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Lily can become one of her "real" people very suddenly. At a dinner, when the conversation has begun to annoy her, she will pucker her lips and pull her face down so that it looks long enough to get her into the starting gate at Aqueduct. That will be Ernestine...
...days, he rode 23 winners at Aqueduct Race Track, breaking Angel Cordero's New York State record of 22 victories for the same period, set two years ago. Standing small (5 ft. 1 in., 95 Ibs.) beside the thoroughbreds, his Dickensian face pale amid the splashing silks of his trade, Cauthen has captivated bettors and won the admiration of trainers and jockeys. Onetime Jockey Sammy Renick watched the young Kentuckian ride, and came away impressed. Says Renick: "He has great hands. Horses settle in and run kindly for him. Few jockeys have this touch. Steve hits the horse...
...furiously against Jockey Braulio Baeza's efforts to slow him in the backstretch. For another, there is Bold Forbes, a sprightly East Coast colt who was thought to be essentially a sprinter until he turned in an eye-opening performance in the 1⅛%-mile Wood Memorial at Aqueduct, setting a record of 1:47 2/5% for the stakes...
Such a showdown could be the race of the year. Since she started her career in 1974, Ruffian has been undefeated in eight starts, including the Acorn at New York's Aqueduct track earlier this month, first leg of the filly triple crown. The Acorn was a typical Ruffian race-no contest. She won by 8¼ lengths and set a new stakes record (the sixth time she has broken a race mark). This Saturday she will go for the second installment of the filly triple crown, the Mother Goose at Aqueduct. Should she win that, as well...
...next chapter was written in the Wood Memorial at Aqueduct eleven days ago, when a speedy pace-setter named Bombay. Duck gave the champion all he wanted down the long stretch run of a grueling mile and one-eighth test...