Word: kelso
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...Kelso, Horse of the Year in 1960 and 1961, considered by many U.S. horsemen to be the best thoroughbred since Man o' War: the $108,900 Jockey Club Gold Cup at New York's Belmont Park, for an unprecedented third year in a row. Ridden by Jockey Ismael Valenzuela, who never had to use his whip, Mrs. Richard C. du Pont's five-year-old gelding breezed to an easy ten-length victory, covered the two miles in 3 min. 19-4/5 sec.-breaking Nashua's track record. Kelso's $70,785 winner...
...Belmont Stakes and now rated only 9-to-2 odds, dawdled twelve lengths behind the leaders through the backstretch, turned it on at the close to win by a gallant 2½ lengths. A well-beaten sixth: Mrs. Richard C. du Pont's five-year-old gelding Kelso, 1961's Horse of the Year and the 3-to-5 favorite at post time. Carry Back ran the mile in 1 min. 33 3/5 sec.-tying the track record. His $72,735 winner's purse boosted his life time earnings to $1,009,153, made him the fourth...
...Citation, Arcaro became the only jockey to win rac ing's famed Triple Crown* twice. He was a record five-time winner of the Derby. He posted six victories in the Preakness and six in the Belmont Stakes, for an other pair of records. Last year Arcaro rode Kelso, one of the greatest racers ever, to a Horse of the Year title, winning seven victories in nine starts to collect...
Marty Mull, swimming for host team Ohio State was first in 2:02.3. Just a hair behind him was Denver's Jack Kelso in 2:02.4. John House of Southern Cal placed third with...
...tenth annual running of Washington, D.C.'s $100,000 International Stakes, Veteran Jockey Johnny Longden, on superbly conditioned TV Lark, shrewdly held back until the final turn to challenge Kelso (TIME, Nov. 10), the race's odds-on 2-5 favorite, then dueled down the stretch to come in ahead of Kelso by three-quarters of a length in a surprising 2:26⅓-nearly two seconds below the race record for the mile-and-a-half classic...