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Originally Posted by RacingFan1992
Apparently Sam Riddle was not going to run War Admiral in the Derby either but he saw that William Woodward had a father/son pair who won the Preakness/Belmont winner and they were Triple Crown winners so he decided to run War Admiral in the Derby to stick it to Woodward. Jealousy got the racing world a 4th Triple Crown winner.
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Riddle was more small town and Woodward was big banker who had racing ties on 2 continents .
Yes it sure worked out didn't it .