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Old 06-22-2010, 10:37 PM
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Originally Posted by blackthroatedwind View Post
Our Mims was Calumet.

Great Contractor is the only horse I have ever seen in the Belmont Stakes with a prior race at 1 1/2 miles. He ran on the turf at 1 1/2 at Hialeah, maybe the Bouganvilla, against olders in the Spring before coming close against Bold Forbes.
I think Southern Sultan won at 1 1/2 miles in his start prior to the 1985 Belmont.
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