1982 U.S. Pacing Championship - Roosevelt Raceway

[MsAlexia]

I got chills when Stan Bergstein mentioned the five horses and drivers for this 1982 edition of "The US Pacing Championship" at Roosevelt Raceway. Sadly, Roosevelt's gone; as are Mike Gagliardi; Shelly Goudreau; Buddy Gilmour and, although I'm not sure if Doug Arthur is still with us, I know for sure that John Campbell is.

[BigGuyDave524]

good bye Buddy we loved ya

[gbthecoach]

Millers scout was such a great horse. I allways felt without Cam Fella..We would have a much greater appreciation for Millers Scout....As well as Perfect Out anouther great horse.

[HypnosisForInsomnia]

@gbthecoach Miller's Scout was notorious for tailgating some of the best champions.  He could go 1:56.2 if he was trailing Cam Fella's 11:56.12, but on his own this was about as good as he was..

Numerous horses were better than him from this era: Cam, Its Fritz, Beatcha, Genghis Khan, etc. The Meadowlands had quite a strong group of stakes horses.

[easygoer13]

I didn't realize that the old warrior was still alive into this year...hey RR, thanks for picking this horse to salute and for making this post at this time. BTW if you allow for the Consumer Price Index, the Scout earned over $2 million, maybe closer to $3 million career earnings, in 2007 dollars. As a Tarport Effrat he had almost no chance at stallion sucess so it's great Buddy Gilmour saw to it that this horse had a great, long life...RIP fella.

[STU676]

great addition,,,as always