Hardly any ever try. The mighty Cannonball almost won this race a few years ago.
He's a New York bred who is 4-for-36 lifetime -- but was in pretty good form at the time.
He returned here and won the Commentator Stakes at 5.5f on the turf (Commentator, now there's a great turf sprinter) and finished 3rd in the BC Turf Sprint that year.
Cannon Shell trained the dam of Cannonball.
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