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Old 12-03-2009, 10:56 AM
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Originally Posted by prudery
No she was not ....

Busher at three defeated older males TWICE in 1945..

On dirt ... AT 10 furlongs...

Being that grading races was post 1970, you have to interpret what the Arlington and Washington Handicaps were--50,000 dollar races in the 1940s which attracted the best, as can be seen in the roster of winners and contestants over time ... G1 ...

She carried high weight by the scale in the Washington Handicap and knocked off Armed, Calumet star and future HOY--not a Macho Again type ..

She also won by daylight in both races, and ultimately HOY ...
Correct... and while those likely would have been grade 1 races, grading of races started in 1973 and she is the first to do it, my statement still stands...
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