Monday, October 12, 2020
Life is a peculiar and winding road. I did not know Mr. Pascuma well, but I did meet him once, at my late husband's Thoroughbred breeding farm in Nissequogue, on Long Island. Today, I was washing a souvenir 'double old fashioned' glass that a friend gave me ... the glass is decorated with a Racing Form motif - black race charts, black racehorse silhouettes, highlights of gold foil. As I was drying the glass, I spied the name of I horse I knew! Charlie Coast - a bay horse, a foal of '75, that Mr. Pascuma trained for Bette Karlinsky. Charlie Coast stood at stud for a short time in the US, then was shipped to Venezuela. Seeing the horse's name on the glass made me think of 'his connections' ... and I 'googled' Warren Pascuma ... only to learn that he passed away in January of this year. What a long and prosperous life he had, and how nice to learn he had his family and still lived on Long Island, when he passed. I just wanted to offer my condolences.
