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...Five of the Specials have been won by all-conquering Calumet Farm, two of them in "walkovers" by Whirlaway and Citation, whose championship claims no other stable could even challenge...
...Devil Red & Plain Ben" is a masterpiece of reporting. But you missed one bet. Where does Mrs. Warren Wright get such "neat" names as Whirlaway, Citation, Coaltown and All Blue...
Before the 1941 Derby, Ben told Jockey Eddie Arcaro to "take it slow around the far turn. This horse can be last at the head stretch and win for you." Actually, Whirlaway and Arcaro were fourth heading into the stretch, but they put on a breathtaking charge and won by eight lengths...
Before he was through, Whirlaway won $561,161 in purses and became the world's leading money-winner. "I couldn't stand a horse like Whirlaway now," says Ben, "he'd take too much...
Family Stand-Off. Not long after Whirlaway was retired to stud, in 1943, Ben himself began to talk about retiring. Diabetes and the strain of 40 hectic years on the track was beginning to tell...