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This year, all the experts are convinced that a horse named Bold Lad can win with ease Saturday. On the surface, Bold Lad's credentials are very impressive. Last season he won eight of ten races including seven straight, handled all his opposition with little difficulty, and earned $387,000. This season he has won two of three. At first glance Bold Lad looks like a cinch, so the first rule of out system tells us to be skeptical...
...there are good reasons for skepticism. Bold Lad has run at a mile or longer three times. Twice he won with ease, defeating candidates for the glue factory. But in the 1 1-8 mile Wood Memorial at Aqueduct earlier this month Bold Lad tired and finished third. The experts are passing this defeat off as a fluke, but since it was Bold Lad's only real test at a distance, the Wood suggests that the sold Derby favorite will run out of gas in the home stretch...
...eleven-horse Derby field, there are four hopeless cases--Dapper Dan, Narusha, Mr. Pak, and Carpenter's Rule. With Bold Lad eliminated, that leaves six possible contenders...
...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...
Better early than late. At the break, Flag Raiser shot in front, opened up a five-length lead. Bold Lad moved into second place and stayed there, while the rest of the eleven-horse field was strung out up the track. Going into the final turn, Jockey Manuel Ycaza clucked to Bold Lad, and the white-stockinged chestnut slowly began to close the gap. But Flag Raiser was far from through. With Jockey Bob Ussery whipping furiously, he beat off Bold Lad's challenge, and in the end it was the favorite who tired. Almost unnoticed, Mrs. Ben Cohen...