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Each horse has yet to run a race of more than a mile-and the Flamingo is a mile and an eighth. Most of the smart money has already decided that Nashua has the stamina, the Boston Doge is a front runner who will fade in the last long furlong. To most of the paddock prophets it looked like a lock. "But don't forget," one of them hedged, "once, they even beat...
...York's Belmont Park, Belair Stud's big bay colt, Nashua, got a skillful hand ride from Jockey Eddie Arcaro, needed just one whack of the whip to hold off a determined last-furlong drive by Mrs. R. A. Firestone's Summer Tan and win the 65th running of the season's juvenile classic, the Futurity...
...Chicago's Washington Park, Joseph Gavegnano's rangy bay colt Errard King raced to a three-length lead in the final furlong of the $115,250 American Derby, finished strong to hold off the fast closing favorite, High...
...Chicago's Arlington Park, Hasty House Farm's big bay colt, Hasty Road, came on fast in the final furlong to win the $28,625 Warren Wright Memorial by a length. Hasty Road's share of the purse ($17,100) brought his total earnings to $411,432-including $91,600 for the Preakness-and made him the leading money winning three-year...
...Grey was in bad trouble. After a brisk nine-furlong workout at Belmont one morning last week, Alfred Gwynne Vanderbilt's Native Dancer (TIME, May 31) pulled up with a sore right forefoot. Trainer Bill Winfrey could feel a suspicious warmth just above the hoof, but X rays showed no internal injury. Two days later, the colt galloped a couple of miles on the training track and snorted home with no sign of pain. Relieved, Winfrey began to step up the Dancer's training, but after a three-furlong breeze, the Big Grey came back in such distress...