"He came out of the Derby Trial real good," said Trainer Willie Molter. "He's a tough little guy. I hope that race helped him, because he needed tightening. But I'll be doggoned if I wanted it that tight." Willie Molter was talking about a spunky little (15 hands, 875 Ibs.) grey colt named Determine, and Determine had barely been nosed out in the Trial by Hasty Road, 1953's champion two-year-old.
At Kentucky Derby post time last week, Determine and Hasty Road were back on the track. So were Correlation, the colt that ran away with...
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