Word: ridings
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Only last year did Franklin ride his first race. (He won.) The 5-ft. 106-lb. jockey came home a winner 262 times in 1978 and received his own Eclipse Award as the nation's top apprentice jockey. Yet Franklin's handling of Spectacular Bid has sometimes been amateurish. In two races he has allowed the horse to be boxed in at the rail, then failed to take advantage of an opening. On one of those occasions, the Florida Derby, Franklin rode Spectacular Bid into so many roadblocks that the colt had to come from 14 lengths behind...
...from Annapolis to Baltimore/Washington International Airport left the lights playing Frisbee and riding the baggage claim conveyor belts while waiting for news on the ill-fated flight to Boston. After that plane had been cancelled, the oarsmen motored to National Airport in Washington, D.C. for a quick plane ride to Hartford, Conn. The team then bused into Cambridge via a dinner stop in Springfield--at the wonderful hour of 1 a.m. . . . ten-and-a-half hours after departure...
...Crimson play in the New England's next weekend. Then they ride into Princeton, N.J., the following Wednesday to play Jay Lapidus and Co. A Crimson victory would be an upset. But after the 8-1 romp over a Yale group that Princeton beat only 6-3, the Crimson netmen might, like Tug McGraw, be beginning to believe...
Princeton applied its greatest pressure to the strength of the Crimson--the defense. As a result of Princeton's offensive attack, the Harvard players had difficulty sliding to back up and often completely lost their footing as the Tigers drove to the goal. Also, Princeton used a special ride to counter the excellent clearing ability of Harvard defenders Haywood Miller, Prezioso, and substitute starter Mac DeCamp--who played for an injured Scott Pink...
...used a new ride that depends on a lot of hustling. We brought in three fresh guys off the bench for the ride, "Princeton goalie Tom Gray said after the game. "It was a three-three ride...