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Hill Prince, after a rigorous spring campaign, had not raced for two months, and he came out full of run. Jockey Eddie Arcaro held the big bay off the pace until the field entered the backstretch, then let him move up on the outside. At the head of the stretch, All Blue* had the lead, but Hill Prince caught him with a rush in the last sixteenth. Hill Prince won by more than a length over All Blue, with Your Host third. Time for the mile and a quarter: a fast 2:01 1/5. The winner's purse...
...first full mile, Middleground's 18-year-old Jockey Willie Boland hung just back of the pacesetter and bided his time. Headstrong Hill Prince shot into the lead despite Jockey Eddie Arcaro's tight hold ("He got away from me") and held the pace up through the final turn. Then, with a bare 250 yards to go, Hill Prince faltered into the ruck...
High on the Horse. For Jockey Arcaro, who could have ridden Middleground in the Derby, Hill Prince's victory was bittersweet. "It was a crime he didn't win the Derby," Arcaro said...
Middleground made a threatening move as they rounded into the homestretch, and got within a length of the leader before Arcaro went to the whip. Hill Prince's response was decisive. He lowered his head, lengthened his stride and breezed to a five-length victory. Time for the mile and three-sixteenths on the drying-out track was a slow 1:59 1/5. Mr. Trouble, second choice in the betting, never made it the three-horse race everyone expected; he finished fourth behind his stablemate, Dooly, and 16 lengths back of the winner...
High as any jockey could be on his horse,* Arcaro thought the Prince might turn out to be "one of the greatest horses of our day"-except for his habit of getting away slowly, "in a class with Citation." Next month's mile-and-a-half Belmont Stakes, third and longest race in the triple crown, would be a major test. On pedigree, Hill Prince should like the extra distance; his sire, Princequillo, did. Said Arcaro: "We should have clear sailing...