Noble Cause - By Kevin Bolling

re: Noble Cause - By Kevin Bolling

Michael Jawl — Thu, 10 Mar 2011 05:45:01 GMT

For some twenty years, my family and I were lucky enough to have Noble as our trainer. As a teenager I went to the track with my father and uncles and was constantly warned about the villains that lurked in the backstretch, masquerading as trainers,ready to take your money and sell you a broken down horse. Then we met Mr.Threewitt and all those pre-concieved notions went out the window. Honesty, integrity, and passion for the sport were the hallmarks of our experience with Noble. Most importantly, we learned from Noble

many thngs that went beyond the racetrack. His decency and compassion for his fellow man was an inspiration to all. He showed us that at the track, winning is fun, losing is more likely, but in the final analysis, there are more important things in life. In Noble and Beryl's world, participating in racing was a privilege and an honour. We will do our best to uphold their legacy.

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MH — Thu, 10 Mar 2011 01:19:41 GMT

Cute story about Beryl and the DMV. Wish I could've been around racing when they were.

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Convene — Wed, 09 Mar 2011 19:00:31 GMT

Integrity, charity, fortitude, honor, dignity ... Those two people are icons of those traits. Don't they make so many people today look pathetic - and they were young in a world much more restrictive than this one, especially for women. They don't make folks like this any more. Thank you for sharing your moments with them and helping all of us to know a little of them too.

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needler in Virginia — Wed, 09 Mar 2011 02:53:09 GMT

The industry is poorer for their loss, and we should mourn the lack of more Threewits in this new century. Bless the work they began, may it long continue, and bless them both. Without the backstretch workers.... ALL OF THEM..how long do you think racing will last??

Cheers and safe trips to Noble and Beryl....quite a pair.

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nina — Wed, 09 Mar 2011 01:36:42 GMT

Heaven is a better place now.

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Rick Arthur — Wed, 09 Mar 2011 01:13:19 GMT

I had the privilege of serving under Noble when he was president of the California HBPA and the CTHF. No one has done more for the backside workers, trainers, and their families than Noble Threewitt. When most of the trainers are taking their late morning naps or out golfing Noble was at the clinic he helped establish doing what he could. He is always there. Noble spent literally thousands, probably tens of thousands of hours doing what he could for backstretch workers and their families. He enjoyed helping people.

Certainly in California, no trainer, or anyone else for that matter, can come close to contributing the time and effort Noble put in with very little thanks from his peers. Younger trainers today have no idea how hard Noble worked or what he accomplished for them.

Beryl was one of a kind. If she would have been born 75 years later she may have been the leading trainer rather than Noble. She was a sharp, articulate, wonderful woman who took a back seat to no one. What a pair.

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txhorsefan — Tue, 08 Mar 2011 23:39:58 GMT

Beautiful. Thank you for sharing.

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Rachel — Tue, 08 Mar 2011 22:35:41 GMT

These were 2 champion people. ♥