Word: topflight
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...many champions may be simply a siphoning off of quality competition. A total of $118 million worth of horses and syndication rights were auctioned by Kentucky's Keeneland Association last year, and $24,668,933 was spent by foreign buyers. Admits Keeneland President Ted Bassett: "The large number of topflight horses that are purchased by foreign buyers could mean that some of the great colts, perhaps even potential Triple Crown winners, have gone to Europe to race...
...honest test of the three-year-old Thoroughbred and an intense examination of the rider. The shorter course (1/16 of a mile less than the Derby and 5/16 of a mile less than the Belmont Stakes) demands the hot speed that is the first hallmark of the breed. A topflight field hurtling around Pimlico's tight turns leaves no margin for error by a jockey: fail to find position by a few feet, miscalculate the pace by a tick of the clock, and the winner streaks to the wire before ground can be made...
...notable battle involved Finley's attempt to sell Vida Blue, Joe Rudi and Rollie Fingers for $3.5 million in cash before they departed in the free-agent market. Kuhn voided the deal, claiming it was not "in the best interests of baseball." Despite all that, Finley was a topflight baseball man, whose shrewd trades and sharp eye for nascent superstars gave Oakland five straight divisional championships, three American League pennants and three World Series championships...
After Shaw and Walker had dropped their singles matches in straight sets, Captain Waldman bore down to defeat his number one opponent, Cary Leeds, and stop the Yale surge. After the two topflight players had split 6-3 sets, Waldman broke Leeds's serve at 2-all in the third set and appeared to be en route to victory...
This year's "Sweet Sixteen" lineup was greener than usual-only eight of the teams had been in the finals before. But the talent was topflight. Two teams had gone through the season undefeated, and most had lost no more than two of their scheduled 21 games. College scouts were there to check out players such as Rae White, a forward from Southeast Polk High in suburban Des Moines, who averaged 38 points per game, and 6-ft. 4-in. Marlena Mossbarger from Kennedy High in Cedar Rapids...