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Sonoma County, A diverse county of over one million acres, is famed for its agriculture industry and recreation boasting a booming economy lifestyle for its citizens described by the same Luther Burbank as the chosen spot of all the earth. Sonoma County is the place to live, work

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and play as we move into the 21st century. Led by the forward looking philosophy of its governing bodies. Sonoma County's 340,000 residents are a harmonious, successful blend of ethnic and economic backgrounds. We invite you to take a closer look at Sonoma County in the nineties with

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your host, Rich McGlinchey, how you doing Everybody. Welcome to the first of two programs Sonoma County in the nineties at the 1990 for Sonoma County Fair and you know, I think these are gonna be two of the best programs we have ever done. Why? Because I

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have three of the most personable, the most talented and the loveliest co host you can imagine, I'd like to introduce my three co hosts and then I'm gonna have each of them tell you a little of what they think about the fair and what's important here.

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First lisa alexander lisa is married and she is the mother of one and 4/5 Children. She can tell you a little more about that later. She's the Marketing director for Post Newsweek Cable in the middle is dana dana. Erika dana was with us last year, she's

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an accomplished horsewoman, she's the building inspector for the county of Sonoma. She is also a teacher at santa rosa Junior College and Allison Sanford and Allison is the chief assistant, the third district supervisor tim smith. Now, I like each of you to give the audience your

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opinion of the fair or what you think is important about it lisa rich. I am just amazed by all of the activities and conveniences that the fair provides for families with small Children and infants. Of course the kids area will be the hub of all kinds

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of great activities like the carnival and every day they will feature a special theme, will be over there later to see what they're doing. The fair also has some wonderful entertainment plan for kids I know of at least 12 year old who is very excited about

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seeing thomas, the tank engine with the shining time station show. They'll be performing live. That's my son Kellen Rich and I'm sure we'll be out here every day to see that show. Anyway, this the shining Time Station show will be performing live three times every day

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here at the fair. You'll not want to miss that. You also want to stop by the petting zoo and new to the fair this year is the reptile Safari show which I understand is very spectacular. And if you have an infant you're bringing along to the

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fair, you want to know about the para rest stations for diaper changes and feedings to find those of course very convenient. So when parents bring their little ones out to the fair, they're going to have a terrific time this year. Well you know me Rich, I

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love absolutely everything at the fair. We have the horse races which will be having a show and the next show will be covering the horse races over there. We have the trainers breeders, the veterinarians, the stewards, It's just really exciting. There's also the flower show this

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year, which is the glory that was Rome and being roman. I feel an affinity good at all. And then there's also the Ray Comic show which is our carnival, the main carnival and it is noted for its safety. Um And then there's Uncle Sam's Farm, which

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is just really spectacular to see all the young animals that they bring in and you know me, you can't keep me away from those animals and speaking of animals. I really do believe that the heart and soul of the Sonoma County Fair are the four H.

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And F. F. A. Kids and their animals and I hope that no one would miss a walk through the barns, you can see everything from guinea pigs, two pigs, hogs and sheep. Um and I think I'm gonna spend some time with them today. Um Also the

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crafts arts and crafts, sculptures, jams, all of those types of things. Wonderful to see both adults and kids. The Grace Pavilion with the chopper dicer slicers mops do everything, you can imagine. Um a wonderful time. You can spend all day in there and spend lots of

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money and then the new chefs showcase where um, Sonoma County chefs are going to be cooking. You can actually have a sit down meal from noon to eight every day. Um, and entertainment, lots and lots of entertainment of course at the fair, everything from page shows

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to, there's something for three going on all day long and everybody will want to come out and do that to, you know, I couldn't agree with more with what these three women say about everything they say is very, very important and if you come out here,

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you'll enjoy each and every one of those things. I tell people every year. I say, you know, there's something here for everyone. So come on out to the fair and enough talk. Let's go see the, the gentleman sitting here with me right now is the man

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who get all the credit if this fair is a success and it will be, but he'd also get all the blame if it wasn't. And his name is Manuel Gonzalez and he's the president of the Sonoma County Fair Board Manual. It's nice to see you buddy.

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Thank you. What do you think of the 1994 so far? Everything looks great at this point. Like I, you know, I can say that I haven't seen any statistics, but it looks like last night we had a great day, it was warm and the crowds were

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up yesterday. It looks like we had a great flower show. There's a lot of livestock here on the grounds, you know, horse racing starts today and so that's going to draw a lot of people and all I can say at this point everything looks great. I

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haven't heard any negative reports so far and I haven't either and I would say ladies and gentlemen, one thing come to this Sonoma County fair because it's going to be the best of all. You know, another very important part of the exciting part is the animal

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competition, the judging of the four H and F. F. Kids animals and Sheila Quinn sitting here with me now again is the person who is in charge of the premium supervisor. What about the animals situation, shall we say this rich? We've got just absolutely packed barn

