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Catch him if you can

By Bill Finley
Special to ESPN.com

Friday, October 30, 2009

Mary Hartmann had bought into the conventional wisdom, that the only way to win a distance race on the grass was to get a horse to relax and save something for the last three furlongs. She trained Presious Passion to develop his stamina and told his riders to drag him to the back of the pack. "We encouraged the jockeys to take him back because that's what turf horses are supposed to do," she said. Coming from off the pace, Presious Passion had his share of successes, albeit modest ones. He wo ...

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