In a manner of speaking, they ran the Generous Stakes for the 27th year
at Hollywood Park over the Thanksgiving weekend. But to pick a nit, the
first time the Generous was run was in 1993, so the math doesn't make
any sense. Nor did it make any sense when Hollywood Park changed the
name of the race, after 11 years, from the Hoist the Flag to the
Generous. Consigned to the dust bin was Hoist the Flag, who only
finished first in every race he ever ran, and was the early favorite
for the Kentucky Derby when his career was cut short by injury in March
of 1971.
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