Assault won the Brooklyn Handicap and dethroned
Whirlaway as the then money-winning champion of the world. The victory boosted his earnings to $576,670. ~
1947
S. Kaye Bell became the first woman to train the winner of a $100,000 stakes race when she sent Mr. Lucky Phoenix to win the Michigan Mile and One-Eighth Handicap at Detroit Racecourse. ~1975
Exterminator, winner of the 1918 Kentucky Derby, concluded his seven-year racing career. Exterminator raced until he was nine, winning 50 of his 100 starts. He seldom carried less than 130 pounds in handicap races. Like other geldings
Kelso,
Forego, and
John Henry, Exterminator improved with age, enjoying his greatest success when he was seven. ~
1924