Hill Gails Leg Filling Subsides; Gallops Mile at Churchill Downs, Daily Racing Form, 1952-05-08

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Hill Gails Leg Filling Subsides Gallops Mile at Churchill Downs DownsCHURCHILL CHURCHILL DOWNS Louisville Ky May 7 Calumet Farms Hill Gail Ken ¬ tucky Derby victor and a candidate for the Preakness and Belmont Stakes visited the fast track here this morning and made a mile gallop The filling in the colts near foreleg which had caused considerable concern subsided and trainer Ben A Jones plans to give the Derby star a stiff work the latter part of this week The drill will definitely determine Hill Gails Preakness status according to Jones who plans to leave for Pimlico Friday FridayJack Jack C Hodgins trainer for Charles T Fishers Dixiana announced late today that Sub Fleet second to Hill Gail in the Ken ¬ tucky Derby last Saturday will definitely leave Friday for Pimlico to fill an engage ¬ ment in the Preakness Stakes Jockey Steve Brooks will journey to the Baltimore course in time to handle the Dixiana homebred in the Pimlico fixture fixtureIn In event that Hill Gail passes the Preak ¬ ness Sub Fleet undoubtedly would be fa ¬ vored to capture the Pimlico feature


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