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with all kinds of different animal Exhibits. We've started out with the fair with our market lamp show where we have over 600 market lambs entered. We also have beef cattle, we've got dairy cattle with an actual working milking barn, we've got dairy goats and don't forget

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the rabbits and chickens up in the poultry barn too. And of course the pigs way out back. The important thing is that we have a variety of animals on display all throughout the fair. Yeah, it really is marvelous. And uh I know you do a great

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job in getting these all together and you know, rather than just talk about it anymore. let's join Allison at the sheep barn and see some of these animals, hi we're down here at the animal barns and today I have todd Thompson with me, he's with the

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F. F. A. And he's going to tell us a little bit about what is that is an organization in high school and it's called future Farmers of America. It's where you get to raise sheep, pigs, beef, whatever you want, any animal, you can do vegetables, gardens,

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whatever. It's just a fun place to be and now tell us something about sheep. Um how do you end up here today? What when did you first get the animal? Tell us a little bit about how you got from it being small to today? Well you

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get them when they're about three months old and you feed them, you pretty much take care of them and you have to turn in some entries to the fair board, it's like 2 50 per lamb and when you get here you try to show them to

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the best we can. Now I know that the sheep themselves have been shown for championship previous to today, what are you doing today? It's called showmanship and it's where you try to put your lamb and yourself in the best position for the judge and you try

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to do as best you can with your animal and and yourself. So not only the animals win today but the kids win and we all win by coming down and supporting F. F. A. And four H. Kids and their animals here at the fair you know

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the Sonoma County fair is very proud of the fact that they have tremendous entertainment for Children, the kiddies carnival and many other things and I think that you should be seeing that. So let's join lisa alexander at the kids area. Okay rich we're back at the

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kids area and I'm visiting with linda, the clown, she's in charge of theme day today which is Halloween comes early linda. I know that clowns are are here to make everybody happy. Are you having a good time? I'm having a wonderful day here at the fair

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today. Thank you. Great. Just just give me an idea of some of the activities that are happening today. Well I think the best activity we're doing today is face painting. Um Normally you take your Children out and you have someone else paint their faces but today

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the Children paint their faces. What a great idea. And remember that every day of the fair there's a different theme and over to my left there's elephant rides every day they're free from 1 to 6 and then over behind me is the shining time station set

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with thomas. The tank engine thomas. The tank engine will be here live three times a day every day at the fair And those times are at 1 3 and five. I've just finished the best plate of basilica pasta I think I've ever had. And here is

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the great man who makes it all possible, Arturo, tell me arturo, what do you do to get all this pasta together here? Long, long, what time do you start in the morning? Five o'clock five a.m. And how many employees do you have? About 20. 20. Are

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you still doing all that volunteer work that I hear about? You are one of the most generous, wonderful Italian men that he still does. We still do that. Tell me some of the things that you do like channel 22 next this Thursday day after tomorrow in

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the park. How many? About 300. We feed all the volunteers. Also wonderful to the stage, all the fundraising. So you feed all of the volunteers. That's really great. Art does all kinds of things like this everywhere, all over the county all year around, not just at

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fair time. So thank you art. One of the most wonderful parts of the Sonoma County Fair is the entertainment, all kinds of entertainment and it's all the responsibility of the woman sitting with me jane Ingle and Jamie. Tell us something about the 1994 fair Entertainment. Well,

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this year, in addition to headline entertainment, Musical entertainment, every night of the week. We've offered some things for the whole two weeks of the fair and my particular favorite is something for the youngest Children in the kids area, shining time station live and it's a combination

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of professional singers and dancers who leave the kids and sing along with the world famous thomas, the tank engine all 16 ft of him with his godly eyes and he is there every day in the kids area three times a day for slightly older kids. Well

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they don't like to be called kids. The teenagers, we have virtual reality, which is a chance to actually get inside of a video game Then for the those who are looking for a little more traditional, scary fair entertainment. We have don Moyers reptile safari, you walk

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by the stage these days and you hear people gasping as the snakes come out. So that's exciting in the Cajun village, we have Cajun storytelling and music all day long on other stages. We have music jugglers, clowns and we have a guy doing yo yo tricks,

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we've got a little bit of everything this year. Oh well contests all day every day. So we've got something, we like people to come and actually do something. We feel like they're going to remember a lot more if they're actually on stage. So over the course

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of the fair we expect to have about 5000 people on stage doing contests. You do a great job. Ladies and gentlemen, she does do a great job, There's entertainment for everybody here. So please come on out and enjoy it, you'll have a ball Janine, woke up

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in a cold sweat with one thing echoing through her brain, who is this guy in her bathroom? Meanwhile, barry was thinking, whose bathroom am I in? Remember going to the party the night before and getting smashed out of her mind. Barry remembered getting drunk and acting

