Word: lawrin
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...Jones brought a sore-footed colt named Lawrin to Louisville. If he worked Lawrin, the horse would probably break down; if he didn't work him, he wouldn't be fit for the long Derby grind. Ben got a blacksmith to shoe the horse with heavy protective bar plates, then got one hard work and a race into him. On Derby Day, lightweight shoes replaced the heavy ones and Lawrin must have felt as though he was flying. He romped home...
...call from Jones in Louisville asking him to ride Lawrin, a 9-to-1 shot in the Kentucky Derby. "Not me," says Eddie. "I want no part of him." But Jones talked him into it, and Eddie got the biggest wallop of his life ("You only win your first Derby once"). The next time it was Whirlaway, and the Triple Crown. This February, the chances of Arcaro riding Citation for Ben Jones were about 100 to 1 against. Eddie, up on Assault, had crashed into Ben's pride & joy, Armed, in the Widener Handicap...
...Citation, mahogany-colored wonder horse, wanned up for the Kentucky Derby by winning Havre de Grace's $25,000 Chesapeake Stakes. On his back was Eddie Arcaro, the nation's No. 1 jockey, who hoped Citation would be his fourth Derby winner. The others: Lawrin (1938), Whirlaway (1941), Hoop...
...colonels grinned sheepishly. They could be pretty sure that crafty Ben Jones, the Calumet trainer, had things under control-even if he did come from Missouri. Ben's record proved conclusively that he knew how to saddle a Kentucky Derby winner: Lawrin (1938), Whirlaway (1941), Pensive (1944). Faultless was the Kentucky horse to beat...
...flop-eared tomboy that her friends call Susie. Many consider her the greatest filly ever to race in the U.S. Says Calumet Farm's Trainer Ben Jones: "Next to Whirlaway, this is the best horse I ever trained. She's so much better than Lawrin and Pensive [both Kentucky Derby winners]. So much, really." Last week at Baltimore, racing under her official program name, Twilight Tear, she made a rompaway of the winner-take-all ($25,000) Pimlico Special. It was her 14th win in 17 tries this year, and brought her winnings...