Crist: The great distaffers..

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Originally Posted by slotdirt

I'm curious though, who did Personal Ensign duck in the F/M division by not going West? Was there some great distaffer out there she would have otherwise missed by not running the schedule that she ran?

The Gary Jones filly By Land By Sea was the early season star in CA. She won stakes at Santa Anita, Gulfstream (the Rampart), Churchill, Oaklawn (the Apple Blossom), and Hollywood (the Milady). Something must have happened to her though because I don't think she ran the last half of the year.

The CA distaff division at the time had a lot of horses flip-flopping between the main track and turf course, so it wasn't particularly strong.

As a barometer Clabber Girl ran on both coasts that year, winning what is now the Clement Hirsch, and lost to Personal Ensign a couple of times during the year.