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really stupid the whole evening came back. Oh, I must be really stupid. That must be really dumb. What did I do? How did I get myself into this? How did I get myself into this? What about then? They both realized much to their relief that unlike

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the rest of us, they were just cartoons, get high, get stupid, get aids. So whose influence are you under your first time as a junior achievement elementary school volunteer can be a little scary. Can you get kids

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that young to think about their futures? Call us about volunteering and you'll see, we'll supply you with training for this new program and the kids will supply plenty of motivation. One of the most popular features of this known county fair is the daily Racing seminar. The

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two gentlemen who conducted are sitting here with me, bob Gunderson on your left Danny homes, in the right bob. Tell us a little bit about the seminar. Well, we start at 10 30 every morning on the Budweiser stage, just inside the main entrance and we like

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to expose people to sides of racing. They normally wouldn't get exposed to, which we feel it helps them enhance their experience at the races along with our selections of course, which helped them hopefully win a little money. Well, they did last year. I'll tell you that

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I went along with him and did quite well. Danny. Yes, I've been doing this for about 15 years now and about four years. I wrote the book 10 steps to winning and with this knowledge and bob's help, we hope we can get the folks some nice

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winners this year. Yeah, alright, we got a little time here, bob. You interview guests. One thing, Some of the people he had last year, we're home, we had russell bays leading jockey actually in the nation last year in the number of wins and his agent, we

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had one of the best trainers in California Greg gilchrist on and we've got a good schedule lined up this year to Yeah, you should have. I know Danny, you have been doing as you say, for 15 years, you go to the handicapping things and as a

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result, I think the seminar is fabulous ladies and gentlemen, if you really want some help at the Sonoma County Fair, when you're going to the races, you go sit with these gentlemen, early in the morning, bob. Gunderson, Danny Holmes, Thank you, gentlemen. Good luck at the

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seminar. The Joseph T. Grace provision sometimes called the main pavilion is the home of more than 200 exhibits of outstanding commercial products, something you really ought to see. So let's join Allison Sanford and see what's there this year. Hi, now we're going to listen to the

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Ginza Wizard at the Grace Pavilion Wizard has been here so long. I feel ancient, but you know, a lot of people have bought our knives right here at the Sonoma County Fair and they come back and say it's the best night they ever had. You

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know, the Hall of Flowers is one of the most special exhibits at any county fair and certainly at Sonoma County Fair. So why don't we join dana? Do rico at the flower show and see what's there this year. I'm standing in front of the Trevi fountain,

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which is a replica of the original located in Rome. It's the famous fountain where people throw a coin in to make a wish Neptune is behind me. And in roman mythology, he's the God of the sea and he's also the creator of the horse and the

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patron of horse racing in Rome will be seeing quite a few of his subjects in the next fair show on horse racing. I hope to see everyone there when you come out to the 1990 for Sonoma County Fair, be absolutely certain that you go to see

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the Sonoma County Fair flower show as usual. It's magnificent. The woman who's responsible for this flower show is sitting with me. Her name is Jack and Jack. Congratulations, you've got another winner. Uh, tell us a little bit about the 1990 for Sonoma County. It's called the

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Glory. That was Rome and it's the best of the roman empire. Were thinking really big this year. We have, we've recreated the Trevi fountain in Rome. That's the one, the three coins in the fountain. There's huge sculptures, lions spouting water. There's an incredible mural this year

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of caesar entering Rome. Everything is large. 25 ft columns that surround surround the Trevi fountain. Quite big. It's just beautiful gentlemen. I want you to be sure to promise yourself to come and see this. How many years have you been doing the flower show? This is

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number eight, is it really? Over the last couple of years we did The Secrets of the Silk Road, Pyramids of the Sun, which was the Aztec thing Alice in Wonderland. Those are a couple of my favorites. And last year you did the movie one and the

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winner is how many people are involved? We have 40 exhibitor That have brought in incredible plant material. I mean the professional nurseries just outdid themselves. It's really a thrill to me. We've got the junior division, there's 18 in there. There's amateur groups and flower flower clubs

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and adult individuals. So there's a whole range of garden exhibitors. It is really marvelous. I know that the kids really enjoy it. And ladies and gentlemen, be sure to come to the Sonoma County flower show. It is magnificent. If you miss it, you'll never forgive yourself.

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Thank you, Jackie, I know you've got another winner And ladies and gentlemen, as I said before, come to see the flower show. You know the racing program at the Sonoma County fair is excellent, proceeded of course by the racing seminar. Then you can go out to

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the track and you see thoroughbreds, quarter horses appaloosa, you can bet win place show exacta trifecta, daily doubles. You can just have an absolute ball at the Sonoma County Fair racing program. Now let's join Allison at the new chefs showcase restaurant Rich eating at the fair.

