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Word: keeneland (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1930-1939
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...handicappers, who would have been playing Stagehand, were getting their money down fast on last fortnight's Wood Memorial winner, Fighting Fox, full brother of Gallant Fox. 1930 Derby winner. Kentucky hard boots liked Bull Lea, who had broken two track records in his two races at local Keeneland this spring. Hollywood visitors (like Joan Bennett, Jack Pearl, Joe E. Brown) made sentimental bets on Myron Selznick's Can't Wait. Long-shot players took a chance on Elooto, named after Owner William O'Toole, and hoped he would not run in reverse like his name...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Sport: From Missouri | 5/16/1938 | See Source »

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