Word: donerail
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...131st Kentucky Derby; in Louisville, Ky. The colt, named by its record-producer owner after Sting's 9-year-old son, had finished first in just one race before last Saturday, when he became the horse with the second worst odds ever to win the Derby, trailing only Donerail's 91-to-1 feat...
...Kentucky Derby has produced more than its share of surprises, but it has never been a happy hunting ground for long-shot bettors. In 1913, a nag named Donerail galloped home at 91 to 1, and in 1940 Gallahadion ran off with all the roses at 35 to 1. Outside of that, only ten times in 92 years has any horse hit the wire rated at more than 10 to 1. So imagine the astonishment at Churchill Downs last week when the Derby winner turned out to be Proud Clarion, a 30-to-l shot that didn't even...
...most devastating racing coups in this hemisphere." His two ambitions: to live to 100 or to win the Belmont Stakes. Aste cared much less about the Kentucky Derby. In 1913 he had the Derby favorite, Ten Point, a son of Jack Point. But the race was won by Donerail, at 90 to 1, the longest shot ever to take the Derby. The defeat of Ten Point was a catastrophe for the bookmakers, those old enemies of Anthony Aste. Although he achieved neither of his two ambitions, his was a breathtaking career, based upon a brilliantly simple innovation made...
Meanwhile, form 11-C was the biggest jolt to the American gambling fraternity since 1913, when Donerail won the Kentucky Derby...
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