The morning line Wednesday on Cyberknife - racing out of the first post position among seven rivals - was 6/1, trailing 7/5 favorite Taiba and 7/2 shot Jack Christopher.įixed-odds executive Dallas Baker of Betmakers also installed Cyberknife at 6/1 while Jack Christopher got the initial favorite slot at even money. He was that curmudgeon on the exterior, but inside, Bill was a really good person.” Cyberknife’s chances? “He was the connector between us, and when he was gone we continued being friends, but a lot closer because we counted on him so much. “When Bill passed, both Tom and I talked every single day for years after that, and we still talk a lot. “Bill, he would have eaten this up,” Gold told the Asbury Park Press.
Monmouth Park media director Tom Luicci also is part of that inner circle, with the group’s roots dating back to friendships with legendary Asbury Park sports columnist Bill Handleman, who died in 2010. Supreme Court siding with Riccio and the state. Gold’s friend group is an eclectic one that includes attorney Ron Riccio, the lawyer for the New Jersey Thoroughbred Horsemen’s Association throughout the six-year sports betting battle that ended with the U.S.
Gold, 66, has been attending horse races for 50 years and has owned some ponies for almost 20 years. Cyberknife dazzled in winning the Grade 1 Arkansas Derby in early April for his third win in six starts. Of course, horses don’t land spots in a prestigious race like the Haskell just because of a good backstory. I figured it was a good name too, aside from the fact of getting the name out there.” The horse lives up to the hype Gold told the Louisville Courier-Journal, “A lot of the famous horses in history are one-word names. “Will I survive, what kind of treatment will I have, what about my family? Learning about the CyberKnife System gave me hope for my future.” “When I was first told I had cancer, fear overtook all logical thought,” Gold said about the diagnosis two years ago. The horse’s owner is Al Gold, a longtime Jersey Shore resident who came up with the name as a result of his life-saving cancer surgery at age 65. The entrant in Saturday’s $1 million Haskell Stakes at Monmouth Park is named after a non-invasive prostate cancer treatment tool. Naming a racehorse is often - but not always - an exercise in whimsy.įor every equine named something silly like Bodacious Tatas, there is another like - well, Cyberknife.
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