Brooks on Six Straight Churchill Downs Winners: Gains Outstanding Riding Feat Of Year on Final Days Card, Daily Racing Form, 1948-05-17

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JOCKEY S BROOKS Turned in sea ¬ sons top saddle performance Brooks on Six Straight Churchill Downs Winners WinnersGains Gains Outstanding Riding Feat Of Year on Final Days Card CardCHURCHILL CHURCHILL DOWNS Louisville Ky May 15 Steve Brooks McCopk Neb rider equaled the record set at this historic track in 1907 by Jimmy Lee when he rode the winners in the first six races on the spring meetings final program Brooks sixth success was scored today astride Brown Hotel Stables Tidy Sum in trie Ex ¬ terminator Handicap which was the feature attraction on the closing day card Brooks drove Tidy Sum hard through the stretch and his mount held a twolength marin at the end of the six furlongs over John McShanes Gay Secret who was sec 1 ond by a neck before Mrs Milton Shagrins Speedy Lee LeeBrooks Brooks rode Young Buddy1 in the first firstContinued Continued on Page Three Brooks Rides Six Straight Winners WinnersGains Gains Outstanding Saddle Feat of Year at Churchill On Final Card of Meeting MeetingContinued Continued from Page One OneDonward Donward in the second Bay Acre in the third Brownstown in the fourth Wise Pai sano in the fifth and then scored with Tidy Sum in the featured Exterminator Handicap marking up six straight vic ¬ tories toriesBrooks Brooks won two races for the Brown Hotel Stable handling Brownstown and Tidy Sum and three for the Detroit Stable Inc Wise Paisano Bay Acre and Young Buddy BuddyBrooks Brooks fourth win was the Challedon Purse astride Brownstown Brown Hotel Stable colt who beat Chall Reward and Workans Coming back in the Brevity Purse the Nebraska saddle star rounded out a triple in the Detroit Stable silks when he drove that establishments Wise Paisano to the wire in advance of Gold Fire Onecbill and five other useful sprint ¬ ers in the fifth race Brooks then captured the sixth and featured Exterminator Hand ¬ icap with Brown Hotel Stables Tidy Sum defeating Gay Secret Speedy Lee and four other sprinters sprintersJockey Jockey Steve Brooks leading rider at the Downs meeting won the first four races on the program successfully piloting Detroit Stables Young Buddy in the initial event then scoring a driving verdict in the second aboard K C Stables Donward took the third on Detroit Stables Bay Acre and easily accounted for the fourth astride Brown Hotel Stables Brownstown BrownstownOpener Opener to Young Buddy BuddyYoung Young Buddy was two and onehalf lengths better and C K Stables Dusty in the sixfurlong opener and the latter was a nose in advance of Graham By rums Pouting Mac at the wire Young Buddy ran the distance in 113 and re ¬ turned 1040 straight straightDonward Donward withstood a hard drive to whip 10 other twoyearolds in the fivefurlong Upset Purse Too Sunny made the pace until near the finish but Donward re ¬ sponded determinedly to Brooks urging and wore down the early leader during the last sixteenth to win by a halflength Too Sunny retained a length and onehalf ad ¬ vantage over Little Aud for place honors honorsRamsey Ramsey McMahans Macks First a highlyregarded prospect made his first appearance under silks and was installed a 9to10 favorite due to several brilliant morning trials Macks First was racinga prominently near the threeeighths pole when he bore out badly and after straight ¬ ening up came again but was blocked by Faras who swerved in front of him near the sixteenth pole eliminating both young ¬ sters Donward was timed in 101 and paid 1680 straight straightBay Bay Acre gave Brooks an easy trip in the Bold Venture Purse The aged gelding moved up boldly when ready and after taking command in the stretch drew out to a sixlength triumph Patricia B was second in the one mile and a sixteenth test by threequarters of a length over War Edict third in the band of seven starters Running time was 148 and Bay Acre was held at 6to5 in the straight tote pool as the choice


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