Word: lea
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...eleven Handicap starters paraded to the post last week, the crowd of 65,000 was betting the all-powerful Calumet Farm entry-Citation, Ponder and Two Lea-as though it was money in the bank. With the Calumet trio at 1-to-3, Noor was a lukewarm 6-to-1 second choice. At that, it seemed a surprisingly short price considering the opposition. But as it turned out, Longden knew best...
...days later, in the $100,000 Santa Anita Maturity, Calumet got back in stride. With Eddie Arcaro in the saddle, Calumet's fine filly Two Lea took the lead and led the field all the way into the stretch. There Arcaro looked over his shoulder, saw Calumet's Ponder coming like a lumberjack to dinner. At the finish it was Ponder by a length, with Two Lea second and the rest nowhere. Jimmy Jones felt better. If Citation should fail, Miche and the others would still have Ponder-and Two Lea-to beat in the Hundred-Grander...