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	Count Fleet - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Count Fleet, born March 24, 1940 at Stoner Creek Stud farm in Paris, Kentucky, United States and died there on December 3, 1973, was a thoroughbred racehorse and Triple Crown champion in 1943.
		In 1961, Count Fleet was inducted in the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame.
		Count Fleet died on December 3, 1973 and was buried at Stoner Creek farm in Paris, Kentucky.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Count_Fleet (507 words)

	Triple Crown Winners: Count Fleet (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		John D., Hertz's Count Fleet, of course, was the cause of the difficulty.
		Count Fleet has materially improved on the record of his sire though it must be recorded that Reigh Count, after winning the Kentucky Derby, was out of action until Saratoga because of a cut suffered in a preparatory race.
		It was reported shortly after the race that Count Fleet had struck himself during the early running, and his left fore ankle was immediately X-rayed for possible serious injury, though the colt was walking soundly.
	tcm.bloodhorse.com /count_fleet.asp (634 words)

	National Museum of Racing - Hall of Fame
		Count Fleet won the Kentucky Derby by 3 lengths, the Preakness by 8, and the Belmont by 25.
		Count Fleet was America's leading sire in 1951 and leading broodmare sire in 1963.
		Count Fleet was inducted in the Hall of Fame in 1961.
	www.racingmuseum.org /hall/horse.asp?ID=51 (255 words)

	Count Fleet: 1943 Triple Crown Winner (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		With Count Fleet stuck in traffic, Occupation caught the early leaders and was on top by three lengths in the stretch when the fleet-footed Count made a late run, drawing within a neck of the leader before running out of ground.
		Count Fleet had found his stride, because in his final outing of the year, the leggy brown colt turned the Walden Stakes into something barely resembling a race, winning by at least thirty lengths and wrapping up the championship honors that had seemed to belong to Occupation only a month before.
		Count Fleet was retired early when it was discovered that his injured near front fetlock, wrenched in the Belmont Stakes, would not respond to treatment.
	sky.prohosting.com /spiletta/UTHOF/countfleet.html (1471 words)

	Count Fleet (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		Count fleet won ten of his last 13 starts and finished his year as racing's outstanding juvenile colt.
		Count Fleet led the pack to become the victor by three lengths.
		Count Fleet was a great success as a sire, especially as a broodmare sire.
	www.cswnet.com /~terandkr/countfleet.html (423 words)

	Road to the Triple Crown: History: Winners: Count Fleet (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		Count Fleet began his three-year-old campaign with a facile victory in an April 13, 1943, allowance race at Jamaica race track.
		A seemingly minor injury to Count Fleet's left fore ankle refused to respond to treatment, and the colt was shelved for the rest of 1943.
		Count Fleet lived out his final years in peace at Stoner Creek Farm, the former Hertz farm which had been converted into a Standardbred farm in the mid-1960s.
	www.thoroughbredtimes.com /tc99/history/winners/countfleet (708 words)

	Horse Racing, Thoroughbred Horse Racing, Full Track Odds (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		Count Fleet likely left his Futurity on the track with that blistering workout four days before the race.
		Count Fleet then won a purse at Jamaica before heading to Pimlico for the final two races of his juvenile year.
		Count Fleet was 1-to-10 for his 15th and final juvenile start, the Walden Stakes at Pimlico.
	www.horseracingguides.com /two_year_season_.html (568 words)

	Count Fleet -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		When the season ended, Count Fleet was voted Champion 3-year-old and named (Click link for more info and facts about Horse of the Year) Horse of the Year.
		Count Fleet's daughters produced superhorse (Click link for more info and facts about Kelso) Kelso and the 1965 Kentucky Derby winner, Lucky Debonair.
		In 1961, Count Fleet was inducted in the (Click link for more info and facts about National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame) National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/c/co/count_fleet.htm (488 words)

	Online Horse Betting, Thoroughbred Horse Racing, Horse Betting Odds, Horse Betting Odds (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		As a result, Count Fleet's connections decided to wait until the New York season opened in April for their two-year-old champion to make his initial sophomore start.
		Many of Count Fleet's interior fractions in these races suggested a track or world record was on the way, but the jockey and trainer saw no reason to work the horse any harder than necessary for victory.
		Count Fleet rushed to the lead out of the gate and was simply on cruise control for the entire mile and one quarter.
	www.horseracingguides.com /three_year_season_.html (916 words)

	SI.com - Horse Racing - Hall of Fame jockey Longden dies at 96 - Friday February 14, 2003 08:46 PM
		Longden rode Count Fleet to thoroughbred racing's Triple Crown, with victories in the Kentucky Derby, Preakness and Belmont Stakes.
		Count Fleet was the sixth of thoroughbred racing's 11 Triple Crown winners.
		Count Fleet won the Derby by three lengths, the Preakness by eight and the Belmont by 25.
	sportsillustrated.cnn.com /horse_racing/news/2003/02/14/longden_obit_ap (879 words)

	Horse Gambling, Racetrack Gambling, Horse Gambling Payouts, Horse Gambling Payouts (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		Longden was correct when Count Fleet finished his two-year old career as racing's outstanding juvenile colt, high weight at 132 pounds on the Experimental Free Handicap, still the highest impost given out in the 60-year history of the handicap.
		Count Fleet won the Preakness in the same fashion drawing off late to win by eight lengths after playing with his rivals.
		Count Fleet lived out his luxurious life at Stoner Creek Farm and died on December 3, 1973.
	www.advancedhorseguide.com /count_fleet_.html (376 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Grasse
		Count and Marquess de Grasse-Tilly, lieutenant-general of the naval forces; b.
		Count de Grasse was in command of the "Robuste", and was severely engaged during the action, which was undecisive in its results.
		His son, Count Alexander de Grasse, Marquess de Tilly, was appointed by the United States Government engineer of Georgia and the Carolinas, and a pension of one thousand dollars a year was bestowed on his daughters.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/06728a.htm (1146 words)

	Odds for NFL Football 2005 - NFL Football Wagering Online - Betting 2005 Football Season: Historical Triple Crown ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		Count Fleet did not seem to fit the important stature of his fathers’ features and his owners had considered selling his when he was just two years old, but a jockey on the horse farm had talked the owner into keeping the horse.
		Count Fleet was first raced in 1942 on the Widener course, which is a straight racecourse at Belmont Park.
		Count Fleet also broke records that were set by other horse racers twenty years earlier in the Champagne Stakes.
	www.mvp-keno-casinobettingonlineblog.com /2005/04/historical-triple-crown-moment.html (575 words)

	Kentucky Derby 129 \| 2003 \| Derby Coverage \| Derby News \| 2.15.2003 \|
		At the start of the Wood, a horse ridden by George Woolf, Longden's childhood buddy from Canada, collided with Count Fleet and caused a deep gash in one of Count Fleet's coronet bands, which is where the hair meets the hoof on a horse's ankle.
		Although Longden believed he deserved credit for nursing Count Fleet through the Belmont, Eddie Arcaro, who had won the 1941 Triple Crown aboard Calumet Farm's Whirlaway, later was harshly critical of Longden's ride in the Belmont.
		The Count died on Dec. 3, 1973, at the age of 33.
	www.kentuckyderby.com /2003/derby_coverage/derby_news/derby_news_02152003.html (2812 words)

	Smarty Jones
		Smarty Jones (born February 28, 2001) is a thoroughbred race horse, and winner of the 2004 Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes.
		He is descended from Triple Crown winners Secretariat and Count Fleet, as well as the famous Native Dancer and Nashua.
		In January of 2004, now racing as a three-year old, Smarty Jones was given his first major test against a quality field of horses in the Count Fleet Stakes at Aqueduct Raceway in New York.
	www.brainyencyclopedia.com /encyclopedia/s/sm/smarty_jones.html (907 words)

	Triple Crown Heroes: Count Fleet - bloodhorse.com
		Date Posted: 5/30/2002 8:14:41 AM Last Updated: 5/31/2002 11:37:44 AM 1943 Triple Crown winner Count Fleet caps a successful campaign with this runaway victory in the Belmont Stakes.
		Editor's Note: With the possibility of a Triple Crown winner this year, bloodhorse.com is providing a historical review of the previous winners of the coveted Crown.
		In the sixth of 11 installments on previous Triple Crown winners, here is an excerpt from The Blood-Horse of Issue of June 12, 1943 on Count Fleet winning the Belmont Stakes to complete the Triple Crown.
	tcm.bloodhorse.com /viewstory.asp?id=9821 (668 words)

	ESPN.com - Horse Racing - 'Shake' takes on Beau's Town
		In all, a field of seven will go in the six-furlong Count Fleet, including Skeet, a monster winner of two stakes at the meet; Aloha Bold, winner of the $60,000 Colonel Power at Fair Grounds; and Was My Case, who has progressed rapidly for owner Jeff Rand and trainer Terry Brennan.
		The Count Fleet continues the Racing Festival of the South, during which at least one stakes a day will be run through the close of the meet on Saturday.
		He won the Count Fleet last year and with a win Thursday would become the second two-time winner of the race behind Dave's Friend (1983-84).
	espn.go.com /horse/news/2004/0407/1777573.html (498 words)

	Horse Betting. Off Track Betting. Betting Race Books. Betting Race Books (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		Longden was correct when Count Fleet finished his two-year old career as racing's outstanding juvenile colt, highweight at 132 pounds on the Experimental Free Handicap, still the highest impost given out in the 60 year histoyr of the handicap.
		Count Fleet won the Preakness in the same fashion drawing off late to win by eight lengtsh after playing with his rivals.
		However, a minor injury to the left fore ankle refuesed to respond to treatment and the colt had to end the racing season.
	www.horse-racing-tracks.com /countfleet_.html (382 words)

	Count Fleet - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		Count Fleet's daughters produced superhorse Kelso and the 1965 Kentucky Derby winner, Lucky Debonair.Another daughter,Sequence,mated with 1955 Preakness and Belmont winner Nashua to produce Gold Digger,dam of the enormously influential modern sire Mr.
		In the Blood-Horse magazine ranking of the top 100 thoroughbred champions of the 20th Century, Count Fleet was ranked #5.
		This page was last modified 15:31, 19 Aug 2004.
	www.encyclopedia-online.info /Count_Fleet (494 words)

	CANTER Michigan:
		Andros First is a 8 year old chestnut mare who descends from Triple Crown winner, Count Fleet, on her dam's side and the great racing sire, Nasrullah, on the sire side.
		His dam was the granddaughter of Bold Ruler, the sire of Secretariat, and his pedigree also boasts of Triple Crown Winner, Count Fleet.
		Count Von Count is currently in training as an S.C.A. a medieval re-enactment war horse but he also loves pleasure riding, trails, events and promotions.
	canterusa.org /michigan/news/2003expo (2915 words)

	Johnny Longden 1907 - 2003
		Legendary jockey Johnny Longden, winner of the 1943 Triple Crown on Count Fleet and the only person to win the Kentucky Derby as both a jockey and trainer, passed away Friday February 14, 2003.
		He rode many great horses such as Swaps and Whirlaway, but always considered Count Fleet to be the best he ever rode.
		Count Fleet - Longden called him the best horse he ever rode
	www.horse-races.net /library/article-021503.htm (359 words)

	Beau's Town Looks to Extend Streaks in Count Fleet - bloodhorse.com
		Chindi, one of the most popular horses on the grounds, won the 1998 Count Fleet Sprint Handicap and will try to play the spoiler on Thursday.
		With the hot-riding Carlos Marquez, Jr., in the saddle the gray runner, trained by Steve Hobby, will employ his late charge and hopes to be the beneficiary of the fast pace that likely to occur.
		The field for the Count Fleet Sprint Handicap also includes Cojet, Big Bad George, Honor Me and Sand Ridge.
	handicapping.bloodhorse.com /viewstory.asp?id=15078 (187 words)

	Kentucky Derby 129 \| 2003 \| Derby History \| Derby Charts \| Years \| 1943 \|
		COUNT FLEET began fast, was hustled along until reaching the stretch, shook off the bid of GOLD SHOWER and, responding to a shaking up, won handily.
		BLUE SWORDS was in hand until reaching the last half, came determinedly when subjected to punishment, but was not good enough for the winner, although easily best of the others.
		GOLD SHOWER, much used engaging COUNT FLEET in the first three-quarters, gave way badly thereafter.
	www.kentuckyderby.com /2003/derby_history/derby_charts/years/1943.html (277 words)

	Scrappy T Holds Off 'New Yorker in Count Fleet \| bloodhorse.com
		Dismissed at odds of 11-1, Marshall E. Dowell's Scrappy T, shook away from an early pace duel and then held off favored Naughty New Yorker by a length to win Saturday's $83,175 Count Fleet for 3-year-olds at a mile and seventy yards.
		The race was originally scheduled to be run on Jan. 8, but was re-scheduled when racing was canceled because of weather and track conditions.
		A Fit to Fight gelding, Scrappy T had one win and four close seconds in five career starts entering the Count Fleet.
	www.bloodhorse.com /articleindex/article.asp?id=26251 (282 words)

	New York Racing Association - Aqueduct (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-07)
		Marshall E. Dowell’s Scrappy T, dismissed at odds of 11-1, shook away from an early duel with Lakeville Rush and then held off favored Naughty New Yorker in the stretch to win Saturday afternoon’s 30th running of the $83,175 Count Fleet for three-year-olds at a mile and seventy yards by a length.
		The race was originally scheduled to be run on January 8th, but was re-scheduled when racing was cancelled because of weather and track conditions.
		A Fit to Fight gelding, Scrappy T had one win and four seconds in five career starts entering the Count Fleet, and those seconds were by margins of a length and a half, a neck, three-quarters of a length and another neck.
	www1.nyra.com /aqueduct/news.asp?track=A&id=1513 (648 words)

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	Is There Another Smarty Jones in Count Fleet? - bloodhorse.com
		Smarty Jones electrifying run at the 2004 Triple Crown started modestly enough with a victory in the Count Fleet at Aqueduct.
		The $75,000 race for 3-year-olds at a mile and 70 yards Saturday attracted an overflow field of 13.
		In total, the son of 2000 Wood Memorial and Kentucky Derby winner Fusaichi Pegasus has made nine starts, more than anyone else in the Count Fleet.
	handicapping.bloodhorse.com /viewstory.asp?id=26082 (452 words)

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