Word: zev
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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...several newspaper men who thought that Bracadale, the Rancocas entry, ridden by the famed Earl Sande, earned fourth place. Bracadale led the way for most of the mile and a quarter. At the turn before the home stretch he showed signs of weakening. Sande, former jockey of the great Zev, used all his wiles to urge Bracadale...
...Zev beaten. In the Paumonok Handicap with Zev (most popular American gee-gee since he beat Britain's Papyrus last year) a hot favorite, George D. Widener's St. James covered the six furlongs in 1 min. 11⅔ sec. (the fastest time ever run in the race), winning from Zev by four lengths...
...Zev's "come-back." Zev, however, was not down and out. Up he bobbed, an easy winner from his stablemate Mad Play in the Kings County Handicap. Both horses were from the Rancocas Stable and both put up a fine performance. Mad Play, however, attracted most of the attention and horsemen considered him by all odds worthy to match hoofs with St. James, Wise Counsellor, Sarazen and the others at Pimlico...
...many months Epinard has been wanted in America to try his fair legs against Zev, In Memoriam and others. He is coming...
Steve Donoghue, famed English jockey who rode Papyrus against Zev (TIME, Oct. 22): "Despatches from India stated that I 'have achieved only moderate success in recent races' in that country. 'He has not won any one of the really important events...