In eleven years of racing, canny, Canadian-born Jockey Ted ("Slasher") Atkinson had whipped his way home with the winner almost more times than he could remember; had won more than $6,000,000 in purses for his employers. But unlike his rival, banana-nosed Jockey Eddie Arcaro, Ted Atkinson had never been first at the finish in a big race like the Kentucky Derby or the Preakness.
Fortnight ago, aboard Capot in the Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs, Ted figured out just how to beat Eddie Arcaro (up on Olympia). He did, but Ben Jones's Ponder came up on the outside and beat them both...
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