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No longer has to just mean corn dogs and cotton candy. I am in what used to be the old jockey club that's right outside the grandstand of the racetrack where you will have the opportunity to taste seven different chefs culinary talents. The fair did a survey

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last year. They found that what people would really like is to be able to sit down and taste Sonoma County's finest foods. So that's what they've provided for us this year. Um We're going to meet Peter Coleman who is executive Chef. Peter, what's it like being

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at the fair? Well, it wasn't too busy yesterday, but we're expecting to pick up today because it's the first day of the races and when they get out we should get crushed. Um you know, it's a nice facility and everyone's been really helpful. Well, are there

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any special challenges to being here instead of your restaurant? No, the kitchen is great and the staff here at the fair has been really helpful. So it's mostly just fun. Well for fun and wonderful food. Come on down to the chef showcase right outside the grandstand.

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You know, fairgoers love the carnivals here, both the kiddies carnival and the adult carnival there, the Ray comic shows and they really are marvelous. They have a great record for safety. So why don't we join dana right now and see what's going on in the 1990

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for carnival. This is the fun zone in front of the looping star at the Sonoma County Fair. I have with me today. Cliff Uncle who is the general manager of the ray Cammack show and he's going to tell us a little bit about the safety record

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that this carnival has safety is I think very, very utmost in everybody's mind today. And it's an everyday and continual job that we have to contend with and we're very proud of our record and our standing in the industry as you see, we have a lot

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of big rides, a lot of high tech engineering that goes on here. A lot of moving parts that had to be maintained. A lot of folks look at that. Oh she's here, right, inspectors are here. Insurance folks here are people are here, they're looked at all

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the time and we maintain that safety by all these people looking at it and we enjoy that and it's been working real well for us. This is a very clean carnival. All of the people seem really upstanding and it's just really nice. We try to do

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a little extra effort with our carnival. We bring benches to the scene, we bring some shrubbery. Some ambience is a good word I like to use. It brings people out of time to relax and just not a hustle bustle running around fast atmosphere. You can stop,

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have a drink, cool off, take a break and just gonna watch the folks and it's kind of fun to be here. Anyway, be sure to visit this, The looping stars, a new tree and you can't miss it. Well

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that just about does it for our 1st 1994 Sonoma County Fair Show. Speaking for myself. I've had a wonderful time as usual. Alison, how about you? It's been a great day. Rich. I've had lots of fun and when you talk about days, remember that the Knights

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come and it does get cold sometimes. So remember to bring a sweatshirt or something warm. Absolutely dana. Well, as you can see Rich, I've collected a hat along the way. So don't forget sunscreen and maybe a hat because it gets very warm and hot in the

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afternoon for which I've spent the day over in the kids area with the carnival rides and all the kids and I've done a lot of walking. So remember wear some comfortable shoes when you come out to the fair. Those are three very, very excellent ideas that

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my co hosts have just given you. It is a wonderful fair. It goes on through August seven. I sincerely hope you all get a chance to come out and have the fun we did today. Until then, so long for now. Sonoma

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County, a diverse county of over one million acres, is famed for its agriculture industry and recreation, boasting a booming economy and a unique lifestyle for its citizens described by the same Luther Burbank as the chosen spot of all the earth. Sonoma County is the place to

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live, work and play as we move into the 21st century, led by the forward looking philosophy of its governing bodies. Sonoma County's 340,000 residents are a harmonious, successful blend of ethnic and economic backgrounds. We invite you to take a closer look at Sonoma County in the

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nineties with your host, Rich McGlinchey, How you doing everybody? Welcome to Sonoma County in the nineties. In the 1994 fair. This is our second program and most of our program is going to be dealing with horse racing. Not all of it. However, we'll be taking a

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visit to the Children's area with lisa. Later on, Allison is going to be talking about a number of things in the entertainment field. But first perhaps I should explain where we're standing right in front of the winner's circle. Now these two ladies are winners. I don't

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know what a loser like me is doing standing here, but nonetheless, we're here. Behind this is the track. It's over 100 it's actually 115 years old, considered one of the finest racetracks in northern California Horses race here. They don't break down nearly as often. The trainers

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love it. There are three kinds of horses race here, thoroughbred appaloosa and quarter horses racing goes on from the 26th of july through the seventh. There are 13 races daily and they're now bringing in a few simulcast races from Del mar. It really is an exciting

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time out here and on our program today, Danny, you're going to be talking to whom I'll be talking to, some of the officials out here and some of the people that make this possible all the way from jockeys to trainers and Allison, I know that you're

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going to be letting people know. As I said earlier racing is great, but there's a lot more going around here. There certainly is, races are lots of fun, rich, but there's so much more fun happening at the fair and you know what, I'm going to go

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find out what's happening and I will let you know. Okay, we'll see you a little later Allison dana. You're going to be talking to notice some of the racing people here last year. Remember you were talking to one of the horse women and also talking to

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a veterinarian. But you'll be talking to other folks this time. And and what do you hope to learn from these interviews? Well, I hope to learn what motivates these people to be here. What makes these races happen for the people here in this county. It's really

