Word: lads
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...FEET TALL Huck Finn charm mingles with Hemingwayish ruggedness when a runaway British lad (Fergus McClelland) and a grizzled old diamond poacher (Edward G. Robinson) cross paths in brightest Africa...
...Roses. The strapping bay colt did nothing to diminish his stature either when he won last month's $25,000 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...
Smart horsemen knew the odds were odd. "Four white feet and white on the nose, knock them in the head and throw them to the crows," goes an old mule traders' saying. Bold Lad was 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...
...horse who best Bold Lad in the Wood Memorial was Flag Raiser. He has won three in a row, but after opening up a four-length lead in the Wood, he barely held on to win by a neck, and the Derby route will be too much...
...that Swift Ruler is too cheap a horse for the Derby, but his brilliant race against Lucky Debonair proves he can hold his own against the best three-year olds in the country. HOW THEY'LL FINISH 1. Swift Ruler 15-1 2. Lucky Debonair 4-1 3. Bold Lad 6-5 4. Native Charger 8-1 5. Hall to All 8-1 6. Flag Raiser 8-1 7. Tom Rolfe 5-1 8. Dapper Dan 20-1 9. Carpenter's Rule 30-1 10. Mr. Pak 30-1 11. Narusha...