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09-26-2012, 11:14 AM
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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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