Word: furlong
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Wilson Jr.'s Derby Candidate Gushing Oil, the mile-and-a-furlong $31,150 Blue Grass Stakes, by a length over C. V. Whitney's fast-closing Cold Command, on a sloppy track, in 1:52 2/5; at Lexington...
With Battlefield and Big Stretch unwilling to try again against the horse that had beaten them in a six-furlong conditioner five days before, the Colando colt seemed to be a cinch. But the mile-and-a-sixteenth Experimental was an entirely different matter. Starting in the outside post position, and carrying top weight of 126 Ibs., he never made it a race. Uncle Miltie finished eighth, five lengths (i.e., 4½ & a nose & a head) behind the winner, King Ranch's Sonic, which carried only a feathery 105 Ibs. The time...
...threemile, six-furlong race at Sandown Park near London, Queen Elizabeth's five-year-old steeplechaser Manicou romped in by six lengths to win the $1,120 purse. The Queen stepped beaming into the winner's circle, patted her horse, gave a well-done to jockey and trainer. All in all, she appeared to have recovered from the blow of last fortnight, when her other steeplechaser, Monaveen, broke his leg in a race and had to be destroyed...
...Inglewood, Calif., Mrs. Charles S. Howard's Noor, in a tune-up for this week's $100,000 Hollywood Gold Cup, over the field in track record time (1:48) for the mile-and-a-furlong at Hollywood Park...
Swollen Waters. The change had no more effect on racing conditions. The night before the race, a 5-in. downpour started flash floods on the tributary Muskingum which flows into the course a furlong below the scheduled starting line. By race time, 60-ft. logs and huge masses of debris were sweeping down the Muskingum and onto the course. Even before the downpour struck, Ulbrickson, whose Washington crew had drawn an inside lane, complained that the Muskingum flow "hits you broadside like the wash from a big boat...