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This December, veteran Jockey Johnny Longden began riding Noor, and talking him up as the horse to beat in the $100,000-added Santa Anita Handicap. Longden said Noor was "maybe the best horse I've been on since Count Fleet," winner of the Triple Crown...
...eleven Handicap starters paraded to the post last week, the crowd of 65,000 was betting the all-powerful Calumet Farm entry-Citation, Ponder and Two Lea-as though it was money in the bank. With the Calumet trio at 1-to-3, Noor was a lukewarm 6-to-1 second choice. At that, it seemed a surprisingly short price considering the opposition. But as it turned out, Longden knew best...
...Florida's Hialeah Park last weekend, another Calumet favorite flopped at 7-to-10 odds. Coaltown, co-holder of the world record at a mile-and-a-quarter, showed a flash of early foot in the $50,000-added Widener Handicap, then flattened out like a claiming plater. He finished next to last, beaten ten lengths by Royal Governor...
...only factor which may tend to handicap BC against the Crimson is the possibility that they may be leg-weary. The team uses only two rather than three lines and has played games both Saturday and last night, while the varsity has had a rest since Saturday...
...beaten only once (by Upset), carried 130 Ibs. even as a two-year-old. As a three-year-old, he won under 138 Ibs. But Man o' War was retired to stud after racing just twice in the handicap division...