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GALLANT MAN won the 1957 Jockey Club Gold Cup at Belmont. An AP account from the day called Willie Shoemaker "a Texas boy from El Paso," Gallant Man a "little Irish-raised son of Migoli."
When I met Gallant Man at Spendthrift Farm in 1984, 30, he'd curl his lip for a peppermint.
1993 Breeders' Cup Preview Day at Belmont culminated in a "furious stretch duel" in the Jockey Club Gold Cup. Miner's Mark (McCarron) held off Colonial Affair.
Banner day for Shug McGaughey! w/ 6 wins, inc. 5 stakes - Dispute, Heavenly Prize, Strolling Along, Lure, Miner's Mark.
CIGAR, winner of the 1995 Jockey Club Gold Cup and one of history's all-time greats, occasionally watched airplanes fly over Belmont Park in the mornings.
Here, 1996 morning partner Gerard Guenther shared the view.
Another very memorable Jockey Club Gold Cup at Belmont came in 1996, when SKIP AWAY gamely held off odds-on choice Cigar by a head. Shane Sellers rode SKIP AWAY for trainer Sonny Hine.
SKIP AWAY, 3, was winning his third Grade 1. He would add 7 more in his Hall of Fame career.