1970 Preakness -- not much info, photo or youtube

[Jorge]

Do you remember the running of the 1970 Preakness Stakes won by Personality? Personality was ridden by a contemporary to Angel Cordero named Eddie Belmonte (photos)

http://www.flickr.com/photos/ometochtli ... 884755750/
http://www.primerahora.com/deportes/hip ... la-680304/

Alas there is not much information on the 1970 Preakness, contrary to the 1970 Derby and Belmont.

Not even on youtube one can see that race,

[ct2346]

I remember it vaguely, because I was rooting for the other half of the entry - High Echelon - who I think ended up fourth that day. I remember Silent Screen running better than he did in the derby, but not much more. I remember the other two thirds much better than the Preakness.

[TJ]

Do you remember the running of the 1970 Preakness Stakes won by Personality? Personality was ridden by a contemporary to Angel Cordero named Eddie Belmonte (photos)

http://www.flickr.com/photos/ometochtli ... 884755750/
http://www.primerahora.com/deportes/hip ... la-680304/

Alas there is not much information on the 1970 Preakness, contrary to the 1970 Derby and Belmont.

Not even on youtube one can see that race,

Hi Jorge,
That was a season much like this year with a different horse winning each of the TC races. The Derby was won by Dust Commander, the Preakness won by Personality by a head over My Dad George with Silent Screen third, High Echelon 4th and Naskra 5th. The Belmont was won by High Echelon who carried the ball after Personality had to be scratched due to a problem before the race. High Echelon was also given the track he loved....a sea of slop. He beat Needles n Pens and Naskra, My Dad George....the favorite was a distant 5th. This 1970 season went even further than this years, as the Travers was won by Loud and the Haskell winner was Twice Worthy. Although Personality did win the Jim Dandy at Saratoga beating Loud, he passed the Travers and ran in the Stymie at Aqueduct, he also won the Woodward (then run at Belmont Park) beating his elders and was voted into a tie for 1970 HOY with Fort Marcy. TJ

[Jorge]

Here the complete order of finish of the three races
with the names of some of the jockeys.

Please note that if during that period a bonus
would have been established for the best overall
Triple Crown performance, High Echelon would have
won it with My Dad George finishing second.

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1970 Kentucky Derby order of finish:

01 Dust Commander (Mike Manganello)
02 My Dad George
03 High Echelon
04 Naskra
05 Silent Screen
06 Admirald’s Shield
07 Corn Off The Cob
08 Personality (Eddie Belmonte)
09 Native Royalty
10 Robin’s Bug
11 Terlago
12 George Lewis
13 Fathom (Diane Crump)
14 Rancho Lejos -- apparently dnf (?)
15 Holy Land -- apparently dnf (?)

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1970 Preakness Stakes order of finish:

01 Personality (Eddie Belmonte)
02 My Dad George (Ray Broussard)
03 Silent Screen (John L Rotz)
04 High Echelon (Larry Adams)
05 Naskra
06 Sir Wiggle
07 Stop Time
08 Admiral’s Shield
09 Dust Commander (Mike Manganello)
10 Buzkashi
11 Robin’s Bug
12 Hark The Lark
13 Plenty Old
14 Oh Fudge
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1970 Belmont Stakes order of finish:

01 High Echelon (John L Rotz)
02 Needles n Pens
03 Naskra
04 Climber
05 My Dad George
06 Aggresively
07 Stop Time
08 Son Excellence
09 Delaware Chief
10 Hark The Lark

[Jorge]

Can anyone help posting on youtube the 1970 Preakness?
As far as I have read the difference between the winner and second place was a mere neck.

[TJ]

Can anyone help posting on youtube the 1970 Preakness?
As far as I have read the difference between the winner and second place was a mere neck.

Hi Jorge,
There is no video for the 1970 Preakness available and Personality did win it by a neck. The best I could find for you is this picture of the field inside the 1/8th pole, in the 1970 Preakness. As best I can tell, we have the three leaders of the pack from the rail out it's My Dad George (finishes 2nd), Silent Screen (finishes 3rd) in the middle and Personality (finishes 1st) furthest out from the rail.
The second flight behind the top three, on the rail is Dust Commander (finishes 9th), outside him, the big dark bay without blinkers is Sir Wiggle (finishes 6th) switch now to the far outside, the gray is High Echelon (finishes 4th) and the bay a couple paths to his inside with the light blinkers is Naskra (finishes 5th). The link under the picture is an SI article that describes the race. If you click on the picture it will blow up pretty good. TJ
http://www.ebay.com/itm/BS-PHOTO-abb-65 ... 51b1989b03

SI Article: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/ ... AG1083641/

[Jorge]

Can anyone help posting on youtube the 1970 Preakness?
As far as I have read the difference between the winner and second place was a mere neck.

Hi Jorge,
There is no video for the 1970 Preakness available and Personality did win it by a neck. The best I could find for you is this picture of the field inside the 1/8th pole, in the 1970 Preakness. As best I can tell, we have the three leaders of the pack from the rail out it's My Dad George (finishes 2nd), Silent Screen (finishes 3rd) in the middle and Personality (finishes 1st) furthest out from the rail.
The second flight behind the top three, on the rail is Dust Commander (finishes 9th), outside him, the big dark bay without blinkers is Sir Wiggle (finishes 6th) switch now to the far outside, the gray is High Echelon (finishes 4th) and the bay a couple paths to his inside with the light blinkers is Naskra (finishes 5th). The link under the picture is an SI article that describes the race. If you click on the picture it will blow up pretty good. TJ
http://www.ebay.com/itm/BS-PHOTO-abb-65 ... 51b1989b03

SI Article: http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/ ... AG1083641/

TJ,

Thank you so much for the kind courtesy of referring me to those two valuable links. It is so unusual that the 1970 Preakness, which is far
more important and recent than other available Triple Crown races and/or top-notch races isn't available. The 1970 sophomore season was quite a paradigm in many ways for every major race was won by practically a different good horse and all of them left their good trace among the breed. Even High Echelon, who was considered second best to Personality within his own stable became a decent influence as a stamina stallion, responsible for the likes of Via Maris and PR-Triple Crown winner Vuelve Candy B.