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Sitting in the box seats at Golden Gate fields watching two Nor Cal legends, The Cusser and The Clapper are some of my fondest memories.
The Cusser NEVER cashed a bet. He'd start in on the riders even before the field left the gate.
The Clapper cashed lots of bets because he NEVER met a 3/5 shot he didn't like. After the chalk would win you could hear the claps start to gather momentum from the back of the apron. He'd get to the winner's circle, and they would get more and more intense.
The third guy was The SHAH. He descended from some far-removed Iranian royalty, but you could tell they disowned him long before. Every race was fixed, every jock and trainer a crook.
I wish I had a tape of my good friend Jamey Ough and his impression of the SHAH!. Very hard to describe but hilarious!
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"Just because she's a hitter and a thief doesn't mean she's not a good woman in all the other places" Mayrose Prizzi
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