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exciting. And there's just so much to do while you're here at the racetrack betting and doing things. You know, I got one other little story to tell you that. It's quite fascinating uh frank white and I came to the races together for the last couple of

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years and we a friend of ours, her name is Dana do rico is a horsewoman herself and actually has a rather unique knack. She came up and sat with us and she says, well, don't you people read the horses and I said, what do you mean

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read them? She said, well, actually you talk to them. So I said, uh well tell us what you're talking about. She said, well, if I go down to the saddling paddock and look, I can usually determine the so called boss horse and and that's that's the

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horse that you really probably should bet on because he seems to be in charge of that crew. So we kind of, that's clever. Well, to make a long story short, we bet on five of her selections and we won five races. So we think we've got

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something special here. How do you explain that horse instinct? rich, a lot of practice. Alright ladies and gentlemen, we're going to get on with this magnificent program on horse racing and the entertainment, some of this information from the Children's area. We'll be back with you in

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a few moments with a lot more interesting things about this racing program. I'm sitting on the park stage where you will find free live entertainment every day at the fair. When you come in the fair, pick up your free program guide and inside you'll find all

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the free entertainment going on at the fair. There's lots of free music at the fair this year. Lacy J. Dalton john Sebastian in the J band and this saturday, make sure to come down to the Sonoma County Blues Festival featuring Rufus thomas legend in the Memphis

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blues community for more than four decades and something brand new at the fair this year is the trial by jury. It'll be thursday and friday in the redwood theater and this will give fair goers a chance to really experience a live trial. Some of northern California's

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most prominent defense attorneys will be on hand to demonstrate their skills. It'll both entertain and inform you can pet a giant bow at don Moyers reptiles. Safari stop by findlay hall and chat with Sonoma County fairs Life advisor or ever been to a live animal auction

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starting at nine o'clock thursday morning you can watch your bid on swine poultry or beef at the junior livestock auction shining time station live with thomas the tank every day. They're authentic crafts and music in the Cajun village fire jugglers, mariachi bands, four H and F

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F. A. Shows. You know it, it's here lots and lots of free fun entertainment at the Sonoma County Fair. Hi, We're sitting right here at the end of the home stretch of the Sonoma County Fair Race track and we're gonna be talking to two very fine

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jockeys in just a moment and then dana is going to be talking to going to give you a little rundown on them. We're talking to luis, Hartog and russell bays. Both are family men. We'll talk about that later, Russ bays has been the leading jockey in

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the United States for the past two years and in all sincerity. That is an amazing accomplishment for any job louis is new here in santa rosa road here last year for the first time, but it was the leading lawmakers in Washington few years ago. And unfortunately

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that great track has closed Now, that's about all I have to say. I wanted to ask these gentlemen something about that. I want to know. How long have you been doing this? And where did you start? I've been writing for 20 years and I started in

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wallawalla Washington, wallawalla Washington great and louis. How long have you been doing this? I've been doing six years. I started also in lawmakers do you like the route or the sprint? What do you gentlemen like better I like whichever one I've got the best horses. There

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must be a real rush to be in a race and to see those horses and that just that power just to win. What's it like? The little rushes? I guess if you're in there in contention, if you're dead last, I guess the rush is just hiding

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from the dirt clods. But if you're in the running shape, it's pretty thrilling. How are you paid? Well, we have a we get a set amount for each horse we ride and then we get a percentage of what the winning horse makes if we win. So

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it really depends on the horse that you are riding, how the odds go or Well, we get paid a lot more if we win. I guess everybody does, especially when they win stakes anymore. Well, I wanted to ask you a couple of things. You, I know

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your father, how many Children you have? We have four Children. Who are they trinity and Brandy who stayed home to feed the livestock we've got at home this year. And gable and Brandy who came up with us. And your wife is a former article. And what's

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your first name? What's that? What's your wife's first name? Tammy, tammy was originally heartburn days. Now, how about you? You have one son? I got one little one year old. This terms, one last Wednesday. It's taylor and my wife lisa works here. It's just three of

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us right now. Starting off more of a family coming along. My sincere congratulations. I said before we went on the air, you two are a credit to racing Russell. You've done an amazing job in your last couple of years. You had an amazing job for many

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years and Louise, you're starting to do an amazing job. That winner last night was pretty darn fine. And Russell came in third. Thank you gentlemen. I'll be betting on you, Russell and all right, ladies and gentlemen, we've been talking to two very fine young men and

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two excellent jockey, Russell bays leading jockey the last two years, louis authority who is a fine jockey and may replace Russell. We'll be back in just a minute with more of this Wonderful fair at the Racing central. No. How

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you doing, everybody, welcome back. We're sitting here right here at the end of the home stretch here at the beautiful Sonoma County Fair Racetrack and we're sitting with the gentleman who is a very important part of racing here at the Sonoma County Fair. We always feel

