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Arcaro Sings Praises Of Calumets Coaltown CoaltownSays Says Fast Track Might Have Resulted in Different Race x xJAMAICA JAMAICA L I N Y May 5 I dont want to be chasing that Coaltown any more said Eddie Arcaro today I just hope they split those two colts wide apart from now on The other one of the two of course is Calumet Farms Citation on whom Arcaro won his fourth Kentucky Derby at the direct expense of Coaltown CoaltownWith With the aid of a comprehensive set of pictures Arcaro rerode the Derby in de ¬ tail in the jockeys room today The vet ¬ eran made it clear that he thought Cita ¬ tion was decidedly the best Saturday after ¬ noon and said that he didnt believe that lie would have any more success in trying to rate Coaltown than N L Pierson did B A told us both we were on our own Eddie added But Arcaro made it clear that he thought that a fast track might have resulted in a very different race If Coaltown hadnt had to fight his way through that rough going to get the half in 46 and the six furlongs in 111 and been able to skip along on a dry surface Im not sure we could have caught him Anyway hes a colt with so much speed that hes eligible to beat anybodys horse any day any distance and as I said I dont want to be chasing him any more moreWhile While Arcaro was talking he was sur ¬ rounded by an attentive group of riders At every pause in the conversation Job Dean Jessop would remark wait till that Coaltown catches a fast track like maybe in the Withers and youll see new figures hung out x
