Word: rutchick
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Russian-born Trainer Sol Rutchick, it was a frustrating but satisfactory day. He missed his morning plane from New York, and did not see Count Turf live up to his breeding expectations. Son of Count Fleet, winner of the 1943 Derby, Count Turf is a grandson of Reigh Count, the 1928 victor. Six Derby winners have sired winners; Count Turf is the first winner's grandson...
Knowing that his colt was bred to stay, and hoping to prove his Derby caliber, Rutchick winter-raced the Count in Florida, where he ran in good company but without much success. As a builder-upper, Rutchick supplemented the colt's hay and oats with a daily quota of four ounces of imported Italian olive oil ("for plenty of vitamins"). The Count laps...
While Trainer Rutchick listened to the radio account of the race, Owner Jack Amiel, a gruff, bluff Broadway restaurant owner, was having the time of his life in Louisville. In ten years as an owner, Amiel has never before had a "big" horse. He bought Count Turf at the yearling sales-for only $3,700-because "he looked like Count Fleet." After the Count's triumph, Amiel phoned his wife and tearfully told her: "He won it all by himself, Ethel-you'll see it in the movies, Ethel...
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