Word: quirin
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...worst, according to Quirin, was 1974, when Cannonade won the Kentucky Derby and Little Current captured the Preakness and Belmont Stakes...
...horse's name on the Kentucky Derby nominating list. Codex had won the Hollywood Derby and beaten Affirmed's time in winning the Santa Anita Derby, so his absence weakened the field considerably. Training injuries kept other key colts from the contest. Adelphi University Mathematics Professor William Quirin ran a computer comparison of Derby entries and passed harsh judgment: "This is the second worst crop of three-year-olds to come along in 25 years...