Other Stuff From Bob G.

On July 29, 2004 Bob Gorsky lectured on Due Process and Officers' Rights and The Attorney's Role in Responding to an Officer-Involved Shooting or Other Critical Incident for the Dallas County Sheriff's Department in Dallas.

On September 1 and 2, 2004 Bob Gorsky lectured on Due Process and Officers' Rights and The Attorney's Role in Responding to an Officer-Involved Shooting or Other Critical Incident for the Texas Narcotics Officers Association Conference in Fort Worth.

Bob Gorsky Circa 1985

Bob Gorsky and "DPA Vice President" Eddie Crawford

GIFT HORSE
Reprinted from "The Blood-Horse," the official publicattion of the Thoroughbred Owners And Breeders Association, December 21, 2002

Bob Gorsky was a little apprehensive when, shortly after claiming a gelding named Silver Elite at Lone Star Park, he received an e-mail from Amanda Cole. Cole wrote that she was a fan of the horse whom she had seen on a trip to the track.

“There was something about it that was so unusual that I thought maybe it was the person who lost the horse,” said Gorsky, who feared he was being tricked. “ The thought of it really being a 16-year-old girl was far from my radar screen.”

It didn’t take Cole long to prove she was the real thing. The spunky teenager and her mother traveled back to the racetrack to see the horse, and when he won, Gorsky invited then to the winner’s circle. From there, Gorsky and cole stayed in contact via e-mail.

“He was the tallest horse I had ever seen,” said Cole. (Silver Elite is nearly 17 hands tall). “He just had something about him, how he walked and how he behaved. He just seemed so much like a gentleman.”

Eventually, Silver Elite required a break because or sore suspensories. He didn’t respond to the time off, and it appeared he wouldn’t race again. Gorsky contacted Cole’s mother to see if he and his partners could give the gray horse to Amanda.

“He was a wonderful horse and if I had a place to keep him, I would have done so,” Gorsky said. “He was one of those horses you hate to get rid of, but it made us feel good that he had a good home.”

Now Cole calls the big, gray gelding her equine soulmate. He is still recuperating, but that doesn’t seem to matter to his new owner.

“I haven’t ridden him, but we have this bond,” she said. “ I don’t know how to explain it. I think he really knows that I love him and he shows me. He’s what I’ve always wanted. I’ve always wanted a really tall, gray gelding. It’s him; he’s perfect.”

Cole, who graduated from high school last year, is studying animal science at Angelo State University, and she’s already been accepted into the University of Arizona’s Race Track Industry Program. She plans to become a Thoroughbred trainer. Cole has already taken two former racing thoroughbreds and trained them for the show ring. Next spring, she hopes to do the same with “Silver.”

By Kristin J. Ingwell