Word: van
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...England bettors, unfamiliar with the feats of this Mid-Western horseman, have consistently let the Van Berg horses go to post at high odds--too hig. Anytime a Van Berg horse goes to post at odds of more that 4-1 it can be considered an overlay, because Jack wins 20 per cent of his starts...
Last Saturday the Scientist witnessed a training feat of amazing proportions, Jack Van Berg, conditioning a string of horses--Marion Van Berg Stables. Inc., won four out of the ten races on Saturday's Rockingham Park card. When Arnold Winick won three out of ten races on a Tropical Park card in November of last year, the local papers hailed the local papers hailed the accomplishment as gargantuan...
Somehow the Boston Press has failed to give Jack Van Berg the credit that he is due. It seems that everyone loves a loser and hates a winner. Clearly Jack will run away with the training honors at Rockinghgam Park--both in terms of races won and of percentage of winning starts...
...Van Berg is the best trainer of claiming and allowance horses in the country. Every time one of his horses goes to post it is trying for part of the purse. Should one wander North on route 93 to Rockingham Park some afternoon, he might find that a small wager on the Van Berg entries was money well-invested...
TENTH--NEBRASKA FARMER is a Van Berg special...