Maybe horses were tougher back then, but the connections of this champion of yesteryear certainly weren't worried about a tough race leaving him overdone for the Kentucky Derby. He ran seven times as a 3-year-old before getting to Churchill Downs and won both the Florida Derby and the Flamingo Stakes over his most determined and persistent rival by a head each---and yes, he did win the Kentucky Derby, with the same battle-hardened colt playing runner-up yet again. Who was this hardy champion, and who was the colt who chased him so persistently?
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TJ
4/1/2016 09:32:05 pm
I think you are talking about Jack Price's Carry Back and the hard knocking Crozier who played 2nd fiddle:>)
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Avalyn
4/4/2016 11:08:53 am
Right as usual, TJ!
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