BackBackBackGone Romps in Willard Proctor Stakes
Wow! First Our Superstar won his maiden race (finally!), then The Final Roar ran second at Hollywood Park. Good week for Gerson Racing, right? Nothing could prepare us for the race Backbackbackgone would run in the Willard Proctor Stakes. After a 10 length victory at Bay Meadows, Backbackbackgone blew away the field in the Willard Proctor [...]
Posted by The Godfather on May 26th, 2008 in Racing with 2 Responses
Back…back…back…GONE!
As many of you know, I own race horses with business partner Sean Gerson (www.gersonracing.com). Sean is one of the best people I know, and we have been buying horses together for three years. Our trainer is Peter "Peter from Bonsall" Miller, one of the best horsemen in the nation. Last year we had three [...]
Posted by The Godfather on May 12th, 2008 in Racing with 2 Responses
Ocala, Florida - Day 1 and Day 2
Day one was spent in Tampa, Florida at Tampa Bay Downs. Sean Gerson, Peter Miller, Burt "Doc" Smith and I (along with a small posse) spent the day sweltering in the 90% Florida humidity with 25,000 of our closest friends. I was the youngest person at the track by 20 years.
We had to park in the swamp (literally), [...]