wants to put a pain pump in me and trust me I'll go through ANOTHER surgery if it helps. You really don't want to know how many surgeries I have had!! Probably more than all the members combined! rflmao1 At least I'm still kicking?
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At least I'm still kicking?
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Keep kickin' puddy! thumbsup
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I'm sure Palone will do the right thing and not drive in Canada on Saturday. It's a cruel blow, but thank God he wasn't injured worse than he was.
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I'm sure Palone will do the right thing and not drive in Canada on Saturday. It's a cruel blow, but thank God he wasn't injured worse than he was.
Pretty sure he's driving tonight at the Meadows
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Pretty sure he's driving tonight at the Meadows
I know you just have to dust yourself off and crawl back into the bike, but when you hit your 50's and are so sore, it might be more prudent to wait a bit. In spite of the thousands of miles I logged, I was never tossed onto the track. I came close a couple times and it scared the crap out of me. Hope it turns out OK.
Interesting dilema for bettors. Do you say he's not 100% and toss him or do you say , he's out to prove something and play him. I would guess the latter, since he is the winningest driver ever.
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Palone To Drive Tonight at Meadows; Breeders
Crown Plans Still Up In Air
By Bill Finley
Driver Dave Palone, banged up in a spill Monday at The
Meadows, will drive tonight at his home track, after which
he will make a decision about his availability for the Breeders
Crown.
Palone did not suffer any
broken bone sin the accident,
but says he is still banged up
and doesn't want to drive in the
Breeders Crown unless he
feels he can be at his very
best.
"I am still taking it a day at a
time," he said. "I thought I'd go
in in (Friday night) and spin a
couple. If I don't feel right I am
not going to take a chance and
do that to Ronnie (Burke) or
the owners. They're good buddies
of mine and Sweet Lou
been so good to me. I am optimistic
that I will drive Saturday,
but I won't drive him if I don't
think I can go in there at full tilt.
We'll see how it feels."
Palone has five drivers on the Breeders Crown card:
Sweet Lou (3yo male pace); Mattie Terror Girl (2yo filly
pace); Frau Blucher (2yo filly trot); Economy Terror (3yo
filly pace); Bluff 33yo filly trot).
Palone was involved in a five-horse spill that looked
about as scary as they get.
"I'm just a little bit kinked up still," he said. "I am really
shocked that I didn't break something because I have
fallen a lot softer than that and had broken bones, so I
don't know how I walked away without anything broken.
But thank goodness I did. I thought I broke both shoulders
when it happened. The way I landed I jammed my neck
and both shoulders and had a lot of road rash, a lot of skin
tore off. The main thing was my shoulders hurt because I
broke my shoulder couple of years ago. I was really
shocked when x-rays came back clean on those. "
Palone said he isn't sure yet if he will honor all his drives
at The Meadows. He said he had spoken to the tracks'
judges and they said they will allow him to drive in only a
few races if that is his plan.
"If I don't think I can make speed and move a horse on
Saturday I won't drive," he said. "Unless I am relatively pain
free I will tell the trainers I can't do it. They shouldn't want it
any other way. You're talking about a lot of money and a lot
of prestige. I know my capabilities pretty well and I think I'll
be fine, but I'll know more tomorrow.
(harnessracingupdate.com)
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Palone will definitely be driving Saturday, according to Bill Zendt. "Dave is way too cheap to pull himself off in races that huge."
Just hearing Zendt call someone else cheap was very humorous. rflmao1 rflmao1
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Through the eighth at The Meadows, Palone won with 2/5 Jesuitical Hanover and 1/5 Sweet Ben. He also drove the third place finisher in the fifth and the fourth place finisher in the seventh.
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Roll on Dave, roll on!
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I was kinda hoping to see what the results would have been if Sears drove Sweet Lou Saturday but i guess we will never know.
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I was kinda hoping to see what the results would have been if Sears drove Sweet Lou Saturday but i guess we will never know.
Right there with you buddy. Now I like Escape the News Even more
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Palone will definitely be driving Saturday, according to Bill Zendt. "Dave is way too cheap to pull himself off in races that huge."
Just hearing Zendt call someone else cheap was very humorous. rflmao1 rflmao1
+1,000,000
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Read this the other day and went out and got a sympathetic broken wrist....dang pacers!
