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Word: sprinters (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1970-1979
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...mere 1½ lengths over a 148-to-l shot named Certain Roman, primarily because he fought furiously against Jockey Braulio Baeza's efforts to slow him in the backstretch. For another, there is Bold Forbes, a sprightly East Coast colt who was thought to be essentially a sprinter until he turned in an eye-opening performance in the 1⅛%-mile Wood Memorial at Aqueduct, setting a record of 1:47 2/5% for the stakes...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: Heading for the Lonely Derby | 5/3/1976 | See Source »

...thought it was going to be a tight one," tri-captain Sam Butler said yesterday, "but when the relay won without Todd [injured sprinter Todd Hooks], it set the pace for the meet...

Author: By John Donley, | Title: Cindermen Breeze Past Brown, 102-52 | 4/28/1976 | See Source »

...Sprinter Todd Hooks also won twice, taking the 100-yd. dash in 10.1 and blazing the 220 in 22.4 Earlier he anchored the winning 440 relay...

Author: By Stephen W. Parker, | Title: Embree Sets New Mark | 4/21/1976 | See Source »

...huge, 17-hand thoroughbred transcends the typical sprinter and stayer classifications, having beaten sprinters at seven-eighths of a mile and distance horses at two miles...

Author: By Christopher B. Wright, | Title: Forego: Making Them Forget About Secretariat | 4/13/1976 | See Source »

Malcolm Cooper took eighth place for Harvard in the 50 free (21.5). Cooper was a surprise entry in the race as it was commonly thought he would swim in his specialty, the 100 free, on Saturday. Tiger sprinter Fred Test won the race...

Author: By James W. Reinig, | Title: Swimmers Third in Easterns | 3/5/1976 | See Source »

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