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Post Parade Redux
Back To Post Parade ReduxMarch 19, 2010
The best from our Post Parade Q & A feature
Past Posts
Favourite answers from past Post Parades
Trond Smedshammer (Sept. 2, 2004):
In a heated moment, do you ever swear at the other drivers in Norwegian?
“I don’t think I swear in Norwegian. I probably swear in English. It’s not like you yell out and curse. You just say it to yourself.”
Anthony Haughan (March 5, 2009):
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What’s the best thing about being Irish?
“The rugged good looks and natural charm.”
What’s the best thing you built in your former life a carpenter?
“I would hate to live in anything I built.”
How would you solve the OHHA / WEG contract dispute?
“How about a six-man tag-team match — David Willmot, Bruce Murray and Jamie Martin kicking off against O’Donnell, Double J and Jim Whelan with John Burns and Dave Boughton as guest refs. OHHA should jog.”
Moira Fanning (Oct. 18, 2008):
What’s your best brush-with-celebrity story?
“I did not recognize Muhammad Ali at the height of his fame when I was a 16-year-old usherette at the Valley Forge Music Fair. On the first night I was promoted to ticket taker I refused to let him and his entourage in because they did not have tickets. He was a sweetheart and very charming. The theatre manager knocked me out of the way and swept them all into a box. Needless to say I was demoted immediately.”
What bugs you most about a typical horseperson?
“They won’t take care of themselves. They provide extraordinary care for their horses as they should, but then — their own health be damned! There are never any sick days in racing.”
The Commish
Everyone gets the “If you were the Commissioner of all of harness racing...” question. Here’s the best responses.
Bob Marks (Feb. 28, 2008:
“Order whomever appointed me to immediate confinement.”
Rick Zeron (April 29, 2004):
“Remember, I’d be the commissioner, not a horseman, so I’d hire more people like judge (Gary) Cahill. He doesn’t let anybody off with anything. He’s tough on everybody. As a commissioner I’d want more judges like him.”
Sarah Lauren Scott (July 30, 2009):
“I agree with John Campbell’s thoughts on ‘If I was Commissioner...’ from The Sportsman’s past issue 100 per cent. We need to improve harness racing integrity once and for all, for everyone involved.”
Handicapping Challenge
Post Parade subjects set the odds when asked the “chances the following will occur in the next 10 years”
You will win the Hambletonian
Randy Waples (June 9, 2005) — “5-1. (My brother) Ronnie, Jr. will get me there.”
Jody Jamieson (June 21, 2007) — “15-1”
Wally Hennessey (July 12, 2007) — “100-1”
Greg Grismore (Sept. 25, 2008) — “Probably 25-1.”
John Bax (Oct. 16, 2008) — “10-1”
David Scharf (May 1, 2008) — “100-1. But I would have given you those same odds after I won the Hambletonian with Self Possessed, so if you had gotten down you would have hit the 100-1 shot last year with Donato.”
Rod Hughes (Feb. 4, 2010) — “15-1”
Gord Brown (March 18, 2010) — “99-1”
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