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Palone will definitely be driving Saturday, according to Bill Zendt. "Dave is way too cheap to pull himself off in races that huge."
Doubt it had anything to do with Palone being cheap it was more of the thought of Sears crossing the wire with Sweet Lou and winning the Breeders Crown.
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Read this the other day and went out and got a sympathetic broken wrist....dang pacers!
:o That is over doing it!
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Read this the other day and went out and got a sympathetic broken wrist....dang pacers!
I'm sorry heartluv redrose
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Read this the other day and went out and got a sympathetic broken wrist....dang pacers!
Tough luck... hope it wasn't your primary arm. I got kicked in the right hand by a yearling once and it did alot of breakage. Only the tips of my fingers were outside the cast. The Doc asked if I was righthanded. I said yes and he chuckled and said, "You're going to find that hardest thing to do lefthanded is brush your teeth & wipe your butt... I had the same cast once." Boy was he right. That was a very long 11 weeks.
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Of course it's primary hand. My luck is that kind...but on the positive side very little pain. Taking motrin 600 for swelling. Will hook up with ortho this week. Xray shows bone crumbled on itself but is not displaced. My hand was on her hip when elbow hit solid surface very loud crack. Still got her branded 2 others there and finished up other appointment near IL line before returning in time to catch Grey's. I did stop and get wrist brace and aspercreme before proceeding to drive on. Walk in dr has me in long plastic splint for now.
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Hitch, be careful you don't put an eye out trying to brush your teeth. It was unbelievably hard for me to do. Sometimes during a trip to the bathroom I'd just give up and take a shower.
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Hitch, be careful you don't put an eye out trying to brush your teeth. It was unbelievably hard for me to do. Sometimes during a trip to the bathroom I'd just give up and take a shower.
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A French shower!!! rflmao1 rflmao1 rflmao1 rflmao1 rflmao1 rflmao1 rflmao1 rflmao1 rflmao1 rflmao1 rflmao1
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A French shower!!! rflmao1 rflmao1 rflmao1 rflmao1 rflmao1 rflmao1 rflmao1 rflmao1 rflmao1 rflmao1 rflmao1
Right about now a bidet would be the bomb!!
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Right about now a bidet would be the bomb!!
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Fortunately never broke either arm, but when I was in the hospital for 9 weeks, another person had to wipe my butt for the first several weeks. Talk about humiliating-another dude wiping your ass.
Every time I come up with a get-rich quick scheme, I remember the idea of another guy messing with my ass and it keeps me mostly honest. ;D
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Fortunately never broke either arm, but when I was in the hospital for 9 weeks, another person had to wipe my butt for the first several weeks. Talk about humiliating-another dude wiping your ass.
Every time I come up with a get-rich quick scheme, I remember the idea of another guy messing with my ass and it keeps me mostly honest. ;D
been there done it with my surgeries to my spine! shootme
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Right about now a bidet would be the bomb!!
If I had thought of a bidet I would have sprung for the money. I also had a job where I drove about 240-300 miles a day. It's amazing how long you can 'hold it' so you can do it at home.
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Eventhough I razz on Palone a lot, I must admit after watchn the replay of the accident, then watchn him drive Friday, Saturday, and today...I have a new respect for the man. bowdown
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Eventhough I razz on Palone a lot, I must admit after watchn the replay of the accident, then watchn him drive Friday, Saturday, and today...I have a new respect for the man. bowdown
bowdown bowdown bowdown The guy has balls!
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bowdown bowdown bowdown The guy has balls!
however sore they might be ............ redrose he still has'em ;)
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however sore they might be ............ redrose he still has'em ;)
Might be slightly bruised, but they are still there. Glad to see him back in the bike.
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Eventhough I razz on Palone a lot, I must admit after watchn the replay of the accident, then watchn him drive Friday, Saturday, and today...I have a new respect for the man. bowdown
thumbsup He didn't get to be the ALL TIME winningest driver by being a pansy noway
I think the man could drive with anyone, anywhere, anytime. Because Brennen wasn't on the grand circuit
much this year and not at woodbine at all does that make him a nothing ? Nope ! Not in my book anyway.