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that when we make a wager, we go sit down, we want to be sure to hear what's happening to our horse, Who do we rely on? We rely on the track announcer and we have one of the best in the United States. It's a pleasure to

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have you here. This is your first year with that, right? It certainly is my first year and I'm very glad to be here. You know, people talk about a place like Saratoga. Well, if you think about the county fair circuit that we have here in northern

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California, I think santa rosa would be sort of the Saratoga of all of the county fairs we have and it's really a pleasure to be here my first season and it's uh, it's been fun two days into it vic, it's a little bit about your background,

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I believe you told me earlier. You're from san Diego. Yeah, I grew up in SAn Diego Rich. I haven't seen much of it since I got into the horse racing business, which is part and parcel of this business started really literally on the back side, like

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we're sitting here walking and grooming horses and I realized very early on that that was a very hard way to make a very bad living. So I decided to come to the front side started for the daily racing form calling charts and riding a column and

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that involved in the track announcing, which I was always very in tune to when I was a youngster, going to school in SAn Diego. I go out to del mar and I'd hear Harry Henson one of the all time greats and I really, I really listen

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to him and he was instrumental in helping me get started and here I am, back in the days of Todd creed, harry Henson. Let me ask you this one question. How do you identify the horses? Well, what I do is I look at the silks that

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the jockeys are wearing and I use that to and try to memorize the names of the horses to the silks. Now, if you have several horses in a race that are wearing red silks, obviously you have to go to a different kind of identification. One of

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the things that they have in northern California, that's very helpful is color coded saddle clots as they're always the same. You look at a different cap color. Perhaps the horse is wearing blinkers or maybe something as simple as one of the horses with red silks is

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a gray horse and the other one is a chestnut and you can use that for identification purposes. Our time has run out, but we want to welcome you here to santa rosa, Sonoma County Fair, your friend Larry Coleman as I know and he was with us

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before and he says wonderful things about you. So I'm sure you'll have a successful year and I hope it's the start of many years here. Thank you very much. It's successful just by virtue of the fact that I'm here, ladies and gentlemen, we're talking to Vic

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Stauffer, our new Sonoma County track announcer and we'll be back in just a moment today we're back at the kids area, the kids carnival as you can see, there's all kinds of fun and excitement going on behind me

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and I've met two new friends today. This is Colleen and this is Joey there here here from Healdsburg today to visit the fair, Joey. What's your favorite part about being at the fair? The fun carnival rides? All the great carnival rides. I did you just get

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here or have you been here for a while? We got here a few minutes ago. Terrific Colleen. Have you been on any rides? Only one elephant ride? Terrific. Is there a ride you want to go on? Yes. Which one is that? What's that one called with

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all the spaceships on it? Behind the spaceships. Okay, well listen, there's all kinds of things left to do here at the fair. There's only a few days left. So if you haven't already packed up the kids and get down here, there's all kinds of fun waiting

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for you welcome back to our racing Central. Set here at the head of the home stretch of this beautiful Sonoma County Fair racetrack. One of the things I want to point out to you is the most important group. Perhaps the most important group at the Sonoma

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County Fair are the veterinarians. We have veterinarians here who take care of the horses and it's really amazing how much they care about the horses and make sure that these animals are sound and able to race. We personally, those of us who love horses appreciate that

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very much. We're talking right now with joan Hurley, the state veterinarian and the head veterinarian for the county fair track and joan, what do you folks do to make sure the horses are cared for properly? Well, we have several types of veterinarians taking care of our

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horses. We have are practicing veterinarians who are basically the people who work for the trainers and the owners, They take care of the general health of the horses, take care of any medications needed. We have the state veterinarian, which is my job to oversee everybody and

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to primarily see that the medications that are used around race time or the correct medications and being used correctly. We also have our examining veterinarian who the morning of the race examines each and every horse that's going to race that day, making sure that they are

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in good health and race a ble sound. Then the horses come to us in the afternoon, they come into my receiving barn and we watch the horses in there, check them to make sure that they still are not having any problems. Then they go to the

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paddock and the track veterinarian now takes over. He watches the horses in the paddock, goes to the gate with the horses and make sure that these horses are still looking good, that they're warming up well and that they are fit and ready to race. If there's

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any problem that occurs on the racetrack, where there's any question about the horse's abilities or that he's having any kind of problems, then the track veterinarian will remove him from the race and not have that horse race that day. Then the horses come to me after

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the race, the horses to win the race and a few of the others and we do some testing of them there to make sure that everything is correct. And with urine samples and blood samples, that there's been nothing used on these horses that should not be

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used. What you're saying in essence, is there four or five checks really to see that the animals are healthy? That are sound and they're capable of racing, honestly. Yes, very definitely. That's one of our main concerns is that these animals are well in good shape to

