Word: haile
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Reason to Hail, in his seventh tough stakes in two months, will try hard, as always, and will wind up fourth, as always. If he were a person he would go on strike. Nehoc's Bullet's only claim to fame is that he is Damascus's half-brother. Proviso's record is intriguingly mediocre. Blasting Charge and Gaylord's Feather ran one, two in a nice route on the grass against older horses last week, but that hardly qualifies them to win the country's toughest three-year-old race...
...unknown quantity in this race is In Reality. He has not raced since he won the Florida Derby on April 1, but he has finished first or second in ten of his 11 races and could be the sleeper here. Reason to Hail, the 20-to-1 shot who was fourth in the Derby, is one of the most underrated performers. Handicapped in the Derby by his outside post position, he ran a strong race and would have caught Damascus in a few more strides. But he has been campaigned relentlessly from coast to coast, and the Preakness will...
...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
...sprint races and finished second to Diplomat Way, another Derby entrant, in the Blue Grass Stakes, pushing his earnings to $14,060. But what the big bay did have -and what the handicappers overlooked-were good blood lines and a trainer with roses in his past. Sired by Hail to Reason, a onetime two-year-old champion, Proud Clarion was trained by Loyd Gentry for John W. Galbreath, whose Chateaugay won the 1963 Derby, and whose Graustark was rated one of the top thoroughbreds of 1966 until he broke down before last year's Derby...
Three other colts will receive fair support at the windows. Reason to Hail boasts a handy victory over mediocre competition in the California Derby, but he had no excuse when beaten five lengths by Damascus a month...