Word: cassaleria
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...dreamers' choice in the Derby was Cassaleria, a one-eyed colt with claustrophobia, the solitary member of the "20/20 Stable" (slogan: "Thine eye has seen the glory"). Cassaleria is another star-crossed son of Pretense, the father of poor Sham, who would have won any other Kentucky Derby and most other Preaknesses but finished second to Secretariat on both occasions in 1973. One of Cassaleria's first bobbling steps after birth tumbled him into a fence post and poked out his left eye, leaving a sorry-looking fleshed-over socket...
Understandably, tight quarters alarm Cassaleria. He needs to see the sky. And barns are too dark. So a special open-air shed was constructed at Churchill Downs by his gang of part owners. They have not been able to do enough for Cassaleria since last November, when he won the El Camino Real Derby at Bay Meadows in San Mateo, Calif. After the race they realized that his good eye had been covered over with mud. He had run blind. The track was fast last Saturday, but Cassaleria ran 13th. He never seemed to be leading with the correct foot...
Among the leftovers there is still enough four-legged talent to prevent this from going down in racing history as the Default Derby. The early line has El Baba favored to win, even though the winner of the Louisiana Derby has never before been considered a top Kentucky prospect. Cassaleria, the monocle-wearing star from the West Coast, has a fairly large following, as does Muttering...
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