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race and basically kept comfortable all the time time goes so quickly. Thank you very much for taking a few minutes to come over and tell us ladies and gentlemen, we've been talking to joan Hurley, who's the state veterinarian and one of the most important cog in

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the racing picture here in Sonoma County, We all heard a vote of thanks and on behalf of everybody, I give you that vote will be back in just a minute with more about this magnificent Sonoma County Fair racing season. Excuse me. Do you wear your safety

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belt? Why? No, I don't wear my safety belt. Thank you. You could learn a lot from a dummy buckle, your safety belt. Well, welcome back to our racing Central set. We're sitting here with the, with the money man, if we're going to call him that at

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the Sonoma County Fair, I guess is Roger Hayes. He's a controller for the fair. He's done a magnificent job. He, along with jim moore have really made this fair a wonderful place and they've used their money very wisely. Now. I think many people would like to

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know how fares operates. So roger throw it over to you. How do you get the money to operate the fair? And what do you do with the money? Well, rich. We are self supporting entity. The money that we receive from wagers on horse racing, from admission

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money from parking receipts. All those receipts is what finances everything we do at the fair. We received a $30,000 funding from the state of California. But other than that, we're completely self sufficient out here. One of the things I always tell people and I think it

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brings a big bale with everybody is we do not use taxpayer money in most cases at all. Not as far as from the County of Sonoma General Tax fund, we receive no funding. There, of course there's no property taxes paid on this piece of property. But

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other than that we're completely self sufficient. And in fact, we pay for a lot of ancillary county services that are provided to us. We pay for those that horse racing money. You mentioned a lot of provides a tremendous number of things. And we have a carnal,

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we have flower show, we have all the judging for the kids and we have questions, The horse racing, including our racing seminar. But how much would you say our budget is annually? Our operating budget is more or less $10 million 10% from operating the jockey club,

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which is the satellite wagering facility. Yeah, that's a marvelous deal too, isn't it? Absolutely has done well. All right, Roger, it's about out of time. I want to thank you for taking a moment to come down here and tell us a little bit about this. Thank

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you. Rich. It's always nice to see you on a beautiful day like this is my guest Roger Hayes and we'll be back in just a moment scout. Hi, I'm here at Sonoma County Fairgrounds in the saddling paddock. This

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is the race track behind us and today with me, I have Gloria Haley, a local horse trainer. She's well, we're two natives on native soil right here in Sonoma County Gloria. How long have you been doing this? I've been training for about 15 years, 15 years.

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How many horses are you running this year? We have between 10 to 15. 10 to 15 horses. And do you own every one of those horses? No, I don't. Most of my horses are owned by outside clients, Mostly smaller owners, individuals who came into the sport

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because they love it and are hoping to make a little money. Do many make a little money or a lot of money? Yes. As a matter of fact, most of my clients do make money. They do good for you for the bottom line. You look for

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the bottom line to win. When is the thing and win and pay your bills? If you, if you at least hit the board, then then you can make money. Is this a stressful business? It's a very stressful business. It's a competition in any sort of competition.

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The object is to win. So when you're trying to win it takes a lot of effort, but it's worth it. Do you travel much in this industry? Yes, I travel a lot right now. I travel between 300 and 400 miles a day between Santa Rosa Bay

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Meadows during the fairs. You traveling immense amount. I just got back from Hollywood Park. So you do travel quite a bit well. Gloria. I hope you have a wonderful season and a fabulous year and I hope each and every one of you come out this year

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and bet at the races and enjoy yourself. Well, thanks dana for that. Very, very interesting visit with Gloria Haley and our local trainer. That was really exciting and I think people probably know a little bit more about how important the trainer is. Now, dana, who's a

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busy little bee is gonna go right on over and talk to one of the stories. There are three stewards at the racetrack in attendance for every race. And there's also an associate steward and today we have with us, our associate steward at this racetrack during this

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fair racing season and his name is Wil Myers pleasure to be here. It's nice to have you tell me, will I want to know what does the steward do? I know nothing about what the steward does? Well, stewards are basically responsible to the state of California.

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All people in horse racing carry a license or have to be licensed very similar to a driver's license. We have a rule book that needs to be followed. There are different violations that that occur in areas of medication, jockeys uh, claim a foul interference during the

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race is probably what the public sees most. And it's the job of the stewards to either find or suspend or take action on any violations of the rules as a spectator. We often see that there's an infraction committed usually at the end of the race and

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you worry about your bed. Tell me about that when you see that and you're sitting there wondering who is going to come out first. How is that decision made. There are the three stewards and our basic inclination is just to make a judgment call. It's, it's

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strictly a judgment call as to whether one horse interfered with another one, whether maliciously or accidentally. And whether it cost the other horse that was impeded a better placing. If in the opinion of the three stewards, it costs a horse, a better placing, one horse would

