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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 13, 2010
Page
17
ATHENS Georgia head coach Mark Richt suspended Caleb King the team's second leading rusher for two games after his arrest for failing to appear in Walton County on a speeding ticket. This marks the 11th Georgia player arrested this year.
Eclipse Award winner Pleasant Tap will be inducted into the Aiken Thoroughbred Racing Hall of Fame at 12 30 p m on March 14 at Hopeland Gardens. The Buckland Farm resident earned 2 721 169 from 32 starts, winning the Eclipse Award as champion older horse in 1992 and placing in 23 races. Trainer Al Darlington praised the horse as his best, noting the colt’s longevity and versatility.
Pleasant Tap, 1992 Eclipse Award Older Male and son of Pleasant Colony, died at Lane's End Farm at 23 from laminitis. The bay colt trained in Aiken by Al Darlington, raced for Evans Buckland Farm, and earned $2,721,169 with nine wins in 32 starts. He was inducted into the Aiken Thoroughbred Racing Hall of Fame in 1993.
Pleasant Top earned the 1992 Eclipse Award as champion older horse after 32 lifetime starts with nine wins and earnings over 2.7 million dollars. He won the Jockey Club Gold Cup and Suburban Handicap, while placing in nine of ten starts in 1992, then retired to Buckland Farm in Lexington, Kentucky after the 1992 Breeders Cup Classic. He is the 37th inductee into the Aiken Thoroughbred Racing Hall of Fame.
The horse Pleasant Tap earned praise for speed and stamina, finishing second in the 1991 Breeders Cup Sprint and 1992 Breeders Cup Classic. Retired to Buckland Farm after the Classic, he endured injuries but returned strong, winning the 1991 Jockey Club Gold Cup and Suburban Handicap in a notable career climax.
The writer relives a late night after the Atlanta Braves were eliminated from the playoffs. He compares the sting to a historic WVU loss and notes the impulse to disengage from sports, while acknowledging the enduring pull of fans toward their teams.
A sports fan shares reflections after the Braves fall short in the series. The piece recalls costly errors by Conrad and Infante, missed chances by Heyward, and injuries that crippled a team still pushing for a win. It notes Wagner's exit, and ponders how different Game 3 might have felt with different music.
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