Word: capotes
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Dates: during 1949-1949
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...Seabiscuit in 1938).* Last week's renewal of the sporting Special-by invitation as usual, for $15,000 winner-take-all-brought together the two speed demons of 1949's two leading stables: Calumet's four-year-old Coaltown and Greentree's three-year-old Capot...
...only other time they met, in the Sysonby Mile at Belmont Park, Capot matched Coaltown's blazing pace stride for stride for ⅞ of a mile until the 1-to-10 favorite cracked. Most bettors thought it was a fluke; Coaltown had set a new world record for the mile, had tied the 1⅛-and 1¼-mile records. But many horsemen suspected that John Gaver, Capot's trainer, had discovered Coaltown's weakness: a horse that could stay with him could beat...
...Capot. 5. Halt...
Nobody did for the first half mile. But straightening out on the backstretch, Eddie Arcaro let Palestinian move up alongside Capot. It was not a real challenge; both riders had their horses under wraps. Lagging behind them was Calumet Farm's stretch-running Ponder...
...When Capot and Palestinian headed into the stretch five lengths in front of the field, Atkinson gave Capot the whip and pulled clear. He had Palestinian beaten. But where was Ponder? Atkinson would never forget the way Ponder charged by him when he thought he had the Kentucky Derby won last month. As sometimes happens to slow beginners, Ponder had gotten mousetrapped down on the rail. When he worked free he put on a run that brought the crowd of 40,421 up on tiptoe. But 20 yards from the finish, Atkinson "turned his stick" and relaxed; Capot nailed...