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be disqualified in place behind the horse that he interfered with. I see it and it's usually when it's a real tight race, right at the end, it seems to occur more often is what I've noticed. That would seem to be more the way that it happens,

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but it can happen at any time during a race. Okay, well, thank you for being here today and I hope all of you come out and have some fun here at the racetrack and it's being monitored and everything is really nice. Thank you. That it. There

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you go. Welcome back to Sonoma County in the nineties in the 1990 for Sonoma County Fair. Our racing show, you know, as I said here at the head of the home stretch of this beautiful Sonoma County Fair racetrack. It takes me back for a lot of

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years now. I attended the first modern day fair in 1936 in the company of my late father who was a horseman. I remember we had a wonderful day. It was a five day long fair, but we were especially impressed by this wonderful race track. It's a,

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it's a beautifully laid out track, it's terrific drainage in the soil. The horsemen love it. And I love to come out and watch the race is over here. Now here at the fair, you must realize that racing is actually very, very important. The money we earn

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from racing pays for most of the other things that we have at the time. So it is important now people should know the number of days to lie 26 through august 7th. There are 13 races a day with some more races now from Del mar. You

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can bet win place and show exacta trifecta. Almost any kind of betting that you can bet, any place in the world. The daily Racing seminar is held in the park stage, which helps you know a little bit more about racing. And also gives you some good

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ideas about what the wager on that given day, every time I come out and see this racetrack or attend the races. Uh as I say, it takes me back to the days I spent here with my late father. It's a kind of a sentimental visit every

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year. But one of the things that you should know, it's probably one of the best entertainment values in the United States. Now to come to the fair, it costs five, Once you're inside the racing is free, you might want to get a reserved seat upstairs and

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that will cost you $3, but otherwise you can be downstairs and watch the racing and have a wonderful day. If you haven't been to the fair racing, I sincerely hope you come out this year, you'll have a ball and we'll all be looking for you. How

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you doing, everybody. We're sitting here at the head of the home stretch of this beautiful santa rosa track and we're just about to talk to a gentleman who's in charge of one of the most popular features at the Sonoma County Fair. I'm talking about the daily

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seminar, The gentleman with me is heading the seminar and his name is bob Emerson, bob. First of all, it's nice to have you here, Thanks for coming by bob. First of all, maybe the folks would like to know what is the racing seminar? Well, we start

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at 10 30 in the morning at the park stage and uh well I can run down what a day at the seminar might be like. Um if you arrive at 10 30 we start with kind of an overview of the history of the racetrack and and

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what's going on at this site, as far as horse racing, which as you know, has been involved with horses in one form or another since the 18 eighties, actually. And then we talk about parimutuel wagering and a little history of that in California and actually how

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that works, how your wagers get calculated in the payoffs and whatnot, and we usually have a guest which could be the announcer for the racetrack, a trainer, a jockey, um racing official. And then towards the end of the program, my assistant Danny Holmes and I give

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out our selections for the day, which kind of hopefully steer people in the right direction to make a little money. Yeah, I think that the, the selections are probably one of the reasons for the popularity of the seminar, but on the other hand, bob, I've worked

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with you on the seminar in the past. The seminar really is appreciated by a lot of people because they learned a lot of things they had no idea about concerning horse racing. Let's get back to those selections. You fellas at the end of it, you give

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this election that you feel are probably the best bets for the day. How do you do that Bob? How do you handicap your horses? Well, personally, um, I've been trying to handicap horses since 1976 and about four years ago I decided that pace and speed for

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me were the way to go. Um, I don't pay that much attention to who the trainer is or who the jockey is. If the horse is fast, then I think he has a good chance to win and that's what I try to determine who's fast and

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who's not. Okay. Um let me repeat the basic factors about the seminar, it's every day from the 26th through august the seventh. It starts at 10 30 it's at the Budweiser park stage, which is right near the entrance to the racetrack. It features bob gunderson and

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Danny Holmes. And if you enjoy horse racing and want to have a few winners, you attend that seminar, see you a little later. Welcome back to our fair Central State at the head of the home stretch of the Sonoma County Fairgrounds. We're about to wrap up

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our racing special and dana, how about a couple of facts that people ought to know. Okay, Rich, the fair runs through sunday august 7th and the races are daily through august 7th also and post times at 12 30 sharp daily. That's true. Okay. And there's two

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or three other things. The fair starts at 10 a.m. Closes the, that is at 10 PM. If you're on the ground, you can stay at the carnival until 11 o'clock, admission for 13 to 60 is $5. If you're 7 to 12 years of age, $2 if

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you're under six, you're getting for nothing. And also, if you're 60 years or older, you get in for $4. It's really a wonderful fair and we've had a very wonderful time. We sincerely hope you come out and enjoy it to dana. Any thoughts? It was a

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great day. I did a lot of things and it's a great fair, come out and have some fun. We'll be seeing you next year and until then come out and enjoy this wonderful 1990 for Sonoma County fair.