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billrock
06-18-2007, 03:05 AM
On this date in 1936 Omaha, the 1935 Triple Crown winner owned by New York banker William Woodward, lost the 2 1/2-mile Ascot Gold Cup by a head to filly Quashed at Ascot, England. A crowd of 200,000 was said to be present for the race, for which Omaha was the 11-8 favorite. Omaha had shipped to England aboard the Aquitania on Jan. 8, 1936 and won the May 30 Queens Plate at Kempton Park, England.

On this date in 2001 Russell Baze closed out the 2001 Bay Meadows meet by winning the track's riding title for the 25th time.