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Originally Posted by outofthebox
No joke. Garden State offered a 2million bonus for any horse who won the Cherry Hill , Garden State Stakes, Ky Derby, and Jersey Derby. This bonus lured Spend a Buck out of the Preakness and into the GS Derby nine days after the Preakness on Memorial Day. Regular rider Angel Cordero was unable to ride Spend a Buck because of commitments to Track Baron in the Met Mile. Laffit Pincay picked up the mount. Spend a Buck won the thrilling race by a neck in a three horse battle.
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Depsite the close finish Spend A Buck was miles the best that day. Creme Fraiche went on to win the Belmont in his next start.
Side note, I had no idea Howard Cosell did horse racing.
