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09-26-2012, 10:53 AM
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"Where he gallops, the earth sings.."
Epitaph on Kelso's gravestone. (As adapted from Shakespeare)
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09-26-2012, 12:14 PM
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Good stuff. As often happens, you got me doing some more reading. One thing I'd forgotten was that the JCGC was run at 2 miles during Kelso's era. I'd been thinking it was 1.5 miles then.
Whenever someone says horseracing needs another Triple Crown winner, I always think 'another Kelso would be better'. A TC-winning long-careered gelding would be best of all. Kelso raced 63 times, winning 39. That's 9 more races and one fewer wins than our last 3 HOY winners put together. And from Wikipedia: "Still holds the World Record time for two miles on dirt of 3:19.1 set in the 1964 Jockey Club Gold Cup. Set a new American record for 1˝ miles on the turf of 2:23.4 in the 1964 Washington, D.C. International, set just 11 days after his Jockey Club Gold Cup victory." What?! No 6 weeks spacing between races?! --Dunbar
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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 photo from REUTERS/Lucas Jackson
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09-26-2012, 12:32 PM
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Great stuff, Doug! And thanks for the quote, Steve -- I did not know that.
I have to agree with Dunbar about what a TC and/or BC winning long-careered gelding would do for the sport. What on Earth would the NY Times have to report about him? 
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09-26-2012, 12:39 PM
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Kelso was put in a lot of tough racing situations (in terms of running in so many sprints, turf races, and handicaps where he had to give huge spreads) and his connections did a lot of VERY sporting things (He could have beat Gun Bow 100 times out of 100 had he used a rabbit -- but they wouldn't do it)
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09-26-2012, 01:03 PM
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09-26-2012, 01:04 PM
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One of the greats.......and the name of my recently deceased 15yo german shepherd.
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09-26-2012, 03:47 PM
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he was an amazing horse. and they could run him short, and then long, or vice versa, and he'd never miss a beat. incredibly versatile, talented horse-very special.
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