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...last February at Santa Anita, aboard an iron-grey stallion named Talon. He was last going into the far turn, with 17 horses ahead of him. He whipped and drove the horse through holes that looked impassable. Then, with a spectacular finish, he won the $50,000 San Antonio Handicap. The next day, watching a newsreel of the race, Arcaro shivered at the chances he had taken...
This year Arcaro has won two of the four big $100,000 races run so far (the Santa Anita Handicap and the Derby). He doesn't shine as brilliantly in the cheap run-of-the-mill races, on which 26 million people do most of their betting. Says he: "Cheap horses don't need management?they just...
Slowdown. The clock that keeps running in Arcaro's head really rang the bell four years ago in the Manhattan Handicap. Arcaro was on Devil Diver, a speed horse. Everybody, including the other jockeys, expected him to set a fast pace, and then collapse long before the mile and a half had been run. Arcaro knew how slow he was going; the others didn't and hung back too. The time for the first mile was incredibly slow. When Arcaro finally let Devil Diver run, he outsprinted the others, winning by 1½ lengths...
...only win your first Derby once"). The next time it was Whirlaway, and the Triple Crown. This February, the chances of Arcaro riding Citation for Ben Jones were about 100 to 1 against. Eddie, up on Assault, had crashed into Ben's pride & joy, Armed, in the Widener Handicap...
...Last week, he was brought up before the racing stewards after a saliva test showed that his one winner had been given a caffeine stimu lant. He was suspended from racing for 60 days. ? Carolyn A., a filly named for her, won last week's $25,000 Firenze Handicap at Jamaica. ** Plus the usual tip, which is 10% of the purse. *Apprentice jockey. The name comes from the asterisk beside a horse's name on racing charts, indicating that an apprentice will ride. *Hooking a leg in front of another jockey's leg to keep him from forging ahead...