Like Atlas, the Greentree Stable's Tom Fool is constantly being made to carry the weight of the world on his back. At least so it seems to Greentree's Trainer John Gaver, the man who sends the handsome bay colt to the races. As a three-year-old Tom Fool was ailing, and never got a chance to run in the Kentucky Derby or the other three-year-old classics. But this year, a filled out, mature four-year-old, Tom Fool is already being talked of as one of the top handicap horses of all time.
Carrying top weight in every start,* Tom Fool won his first five...
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