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John Salzman @HighPrairieFarm

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OTD June 14, 2008. Curlin. Reigning Horse of the Year carries Robby Albarado & 128 lbs. to victory in $1,000,000 Stephen Foster Handicap. Previously, Curlin had won Breeders' Cup Classic & Dubai World Cup too. Repeats as Horse of Year in '08. Sires '26 Derby winner Golden Tempo.
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OTD June 14, 1777. Flag Day. Commemorates adoption of U.S. flag by resolution of Second Continental Congress. Resolution states "Flag of thirteen United States be 13 stripes, alternate red & white; union be 13 stars, white in blue field, representing new constellation."
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OTD June 14, 1965. Jim Maloney. With 5,989 in attendance on Tuesday night at Crosley Field in Cincinnati, Reds pitcher no-hits New York Mets for 10 innings but loses no-no & game 1-0 in 11 innings. Two months later at Wrigley Field, Maloney w/10-inning no-hitter v. Cubs (& win).
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OTD June 14, 1980. Likely Exchange. Great race mare of yesteryear wins $35,425 Fleur de Lis Handicap for second time. Mark Sellers along for ride. Also won ’78 edition of race. Wins 23 of 72 in six racing years. Produces 1985 Belmont Stakes (& Derby Trial) winner Creme Fraiche.
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OTD June 13, 1972. End Times. ABA folds Pittsburgh Condors & The Floridians. Pittsburgh won inaugural ABA title in '68 (as Pipers). Moved to Minnesota to replace Minnesota Muskies who moved & became Miami Floridians. Pipers back to Steel City after one year in Minnesota.
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OTD June 13, 1975. It's a Metro. Six metropolitan universities come together to create Metro-6 Conference. Louisville will join Cincinnati, Memphis State, Georgia Tech, Tulane & St. Louis. Louisville wins two national basketball titles in Metro before league dissolves in 1995.
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OTD June 13, 1981. Forever Cordial. Before 15,979 at Churchill Downs, wins $35,400 Fleur de Lis Handicap. Year prior, won Regret Stakes also at CD. Wins eight of 33 starts in five racing years. Daughter of '63 Derby runner-up Never Bend wins six of her 19 starts in Louisville.
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OTD June 13, 1998. Alumni Day at the Downs. On Stephen Foster Day, fourteen Derby-winning jockeys along w/nine Derby winning trainers return to famed Twin Spires & Winner's Circle. Promotion doubles crowd for corresponding Saturday previous year.
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OTD June 13, 1998. Coming off win in Dubai World Cup, '97 Kentucky Derby winner Silver Charm & Gary Stevens return to Churchill for $799,500 Stephen Foster Handicap. Awesome Again & Pat Day score upset at 5-1. In '98 Breeders’ Cup Classic in Louisville, pair will again run 1-2.
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OTD June 13, 2015. Noble Bird. Shortly before 10p, wins Grade 1 $500,000 Stephen Foster Handicap in spry 1.47.94 for 1 1/8 miles. Shaun Bridgmohan rides for Mark Casse. Hoppertunity, 2014 Clark Handicap winner, runs third. Noble Bird wins seven of 23 lifetime for $1.3 million.
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OTD June 13, 2015. American Pharoah Returns to Churchill Downs. One week after becoming America’s first Triple Crown winner in 37 years, American Pharoah returns home to his Spring base in Louisville to celebrate on Stephen Foster Super Saturday night racing card.
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OTD June 12, 1979. Main Spark. With 27-26 record, Detroit Tigers fire first-year manager Les Moss, hiring Cincinnati "Big Red Machine" manager Sparky Anderson who stays until 1995. Anderson wins '84 World Series title & American League Manager of the Year Award in '84 & '87.
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OTD June 12, 1993. LSU "Shocks" Wichita State. In College World Series title game, Skip Bertman's LSU w/8-0 win over Shockers. Freshman pitcher Brett Laxton complete game 3-hit shut-out w/16 strikeouts. Todd Walker MVP. Bertman second CWS title in 3 yrs. Adds three more by 2000.
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OTD June 12, 1920. Upset. On same afternoon Man o' War wins Belmont, only horse to ever beat racing legend wins Latonia Derby. Five weeks prior, Upset had been nosed out of Kentucky Derby win. In 1919 Sanford Stakes, Upset beat Man o' War engineering racing's biggest "upset."
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OTD June 12, 1948. Citation. Eddie Arcaro guides Calumet Farm legend to 8-length win in Belmont Stakes to claim Triple Crown. Part of 16-race win streak. Between Preakness & Belmont, Citation stayed loose w/win in 1 1/4 mile Jersey (Derby) Stakes at Garden State Park.
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OTD June 12, 1960. Angel Cordero. At El Comandante race track in Puerto Rico, Estaben Tizel gives Angel Cordero his first career mount. Sixteen years later, Cordero will guide Tizel's Bold Forbes to victory in 1976 Kentucky Derby. Bold Forbes began racing w/five wins on island.
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OTD June 12, 1974. Ruffian Sun and Snow. In midweek Fashion Stakes at Belmont Park, emerging super filly Ruffian meets future Kentucky Oaks heroine Sun and Snow. In previous start, Sun and Snow won Debutante Stakes at Churchill Downs on undercard of 100th Kentucky Derby.
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OTD June 11, 1994. Oklahoma. At Rosenblatt Stadium in Omaha, Sooners knock off over Georgia Tech 13-5 to win first College World Series title since 1951. Yellow Jackets team featured Nomar Garciaparra, Jason Varitek & Jay Payton.
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OTD June 11, 1971. Golden Goose. Louisvillian Roscoe Goose passes aged 80 years. Won 1913 Kentucky Derby at 91-1 aboard Donerail. Two weeks later, his brother Carl Ganz won Kentucky Oaks. Goose also won Clark Handicap in 1913, Kentucky Oaks in 1916. At rest Cave Hill Cemetery.
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OTD June 11, 1977. Best Person. As Seattle Slew is winning Triple Crown in New York, wins inaugural $22,750 Kentahten Stakes at Churchill Downs for W.C. Partee (of future Lil E Tee fame). Best Person, 15th in Slew's Derby, wins 9 of 56 starts, including four of 20 at Churchill.
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