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...whose lifetime earnings totalled a paltry $14,865 -- hardly enough to keep him in oats. Not only did he win, but he won in the third fastest time in the Derby's 93-year history, after the entire pace had been set by an equally unknown horse named Barbs Delight, who finished second...
Instead, I'll go with the 15-to-1 shot speed demon who finished second by a length, Barbs Delight. This colt, once bought for a meagre $2,500, fought with confirmed speed horses every step of the way to set the pace in the Derby, and he shook them off one after another. With half a mile to go, Barbs Delight passed the six furlong mark in 1 minute 10 4/5 seconds, which is faster than most horses, even good ones, manage to race when six furlongs is as far as they are going...
...strength left for an impressive duel in the stretch with Proud Clarion, and observers said later that if top jockey Bill Hartack, who wanted the mount, had been on Barbs Delight, it might have gone the other way. Hartack will have the horse, and one-sixteenth of a mile less to go, in the Preakness...
...weave his way around a field and come from behind. Luck was with him in Kentucky, as it may or may not be tomorrow at Pimlico. But a horse out in front is a horse out of trouble, if he can manage to stay there. I think Barbs Delight...
...Preakness Wire 1. Barbs Delight 2. Proud Clarion 3. In Reality (the sleeper) 4. Damascus 5. Reason to Hail (longshot special) 6. Ask the Fare 7. Great Power 8. Favorable Turn