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[toetoe]

Good article on Alsab, iron horse (25-for-51) born in 1939.

It's in the brisnet Handicapper's Edge, May 17. :ThmbUp:

P.S. No mention of handicapping "legend" Herman Miller. That's a good thing. :lol:

[BeatTheChalk]

game that I had ..years and years ago !!! I cant recall the others..but
I think Assault was one. Perhaps somebody here will fill in the blanks. Whew
brings back old old old memories and it is damn scary :bang:

[toetoe]

Hey, how about a game show called Beat The Chalk? Kind of a racy version of Shenanigans. Life-size game board, naughty jockettes with lots of whips. Plenty of horsing around, with chaps optional. If the wheel landed on Neil Drysdale, the spinner would be scratched and lose a turn. How's THAT for a perfect vehicle for Vic Stauffer?

[46zilzal]

Assault----- Bold-Venture - Igaul by Equipoise 42-18-6-7 Horse of the Year 1946 champion thre year old colt. STERILE at stud. Belive this one had a deformed hoof and was called the "magnficent cripple" or some such thing.
1943 ASSAULT,c,Bold Venture 6 42 18 6 7 675,470
DP = 6-6-8-1-3 DI = 2.00 CD = 0.46
At 2 Won Flash S (10,000), 3rd Babylon H (10,000)
At 3 Won Kentucky Derby (100,000), Preakness S (100,000), Belmont S
(100,000), Dwyer S (50,000), Westchester H (50,000), Pimlico Special
(25,000), Wood Memorial (25,000), Experimental Free H No. 1 (10,000),
2nd Jersey H (25,000), Roamer H (25,000), 3rd Gallant Fox H (75,000),
Discovery H (25,000), Manhattan H (25,000)
At 4 Won Brooklyn H (50,000), Butler H (50,000), Suburban H (50,000), Grey
Lag H (40,000), Dixie H (30,000), 3rd Gold Cup (100,000)
At 6 Won Brooklyn H (50,000), 3rd Edgemere H (20,000)

[skate]

is he still runnin?

[Storm Cadet]

his jockey BTW is the ONLY Triple Crown jockey NOT in the Hall of Fame. :mad:

[toetoe]

Hugo Dittfach?

Tommy Wallis?

Vince Bracciale?

Jackie Westrope?

Ted Atkinson?

Heliodoro Gustines?

Tommy Burkes?

Jane Driggers?

Miguel Rivera?

Howard Grant?

Tobey Maguire?

[Murph]

Tobey Maguire?
"Why are you so angry, son?"

[46zilzal]

Howard Grant?

This guy was an amazing study in weight loss. He never could get below 119 and was limited in the mounts he could get at that size. Still a capable fellow.

[socantra]

Assault----- Bold-Venture - Igaul by Equipoise 42-18-6-7 Horse of the Year 1946 champion thre year old colt. STERILE at stud. Belive this one had a deformed hoof and was called the "magnficent cripple" or some such thing.

Was actually called the "Club Footed Comet". Had a bad hoof from an accident as a foal. The limp didn't show up at full gallop, but was very apparent when the horse walked. I visited the horse at the King Ranch in South Texas about twice a week as a kid.

The groom put me up on him once, so I can say I got to sit (not ride) a triple crown winner.

They always liked to point out that he wasn't sterile, even though the tests showed that. He never produced a thoroughbred foal, but when they turned him out with the quarter horse mares, he produced several.

Assault lived to nearly 30, and died in the early 70's. I was long grown and gone by then and had pretty much forgotten my childhood friend, but shed a tear when they notified me of his death. They buried him on the ranch.

[dogkatcher]

What a great memory Socantra, thanks for sharing, my best to you.

[BeatTheChalk]

Now we have to get it ...past the Network Censors :D :bang: