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Exterminator

1915 - Gelding | Deceased

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Owner(s):

Willis Sharpe Kilmer - James Calvin Milam -

Trainer:

Henry McDaniel

Bred:

Kentucky (USA) by F. D. Knight - [Add Data]

Pedigree:

Mcgee - Fair Empress by Jim Gore

Rating:

8.29/10

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Exterminator, Secretariat, Angle Light, Sham - April 21st

In a surprising defeat, Secretaria finished third to stablemate Angle Light and runner-up Sham in the Wood Memorial Stakes at Aqueduct,...Read More

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Exterminator

Such a great guy, and one of my personal favorites. I wonder what would have happened if the match race with Man O' War came through?

Posted by TheSecondBigRed · 460 days ago ·

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cocoa2 · All I know is Man O' War would be extended all right! · 114 days ago ·

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buckpasser · Most old timers who saw both horses race, like my grandfather, felt Old Bones would have cleaned Man o War's clock · 114 days ago ·

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footlick · There was alot more in Man O War's tank than he showed, so cleaning his clock may be a bit of an overstatement. Exterminator certainly would have been the best horse he faced, but Man O War would have been the best horse Exterminator faced too. Nobody, not even the people then, could really say who would have won. Riddle was insistent that it would be a weight for age and I believe longer than 10 furlongs, but I may be wrong about that. When Man O War would have had to start his 4 yr old year carrying 140 or more, Riddle chose to retire him. · 114 days ago ·

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travel_vic · Old Bones connections wanted the distance set at OVER 10 furlongs and that is when Riddle backed out for he knew at that distance, the younger colt would be vulnerable.....Anything shorted and the sone of Fair Play would simply run off and hiide. · 113 days ago ·

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footlick · Interesting since Man O War bested the WR for 13 furlongs by 6 seconds that Riddle would be leery of running against Exterminator at longer than 10 furlongs. · 113 days ago ·

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buckpasser · My grandfather worked for Ross who owned Sir Barton. While Vic you are speaking about the match race, the Saratoga Cup was where all three Sir Barton, Exterminator, Man o war would race. All three were entered, man o war was scratched and sir Barton as well. Exterminator won the race as well. As to the match race all three agreed, the distance of a mile and half was ok for Riddle, it was Kilmer who wanted a weight for age in the match race, NOT the distance that was the problem. Also Grantland Rice like David Alexander also felt Man o war would have lost to Exterminator.. I do not know where you get the distance was unacceptable to Riddle. · 113 days ago ·

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travel_vic · p. 230 man O'War by Corothy Ours...Distnace was the first of Kilmer;s stikcing ponts (Exterminator); weight was second......"one report clained that Kilmer want a mile and 5/16ths. Four decades after both champions retired from racing journalist David Alexander would write that Kilemer had "pursed Riddle from track to track shaking fifty thousand dollasrs in his face and demanding he put up the same stake for a race between Man O'War and Exterminator weight for age. · 113 days ago ·

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buckpasser · If you want a different version of the match race with Sir Barton, Man o war, and Exterminator read Boots and Saddles which is written by Ross' son and contains different information than Ours has in her book. Also for the record David Alexander stated that Kilmer chased Riddle around offering money for a match race, Dorothy Ours says that she can find no evidence of this. She clearly did not look far asit is in Boots and Saddles and also in Alexander's book about horse racing. The racing legends books which detail Exterminators life also say that Riddle agreed to the distance, but would not agree to handicap conditions · 113 days ago ·

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buckpasser · And as to weight for age, Riddle wanted no part of Exterminator at weight for age as he scratched MOW from the Saratoga Cup to beat Hoodwink by a hundred lenghthsb · 113 days ago ·

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buckpasser · In the Lawrence Realization. · 113 days ago ·

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travel_vic · Poor old Hoodwink was ONLY brought in so there would be no walkover and had just raced a day or two before.....Knowing that makes the defeat a little more understandable. he only ran to keep it from being a walkover and was more of a sprinter anyway · 112 days ago ·

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buckpasser · Sort of like Cleopatra brought into the Saratoga Cup to prevent Exterminator from having a walkover. Only she was a far better horse than Hoodwink. With the match race with MOW and Sir Barton, SB carried more weight 126 I believe than MOW. Also the track in Canada was so hard that SB wa having a hard time and did not run well. Soe people who saw the race said that SB was eased. Certainly he was retired soon after · 112 days ago ·

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buckpasser · Sort of like Cleopatra brought into the Saratoga Cup to prevent Exterminator from having a walkover. Only she was a far better horse than Hoodwink. With the match race with MOW and Sir Barton, SB carried more weight 126 I believe than MOW. Also the track in Canada was so hard that SB wa having a hard time and did not run well. Soe people who saw the race said that SB was eased. Certainly he was retired soon after · 112 days ago ·

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cocoa2 · Maybe Hoodwink wasn't the best competitor but Big Red still took 6 seconds off the track record, something that is done VERY rarely. · 112 days ago ·

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Laffit Pincay Jr., Craig Perret, Kathy Kusner - September 30th

After a six year hiatus, racing returned to Chicago with the reopening of Hawthorne Park. The popular gelding Exterminator, winner of the 1918 Kentucky Derby an the then second leading money winner of all time,...Read More

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Exterminator

One amazing horse :)

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What’s In a Name?—or Beauty Is in the Eye of the Beholder

The names given race horses have always interested me. As a pedigree aficionado, I particularly appreciate the witty twist of a well-named horse, but also admire those with compelling stories behind them. And then there are those poor unfortunate beasts with overly-witty, jaw droppingly-inappropriat...Read More

Source: foolishpleasure-valerie.blogspot.com · Posted 682 days ago ·

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