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Retired jockey Randy Romero is the subject of Bill Heller’s upcoming book, “Randy Romero’s Remarkable Ride.”
Randy J Romero’s
Incredible
Ride
By Bill Heller
28
STRIDE MAGAZINE
March 3, 2010
ockey Randy Romero’s incredible life will be celebrated on March 27 ten minutes from his home in suburban New Orleans, when The Fair Grounds unveils his biography, “Randy Romero’s Remarkable Ride” with two book signings on Louisiana Derby Day. “I’m excited, and I’m excited it’s there,” Randy said Feb. 17. “Louisiana is my home.” There’s no more fitting site. The Fair Grounds is where young Randy first showed his major league potential after dominating Louisiana’s bush tracks and smaller tracks. It’s where Randy returned to prominence after a sweatbox explosion in the spring of 1983 nearly burned him alive. Given a 40% chance of surviving, he set a still-standing record 181 victories at The Fair Grounds the next spring. Whether it was more of a testimony to his immense talent or to his indomitable will is tough to gauge. He won 25