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Old 05-12-2013, 09:02 PM
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Originally Posted by Baranduin View Post
That was actually George Woolf up, and he shouted back "So long, Charlie!" to Charles Kurtsinger.
Right about Woolf--thanks. I hadn't realized that the expression "So long Charlie" originated with Woolf and that race.

In some of the Googled links and I think in the movie, too, Woolf supposedly yells "So long Charlie just as Seabiscuit starts to pull away from War Admiral. But in the film clip, Woolf is yelling something after he crosses the finish line. Dramatic license, I guess.

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Curlin and Hard Spun finish 1,2 in the 2007 BC Classic, demonstrating how competing in all three Triple Crown races ruins a horse for the rest of the year...see avatar
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