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...this rank unknown, this invader from Venezuela-Venezuela?-make off with the most coveted honor in U.S. horse racing, the Triple Crown? Last week a record crowd of 81,036 came to find out, as the big (16.1 hands) copper colt went to the post in the $125,000 Belmont Stakes, the final jewel in the Triple Crown. A fleet, frantic 2 min. 30.2 sec. later, the fans at Belmont and millions more watching on TV in the U.S. and Venezuela had the answer...
...bucking the far more formidable odds of history. In more than a century of competition, only eight horses have won the Triple Crown; the last was Citation, who turned the trick in 1948. One reason for the scarcity of Triple Crown winners is that the grueling length of the Belmont -1½ miles, against 1¼ for the Derby and l 3/16 for the Preakness-has a way of producing upsets. Another is that the competition among three-year-olds has become increasingly stiff. Citation, for example, was one of 5,819 thoroughbreds foaled in 1945; Cañonero...
...article last week in Turf World, Antony Parisella, director of mutuels at Belmont Park. said, "The difference between the ordinary bettor and a top gambler like Jules Fink or Larry Darby or S?m Lewin is that when they (Darby et. al.) lose they lose in small handfuls, but when they win they take the money away in wheelbarrows. The ordinary bettor just does not know...
Unfortunately Laurence Darby will not reveal his pick in the Belmont- "It's against my policy, I can't have a track variant until the morning of the race, and who knows. It might rain."- but he does at least admit that there will be a lot of money involved- "I'm talking about five figures...
...These will be a lot of people at Belmont Park this Saturday afternoon betting that Canonero If will become the first Triple Crown winner since Citation in 1918, but the majority does not have to be right. A lot of insiders feel that whoever the winner. Darby will have him. As one exjockey put it. "The thing is, he's a professional...