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5. Alan-a-Dale was so lame that his one and only start at three came in the Derby. How did his trainer get such a lame horse fit enough to race?
A. Swimming in the Gulf of Mexico
B. Jogging with a cart attached, like a trotter
6. Something truly amazing happened the morning of the 1914
gelding named Old Rosebud. Heavy rains ttimed the track to slop, leaving the track superintendent,Tom Young, with a revolutionary idea. Did he:
A Have helicopters hover over the track to dry it up
B. Order his men to ‘buy all the sponges in Louisville and mop up the track by hand’
7. Black Gold was referred to as ‘The Indian Horse’ because his owner was a member of the Osage Tribe of Oklahoma. The dam of the 1924 Derby winner was the size of a pony who ran 122 times, and finished in the money 82 times, all over the ‘dust circuit’ erf the Midwest fairs. How was she purchased by her landrich but cash-poor owners?
A Visa check card
B. A trade of 80 acres of catde grazing land for the litde mare
Derby, won by a crippled
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