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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...father she chose Bold Ruler-a horse that had won 23 races, including the 1957 Preakness, and then turned into one of the greatest sires of all time; his offspring included 69 stakes races winners. Yet Bold Ruler progeny were not perfect. They always seemed at their best in shorter races. It became axiomatic in racing that the Bold Rulers seldom won at 1¼ miles or more...
...best way to describe Bold Ruler's offspring," says Mrs. Tweedy, "is that they've been precocious and brilliant. Most of them have run their best at age two, at the shorter distances, and have been something of a disappointment at three, when they're asked to go farther. Also Bold Ruler was arthritic, and there's a tendency to unsoundness in the family." That means his offspring tend to go lame, early and often. Bold Ruler himself was to die of cancer at 17, which is relatively young...
Then there is the difference in tracks. The Kentucky Derby is 1¼ miles run on a surface at Churchill Downs that many horses find particularly tiring. The Preakness is considerably shorter, 1 3/16 miles, and Pimlico has sharp turns and a shorter stretch that generally favor horses with enough early foot to be in front with no more than half a mile to go. (From 1923 to 1931, the Preakness preceded the Derby and horses had a more natural progression of lengths building up to the Belmont Stakes.) The third race of the Triple Crown is once around...
Given normal campus weirdness levels, for an arcane religious group the Harvard-Radcliffe Divine Light Club seems pretty straight-laced. Their hair is shorter than average, their clothes neater, and they seem more certain of their directions--all according to Maharaj Ji's prescriptions...
...comparison, the dimensions of Fenway Park are in some spots actually shorter than that of Harvard's field. The left and right field lines are listed as about 315 each, but it has been rumored that the left field line is somewhat shorter--by about 25 feet...