Word: hartack
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...these slurs? Clay has not even had his day in court yet. The answer, at least as far as the sportswriters are concerned, is pretty clear. Men with flair and irreverence are not welcome anymore in sports. Look for the clean, humble guy. And beware of showmen like Bill Hartack, Wilt Chamberlain, Phil Rogers, and Bo Belinsky...
...Isby, the outsider of these three, is a late-developing Californian colt with a good recent second to Ruken. He has the capable riding services of four-time Derby winner Bill Hartack...
...Hialeah. Twice, he has won four in a day; six times, he has won three. Last week, with ten days still left of Hialeah's 40-day meeting, Baeza had already won 47 races-twice as many as his closest competitor, 15 shy of the track record Bill Hartack set in 1957, when he was the winningest jockey...
...Blue Grass Stakes in Kentucky. Still, come last week, the 100,000-odd fans who jammed ancient Churchill Downs found themselves another favorite: Wheatley Stable's Bold Lad. After all, Bold Lad had won nine out of his last eleven races, and he was being ridden by Bill Hartack, whose Derby luck was all good: a remarkable four victories and a second in six tries. At post time the odds on Bold Lad were 9-5. Lucky Debonair was practically a long shot...
...white everywhere. Superstition aside, he had been laid up all winter with painful splints on his shinbones. What's more, he had never won a race longer than a mile- and the Derby is 1¼ mi. Before his horse ever got out of the walking ring, Jockey Hartack had a feeling that he was in trouble. "He wasn't reacting very good," said Hartack. "Something was bothering...