Behind the Gate 
     
    
   
   
    
     determined hy the amount to he paid 
     
     each month. 
     
    
   
   
    
     There were low points experienced hy 
     
     this group oyer the years. It was not 
     
     always rosy. (/oz'erness was injured in 
     
     her lirst official race which was won hy 
     
     the yery good .llo/zan in 2:00. (/oz'erness 
     
     was a game second. hut she was neyer 
     
     the same again. She had trained so well: 
     
     expectations were high: this was a real 
     
     downer. [lee and xtnn hoth hroke hones 
     
     and had to he humanely put down, 
     
     These things happen in the race game 
     
     and it's unfortunate hut they must he 
     
     laced and life must go on. 
     
    
   
   
    
     ()n a more positiye note. owning a race 
     
    
   
   
    
     horse can he a good healthy hohhy l'ull ol‘ 
     
    
   
   
    
     ltrn and entertainment tor the whole lam— 
     
     ily. You can get as inyolyed in the yen— 
     
     ture as you want. There are owners 
     
     whose day would not he complete il'they 
     
     did not make their daily trek to the track 
     
     with a treat l'or their special horse or 
     
     horses. The yisit to the \\"inners (Iircle 
     
     on a race night to haye your picture taken 
     
    
   
   
    
     with your prized possession is something 
     
    
   
   
    
           
     
       
     
    
   
   
    
     h 
     
    
   
   
    
     'TLMTIC Sim STAKES 1998 
     
     3 an on can PACE 
     
    
   
   
    
        
     
    
   
   
    
     if? 4*” “3 
     
    
   
   
    
     Anatomy of a 
     
     Syndicate 
     
    
   
   
    
     that yott will understand only ill you 
     
     experience it. 
     
    
   
   
    
     It all started with Airborne Chandler. 
     
     She had a daughter. Airborne (iorerness 
     
     who had a son Airborne AJ- who had 
     
     that unhelieyahle year of success in 199," 
     
     as a two—year—old. How appropriate. 
     
     hecause the letters \ and l in his 
     
     name had special significance. They 
     
     stood for ;\llie (laryer and lim llowatt. 
     
     two ol‘ the respected and missed mem— 
     
     hers ol the Parkdale Stahle. \\"e knew 
     
     that .-\llie and lint. lrom ahoye. were 
     
     keeping close tahs on A]. and his little 
     
     hrother 1).]. 
     
    
   
   
    
     ;\nd that my l‘riends. is the anatomy ol‘ :1 
     
     syndicate. You migl'it want to try one. 1 
     
     will conclude with a quote from 
     
     “'l'owards the New Millennium". Truck 
     
     'lilnes. March. 1098. "l“or that's the way 
     
     with harness racing. Once you're in it. 
     
     you ney er (luit. lt hecontes part ol your 
     
     hlood just as surely as red and white cor> 
     
    
   
   
    
     puscles are. ;\nd no one has yet l‘ound a 
     
    
   
   
    
     serum against it.” 
     
    
   
   
    
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