Word: counte
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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Cabman John D. Hertz once refused a cool million for a horse named Reigh Count. This year the Hertzes have their reward: a colt that is faster, smarter and shows promise of being greater than their 1928 Derby winner. He is Count Fleet, Reigh Count's three-year...
...winter U.S. railbirds have been buzzing about fabulous Count Fleet. Those who saw him run in the Champagne Stakes last fall can never forget the sight of the Hertzes' yellow silks flying down the Belmont backstretch. That was the fastest mile (1:34 4/5) ever run by a two-year-old, and was only 2/5 of a second away from the world's record set by the late great Equipoise when he was a four-year...
...season the Count's followers were countless. They made him the shortest priced winter-book favorite (5-10-2 on Feb. 14) in 69 years of Kentucky Derbies...
Trial at Jamaica. Last week 25,000 turned out to watch the Count run in the Wood Memorial, Long Island's traditional Derby preview. Few days before, in a tune-up race (his 1943 debut) on a sloppy track, he had proved that he could run in any kind of going. This time, against the cream of the three-year-old crop and despite a gashed hind leg, he really showed his class. From the time he entered the backstretch, where he overtook Blue Swords, his chief rival, he made the race a runaway. His time (1:43 flat...
...Count Fleet goes on to win the Kentucky Derby next week he will make John Hertz one of the world's luckiest turfmen. A little over a year ago, Hertz was willing to sell the son of Reigh Count for $4,500. The colt's conformation was faulty: his weight and power had grown in front instead of behind, where experts insist it should be. His forelegs were slightly knock-kneed and he ran with his head held high like a show horse. He seemed destined to be no greater than his mother, a commonplace selling plater named...