Word: greyed
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...strong he feels and what it's like to ride him," he says, "but you can't; a guy's just got to ride him to know."Jockey Jack Westrope, whose mount, Magic Lamp, is a 30-to-1 shot, says: "I'm not afraid of the grey horse." Guerin looks at Westrope and walks out, unsmiling...
...head of the stretch, the Dancer has plainly beaten the seven others, but Straight Face is going strong, at least six lengths ahead. Jockey Guerin is now worried, and so is the crowd. His whip whacks the Dancer's rump four times. Suddenly the grey rear legs slam out like locomotive drive shafts, the front legs seem to grow another two feet long, and in a few space-gulping strides the Dancer catches Straight Face. As he draws abreast, he rubs it in: perceptibly, the horse slows the huge stride and merely stretches his throbbing neck ahead...
...crowd, as well as trainer, jockey and owner, are still shaken by the Big Grey's mercilessly teasing performance. "I wanted to start moving up at the half-mile pole," says relieved Jockey Guerin, "but the horse just wouldn't move then. Was I scared? You're damned right, right down to 50 yards away. I rode him with confidence all right"?he manages a sickly grin?"but he damn near betrayed me." The Dancer merely gulps a few big gulps of air, gives his customary fine TV performance in the winner's circle, and saunters down the shady...
This week the Dancer alarmed his owner and his fans when he developed a "slight sign of a bruise" on his right forefoot, apparently during training. His shoes were pulled off to give him a rest. If all goes well, the Big Grey will try to do it again over a longer distance (1¼ miles) with as much or more of a weight spread in the $50,000 Memorial Day Suburban Handicap. After that, Alfred Vanderbilt can choose to race the horse under a whopping impost (possibly in the 140-lb. area) in the Brooklyn Handicap, or take him West...
...able to accelerate, slow down, accelerate on demand. Next week, Owner Vanderbilt and Trainer Winfrey plan to fly to Britain to case Ascot for themselves. One of the toughest problems: should Jockey Guerin, who has never ridden the kind of race required by English tracks, ride the Big Grey? It would all be difficult?and challenging...