Word: crevolin
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Dates: during 1954-1954
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...California and Illinois racing commissions indefinitely suspended affable Andy Crevolin, owner of Kentucky Derby Winner Determine, from their tracks. Reason: a careless admission to the press that his horses were often raced for experience, not to win (TIME, Sept...
Such tricks as "qualifying" (i.e., running simply for experience), or a jockey failing to hustle on the slim chance that his mount might draw low weight in later handicaps, were part of honest horse racing long before Crevolin. But to horsemen it seemed like a breach of faith to talk about such matters in public. Crevolin's careless attempt to explain away a few defeats only strengthened the smart-money boys' suspicions that now and then the fix might be on, that every entry in a race is not always "well meant." At Del Mar, where Crevolin...
...years of selling cars and car parts around Southern California, Andrew J. Crevolin, 47, put together a tidy fortune. To keep his money occupied, Andy began to buy race horses. In 1947 he bought two thoroughbreds from Movie Magnate Louis B. Mayer; they both turned out to be winners. Andy, it seemed, had as sharp an eye for horseflesh as he had for car customers. This year, with Derby Winner Determine and Handicap Star Imbros leading his string of more than 20 horses, Crevolin is the top money-winning owner in the U.S. Moreover, Andy Crevolin talks as freely...
...recent interview with a reporter from Blood-Horse magazine, Andy sounded off on the way his horses are handled. "We don't try to win with our horses the first or second or third time,"said Crevolin casually. "We give them experience. We're not going to kill a horse the first time he runs and break his heart...
...California-bred colt had ever won in the-previous 79 runnings of the Derby, made California-bred Correlation the 3-to-1 favorite for No. So. There was talk of another Derby jinx: no grey colt has ever won, and Kentucky-bred Determine, owned by California Auto Dealer Andrew Crevolin, was undeniably a grey...