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Out of 2,911 Starts from 1977-2004:
1st place - 429 (15%)
2nd place - 373 (13%)
3rd place - 375 (13%)
Total Earnings: $4,592,880.00
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How Rare
I bought How Rare for $35,000 out of the April
sales. Six weeks later she won at Churchill Downs by 5 lengths,
the fastest two-year old race of the meet. She went on to win 4
stakes. She started 18 times, finishing first or second 14 times
earning $280,000.
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Air Craft
I claimed Air Craft for $25,000. He won 3
allowance races in a row plus a stake. All together, he won 9
times: three of them stakes. He broke the track record at
Keeneland going 6.5 furlongs. He held the record for 10 years
before someone broke it.
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Port Arthur
I claimed Port Arthur for $12,500. In 2.5
months, he had 3 wins and 1 second-place finish. He won the
$50,000 Governor's Handicap. He was claimer of the year in
Kentucky.
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Uncle Fudge
My only shot at the Derby was in 1978 with Uncle Fudge
owned by Ed Peter. I started him 6 times: 2 wins, 2
seconds, 1 third, and 1 fifth all in stakes. In January when the
derby rating came out he was picked 5th. In February he broke a
seamoid that ended my dream of winning the derby. He had 15
happy years on our farm.
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