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Tradition
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Going national
In the first running of the American Grand National at Morris Park in New York City on May 20, 1899, William C. Hayes, an amateur rider from Virginia, partnered Trillion, a “stoutly built chestnut” who won the $8,000 race. In his book “Between The Flags,” Harry Page described Trillion as unmanageable as a young horse, however, “an operation was performed that made him amenable to discipline.”
Trillion prepped for the National by winning two races the same day at the 1899 Deep Run Races in Richmond. Page stated that at the National, the race starter had problems dispatching the eager nine-horse field. Hayes and another jockey tried to break before the flag dropped. This resulted in the following conversation:
Starter: “Fine you $50, Mr. Hayes. ”
Hayes: “What’s that you say?”
Starter: “Fine you $100.”
Hayes: “You said $50.”
Hayes nonetheless kept his cool and drove Trillion to a “comfortable victory.”
That race is now run as che nation’s richest hurdle race — the $250,000 Breeders’ Cup Grand National — at Far Hills, N.J.
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