Word: bending
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...victory redeemed Candy Spot, the three-to-two favorite, after he had finished a lacklustre third behind Chateaugay and Never Bend in the Derby; that loss was the first in Candy Spots' career...
...Never Bend, as expected, took the lead at the start of the Preakness. Front-running No Robbery was not entered in the race, so Willie Shoemaker, on Candy Spots, knew he would have to stay close to the pace to prevent the swift New York colt from "stealing" the race. With longshot Rural Retreat running close to Never Bend, Candy Spots saved ground, about two lengths behind the loaders...
...backstretch Shoemaker roused his mount and shot into the lead, but all eyes were on Chateaugay, who was streaking from far behind. As the horses turned into the stretch, the scene looked like a news-reel shot from Churchill Downs two weeks earlier: Candy Spots and Never Bend were battling for the lead with Chateaugay, on the far outside, about to mow them down...
...horses in New York last week, Panama's Braulio Baeza, 23, could have had just such a homecoming. Panamanians were woozy with pride. Aboard Chateaugay, Baeza had become the first foreign jockey ever to win the Kentucky Derby. As if that was not enough, the second horse, Never Bend, was ridden by another Panamanian, Manuel Ycaza. In Panama City fans clustered around TV sets to watch reruns of the Derby. One station ran the tape four times in a single day. Light & Hungry. Neither Baeza nor Ycaza is another Arcaro or another Willie Shoemaker-yet. But they...
...Pittsburgh whose real name is Marco Spinelli. In "Beauty and the Beast," Marco offers advice to females, mostly matrons interested in getting their husbands interested again, and once recommended: "Take a bath with your husband. . . . Step daintily into the bubble-filled tub. Mon Dieu, this is no time to bend over." Newest addition to the growing throng is Society Columnist Frances Moffatt, who after eleven years as chief chitchatterer for the Examiner, gave the paper notice one Monday and flounced off to a champagne reception at the Chronicle only three days later. Boob Audience. Standout among the Chronicle...