Word: belmont
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Working with a horse expert like Havemann was an eyeopener," says Clark, "but it could have been even more rewarding than it was. Ernie and I took Mrs. Tweedy to lunch at Belmont's Paddock Club. But before settling down to eat and interview, Ernie dashed off to put down a couple of bets on the afternoon card. Instead of going with him, I foolishly engaged in small talk while waiting for him to return. Of course he hit the daily double...
...more than any other single competitor in any sport-and in 1972 as a mere two-year-old, he was named horse of the year. Now, having won both the Kentucky Derby and the Preakness this spring, Secretariat is an odds-on favorite to run away with the Belmont Stakes this Saturday and earn his right to the Triple Crown of American horse racing...
Victory at Belmont would make Secretariat the first winner of the Triple Crown for three-year-olds since Citation turned the trick a quarter-century ago. He would be only the ninth horse in 91 years to accomplish the grand slam. The odds against any modern horse finishing first in all three races have grown longer every year. When Citation did it, he was one of about 6,000 three-year-old thoroughbreds on the books of the Jockey Club. Flat racing has become far more popular and populous since then, and Secretariat started out with about 25,000 contemporaries...
...Belmont. Secretariat-along with Mrs. Tweedy, Laurin and Turcotte -is now ready for the ultimate test. Few three-year-olds will even dare take the track against him at Belmont but he will again have to face Sham, the horse that ran second in both the Derby and Preakness in efforts good enough to win in most years. There will also be a newcomer named Pvt. Smiles, which did not run in the first part of the Triple Crown but showed great promise of being a distance horse in last week's Jersey Derby...
...sharp turns and a shorter stretch that generally favor horses with enough early foot to be in front with no more than half a mile to go. (From 1923 to 1931, the Preakness preceded the Derby and horses had a more natural progression of lengths building up to the Belmont Stakes.) The third race of the Triple Crown is once around the Belmont track, the only one in the country that is 1½ miles long. The Belmont is the fairest test of all, since the track provides a long run to the first turn and gentle, sweeping curves that...