Comments on: War Admiral breaks his maiden, 1936 http://colinsghost.org/2009/04/war-admiral-breaks-his-maiden-1936.html Thoroughbred Racing History Thu, 09 Sep 2010 20:59:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Anonymous http://colinsghost.org/2009/04/war-admiral-breaks-his-maiden-1936.html/comment-page-1#comment-144 Anonymous Sun, 26 Apr 2009 23:49:00 +0000 http://colinsghost.com/dotcom/?p=55#comment-144 For what it's worth..<br />Colin as a 2yo in 1907 made his 1st start at Belmont on May 29th and finished the year 12 for 12. Ended up lifetime 15 for 15.<br /><br />Seabiscuit as a 2yr old in 1935 made his 1st start Jan 19th at Hialeah and finished the year 5 for 35. 4 of the 35 were claimers with no takers. Ended up lifetime 33 for 89.<br /><br />Last but not least...<br />Stymie as a 2yr old in 1943 made his 1st start May 7th at Jamaica(2.5k claimer) and finished the year 4 for 28. Hirsch Jacobs is given a lot of props for claiming Stymie in his 3rd start for 1.5k. After making this "brilliant" claim he entered him in 10 more claimers as a 2yo standing the chance of losing him. As a 3yo Stymie started the year Jan 1st at Tropical and ended it Nov 25th at Pimlico winning 3 of 29. After 2 years and 57 races Jacobs had finally got some bottom on the horse and picked up maybe 25k in purse money. Over the next 5 years he went on to win 28 of 74 and picking up almost 900k in purse money finishing with a lifetime 35 for 131 and $918k.<br /><br />Three horses, one was brilliant as a 2yo and the other two took some time.<br />RG For what it’s worth..
Colin as a 2yo in 1907 made his 1st start at Belmont on May 29th and finished the year 12 for 12. Ended up lifetime 15 for 15.

Seabiscuit as a 2yr old in 1935 made his 1st start Jan 19th at Hialeah and finished the year 5 for 35. 4 of the 35 were claimers with no takers. Ended up lifetime 33 for 89.

Last but not least…
Stymie as a 2yr old in 1943 made his 1st start May 7th at Jamaica(2.5k claimer) and finished the year 4 for 28. Hirsch Jacobs is given a lot of props for claiming Stymie in his 3rd start for 1.5k. After making this “brilliant” claim he entered him in 10 more claimers as a 2yo standing the chance of losing him. As a 3yo Stymie started the year Jan 1st at Tropical and ended it Nov 25th at Pimlico winning 3 of 29. After 2 years and 57 races Jacobs had finally got some bottom on the horse and picked up maybe 25k in purse money. Over the next 5 years he went on to win 28 of 74 and picking up almost 900k in purse money finishing with a lifetime 35 for 131 and $918k.

Three horses, one was brilliant as a 2yo and the other two took some time.
RG

]]> By: Anonymous http://colinsghost.org/2009/04/war-admiral-breaks-his-maiden-1936.html/comment-page-1#comment-143 Anonymous Thu, 23 Apr 2009 12:00:00 +0000 http://colinsghost.com/dotcom/?p=55#comment-143 Thanks for the nice story. One thing that jumps out at me is how early they started the 2 YO's back then. A very different time, indeed. Thanks for the nice story. One thing that jumps out at me is how early they started the 2 YO’s back then. A very different time, indeed.

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