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John Francombe: "The racecourse is as level as a billiard ball."
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Brough Scott: What are your immediate thoughts, Walter ?
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Jimmy Lindley: "Steve Cauthen, well on his way to that mythical 200 mark."
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Chris Pool: "A racing horse is not like a machine. It has to be tuned up like a racing car."
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Harvey Smith: "As you travel the world, do you do a lot of traveling ?"
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Dorian Williams: "He's a very competitive competitor, that's the sort of competitor he is."
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Penny Chenery, who owned Secretariat: "Ask anyone on the street for one name in horse racing and they will always say Secretariat. He is the definitive touchstone between racing and the American public."
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Jerry Seinfeld, on what a horse must think after a race is over: "They must get to the end and go, 'We were just here.' What's the point of that?"
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D. Wayne Lukas, referring to Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes winner, and gelding, Funny Cide: "The ultimate equipment change."
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Pete Axthelm, referring to Secretariat's 31 length victory in the Belmont Stakes: "I used to think the greatest thing I ever saw was the Ali-Frazier fight in Madison Square Garden. This was even better."
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Kenny Mayne, before the running of the Belmont Stakes: "Other than being castrated, things have gone quite well for Funny Cide."
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Joe E. Lewis, comedian: "This is the only place where the windows clean the people."
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Vic Stauffer, track announcer at Hialeah in 1993, calling a race with a horse named Altmagraenguida, after two vain attempts at pronouncing the horse's name, he surrendered during the stretch run: "Here comes the number 4."
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