Word: capito
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...Triple Crown winner Penny Chenery Tweedy has been out of the money all year. Wonder Horse Secretariat, whom she sold to a syndicate for $6,080,000, appeared at first to be a stud failure. Then her Meadow Stable's most likely comers, Capital Asset and Capito failed to win a stake. Now it turns out even Mrs. Tweedy's husband Jack finished up the track. "We were married for 25 years and things just ground to a halt," said Penny last week from Long Island about her impending divorce from Jack, an executive V.P. of the California...
Meanwhile, Rube the Great (a fine name for a prospective Derby winner) charged past the field to win by five easy lengths. Capital Asset, Secretariat's half brother, and Capito, half brother to Riva Ridge, both suffered from an acute lack of speed in the race, and were never in contention...
...should be obvious by now that nobody has the faintest idea. Protagonist, Judger, Cannonade, Capital Asset, and Capito will all need some juicing up if they're going to do it. And can anyone see a beast named Rube the Great etching his name into the annals of history...
...thing is certain, though: it's a pretty good bet that there won't be a Triple Crown winner this year. But keep your eye on Penny Tweedy's twosome, anyway. Even a small-degree of association with her former champions may be enough to get Capital Asset and Capito by this year...