1994 Wood Memorial Grade I [02:35]
answered with a big move of his own, pulling away in the stretch at the quarter pole and holding off Go for Gin under strong urging from Stevens. "Jerry came up and wanted to turn it into a quarter-mile sprint," said Stevens. "When I called, Irgun responded. I hit this colt three times -- he had never been hit before -- and he still had a little something left." At the finish of the mile and an eighth race, Irgun was clearly the best, covering the course that had started the day listed ...
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