Headley Heads Winning List: Kentuckians Horses Earned ,000 During Keeneland Park Meeting.; Fencing Defeated Brooklyn and Billionaire in Blue Grass Stakes, Tracks Chief Stake Offering., Daily Racing Form, 1937-05-07

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HEADLEY HEADS WINNING LIST Kentuckians Horses Earned 8000 During Keeneland Park Meeting Fencing Defeated Brooklyn and Billionaire Billionairein in Blue Grass Stakes Tracks Chief ChiefStake Stake Offering The second session of racing ever staged at Keeneland Park the new Lexington track which took the place of the famous old Kentucky Association course was an unqualified success The track is operated by a group of sportsmen and breeders whose sole ambition is to provide sport of the highest quality in the center of the thor ¬ oughbred breeding industry in this country countryKeeneland Keeneland opened on April 17 and ran to April 29 whetting the appetite of Ken tuckians for the Derby meeting at Churchill Downs which followed immediately after ¬ wards The track gave away 78675 a daily average of 715227 715227The The Blue Grass Stakes was the high ¬ light of the meeting and fell to Maxwell Howards Fencing a Kentucky Derby eligi ¬ ble with the Bradley entry of Billionaire and Brooklyn also named for the Derby second and third The defeat of the Bradley pair coming on top of a previous defeat earlier in the meeting provided plenty of excitement excitementH H P Headley president of the Keene ¬ land Association was the leading money winning owner with 8000 Fencing led the horses with 6965 R Dotter with ten winners led the jockeys and J J Flanagan and Duval Headley tied for training honors by saddling seven winners each eachThe The percentage of winning favorites 49 was exceptionally high and speaks elo ¬ quently of the consistent form displayed by the horses Following are the owners whose horses won 1225 or more moreOwner Owner OwnerHeadley 1st 2nd 3rd Amt Headley H P 7 4 3 8000 Calumet Farm 3 1 0 7875 Howard M 1 0 0 6975 Valdina Farms 7 2 3 4375 Tranquillity Farm FarmBradley 5 0 1 3375 Bradley E R 0 2 3 2625 Parrish J W 1 6 3 1900 Millsdale Stable 2 3 0 1875 Combs L 3 1 0 1750 Weil Stable 2 2 4 1325 Finch C N 1 5 3 1300 Ferguson A L 2 1 4 1275 Shandon Farm Following are the horses which won 900 or more each eachHorse Horse HorseFencing 1st 2nd 3rd Amt Fencing 1 0 0 6975 Chic Maud 1 0 0 4225 Preeminent 2 0 0 4025 Count Morse 1 10 0 2700 Billionaire 0 0 1700 Grey Streak 2 0 1200 Old Nassau 1 0 1150 True Charm CharmBoard 2 0 1150 Board Trade 2 1 1100 Noticing 2 1 1100 Atina 2 0 1075 Kendal Green 2 0 1050 Lassator 2 0 1050 Woodsaw 2 0 1050 Grey Gold 1 1 950 White Tie 1 1 950 Ramrod 2 0 900 Stocks 1 0 900 Following are the jockeys who rode three or more winners each Jockey JockeyDotter Mts 1st JrdTJnp PU Dotter R 62 10 10 35 16 James B 5 18 23 Workman R RChall 2 11 30 Chall H 3 22 16 Corbett C 1 2 46 Steffen E 4 14 19 Swain C 3 21 15 Anderson I 1 22 15 Dabson H 6 23 10 Smith F A 0 11 25 McCoy J 4 18 10 Rosen J 4 17 12 Hutton R 7 21 08 Smith G 5 24 09 Following are the trainers who saddled two or more winners each Trainer Wins Trainer Flanagan J J 7 Ferguson C H 2 Headley D A 7 Gano S S 2 Snyder E L 5 Greely J J Jr 2 Pelleteri A 4 Stivers B W 2 Russell E E 4 Weil I r 2 Kearns F J 3 Whitlow J O 2 Kindred R A 3 Darnaby A L 2 2Babcock Babcock E 2 Following is the list of stakes that were weredecided decided decidedStake Stake Date Winner Value ValuePhoenix Phoenix Handicap April 17 Preemi ¬ nent 3325 3325Ben Ben Ali Handicap April 24 Count CountMorse Morse 2700 2700Lafayette Lafayette Stakes April 27 Chic Maud 4225 4225Blue Blue Grass Stakes April 29 Fencing 6975 6975The The percentage of winning favorites was above normal as shown in the subjoined tabulationNumber tabulation Number of days 11 11Number Number of races 81 81Winning Winning favorites 40 40Winning Winning second choices 13 13Winning Winning outsiders 28 28Winners Winners at oddson 11 11Defeated Defeated at oddson 10 10Percentage Percentage of winning favorites 49


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