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12-04-2010, 05:53 PM
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Love to see a mention of Mioland, another of the forgotten horses of our history. Bred in Oregon. By a German St. Leger winner whose dam was Italian. Not a standout at stud, left behind a few good ones like Aegean (SW, 3rd Santa Anita Derby and a sire of SWs in California) and his brother Mio Sea (exported to Chile, SW and sire). Just a typical top level handicapper, and he was carrying 130 lbs more often than not, conceding 15, 20 or more pounds to his inferiors.
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12-04-2010, 11:00 PM
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Here's a link to a good article about the Half-Wit, as Ban Jones called him. This part made me laugh:
"The chestnut colt with the flying tail began his racing career on June 3, 1940 with a narrow victory in Chicago under Jack Richard. He was far superior to the rest of the field, as evidenced by the fact that he covered virtually every inch of the track, with special attention given the outside rail, while the rest of the youngsters ran a straight line." http://www.spiletta.com/UTHOF/whirlaway.html
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12-05-2010, 08:37 AM
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Supposedly, Whirlaway was cured of his habit of bearing out by using a one cup blinker on his right eye. Whirlaway lost some races by bearing out prominently during the stretch run.
I think that there is even a photo of Whirlaway with his famous one-cup blinker in Preston Burch's great book on "Training Thoroughbred Horses".
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