Word: palestinian
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Dates: during 1940-1949
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...preceding four: Haitian, Palestinian, Sioux and Navajo, and Equatorial African music...
...Palestinian...
Nobody did for the first half mile. But straightening out on the backstretch, Eddie Arcaro let Palestinian move up alongside Capot. It was not a real challenge; both riders had their horses under wraps. Lagging behind them was Calumet Farm's stretch-running Ponder...
When Capot and Palestinian headed into the stretch five lengths in front of the field, Atkinson gave Capot the whip and pulled clear. He had Palestinian beaten. But where was Ponder? Atkinson would never forget the way Ponder charged by him when he thought he had the Kentucky Derby won last month. As sometimes happens to slow beginners, Ponder had gotten mousetrapped down on the rail. When he worked free he put on a run that brought the crowd of 40,421 up on tiptoe. But 20 yards from the finish, Atkinson "turned his stick" and relaxed; Capot nailed...
...Garden State Park, N.J., chestnut Palestinian won the $50,000-added Jersey Stakes, the race-of-the-week for colts, beating pace-making Olympia. His time for the mile and a quarter, 24 4/5, broke the track record set by Citation in 2:03 in the same race last year...