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...York's Belmont Park for the much-ballyhooed mile-and-a-quarter match race. The contest between the record-breaking three-year-old filly Ruffian, winner in all ten of her starts and holder of the filly's Triple Crown for 1975, and the Kentucky Derby-winning colt Foolish Pleasure was a perfect Him v. Her extravaganza for the 50,764 people at Belmont and for millions watching on CBS, which put up $350,000 to televise the event. Then, 3½ furlongs and some 35 seconds into the race, with Ruffian slightly ahead, there was a sharp...
With Foolish Pleasure winning the Kentucky Derby, and Master Derby running away with the Preakness, chalk players are already arguing over which colt is Horse of the Year. They could be wasting their time. The top three-year-old thoroughbred may not even have been in the starting gate at Churchill Downs or Pimlico. Nor is it likely to be at Belmont on June 7 for the Belmont Stakes, the third jewel in racing's Triple Crown. The superhorse of 1975 could very well be a lady: Ruffian, the fastest filly in memory. Before the summer...
...horse that had won ten out of eleven races and was rated the commanding favorite to win the Kentucky Derby, LeRoy Jolley could not be blamed if he felt a little cocky before the 101st Derby last week. Jolley, though, was anything but arrogant about his sleek bay colt, Foolish Pleasure. And for good reason: 13 years ago Jolley, then an untested young trainer, came to Churchill Downs with popular favorite Ridan, only to see his horse fade in the stretch and finish third in the 1¼-mi. test for three-year-olds. This year a similar disappointment seemed...
Tension is now the password in Barn 42, as Greer and trainer Leroy Jolley await the biggest test of Foolish Pleasure's racing career. While the colt has captured headline after headline on route to ten victories in eleven career starts, the rapid development of other powerful contenders has drastically changed the complexion of the 101st Derby...
...Wood Memorial was only Media's fourth lifetime start, and the colt matched Greer's champion almost stride for stride throughout, finishing just one length behind. Campo complained after the race that his jock, Jean Cruget, had moved the horse a little too soon, and that he should have waited until the stretch...