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Trainer Jones's instructions to Jockey Steve Brooks were simple: "Don't let anything get too far ahead of you, and make your move at the three-eighths pole. Get that horse up on his toes...
...eleven days to 55 gamblers, officers of the law and assorted experts, the Senate Interstate Commerce Committee voted out a bill that would hobble, if not stop, nationwide betting. The bill would make it illegal to transmit across state lines any such information as "bets or wagers, scratches, jockey changes, weights, probable winners, betting odds or changes in the betting odds" until the race actually started...
High on the Horse. For Jockey Arcaro, who could have ridden Middleground in the Derby, Hill Prince's victory was bittersweet. "It was a crime he didn't win the Derby," Arcaro said...
When the three-year-olds broke from the barrier, Hill Prince was the crowd's odds:on choice (7-10) to win the second event of the triple crown. Young Jockey Willie Boland took Middleground (7-2) out toward the middle of the track where the footing is often better. Hill Prince, as usual, got off slowly, with Jockey Eddie Arcaro keeping him on the rail (in the race just before the Preakness he had found the track firm there...
High as any jockey could be on his horse,* Arcaro thought the Prince might turn out to be "one of the greatest horses of our day"-except for his habit of getting away slowly, "in a class with Citation." Next month's mile-and-a-half Belmont Stakes, third and longest race in the triple crown, would be a major test. On pedigree, Hill Prince should like the extra distance; his sire, Princequillo, did. Said Arcaro: "We should have clear sailing...