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Finally got a Man O' War ticket stub
eagles33
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My rookie card collection from the non 4 major sports has really ballooned into a pretty extensive (ridiculous) collection. For the race horse portion I decided to go for the Kentucky derby ticket stub to use in place of an actual card since the options of actual cards weren't very interesting. Plus the tickets pre 1960 fit into a standard size slab so they display nicely with the rest of the collection. Man O' War isn't as famous as Secretariat but he usually considered the best of all time. He never ran in the Kentucky derby so he isn't a triple crown winner. He did win the 1920 Preakness and Belmont though. I suppose I would rather have one of those tickets but I have never seen one and not even sure they exist.... So this is the next best option in my opinion. It's also cool because Sir Barton was the first ever triple crown winner and still lost this race. Can't wait to get it slabbed.
Scans of most of my Misc rookies can be found <a target=new class=ftalternatingbarlinklarge href="http://forums.collectors.com/m...y&keyword1=Non%20major">here
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For those like me, into racing, Man O'War is certainly as famous as Secretariat, maybe not to the general public since he raced so long ago. But most racing historians including myself who have read about him would certainly rate him as one of the the, if not the greatest, race horse of all time. He was rated #1 all time in several serious attempts to great a 100 "best ever" list, including by Sports Illustrated in 1992. Racing being what it is, there is always debate. In retrospect Sir Barton likely couldn't hold Man O' War's jock strap.
MOW only lost once in 21 races, appropriately to a horse named Upset. There is some urban legends that sports writers used that race and the term "upset" whenever a heavily favored sports team lost to an underdog, but there is evidence that the term was used that way in the UK before.
MOW was also one of the greatest sires of all time. He was a stud in every sense of the word.
Sir Barton was a "maiden" (never won a race) before winning the Kentucky Derby. Then won three of the most prestigious race of the time, the Preakness, the Withers, and the Belmont. From the Derby to the Belmont was only 32 days! This will never happen again.
Gallant Fox won the three "Triple Crown" races in 1930, second horse to sweep the three races, but really wasn't until Omaha did the same in 1935 that the term Triple Crown became universally used in the racing press.
<< <i>eagles I would love to see your collection. Any thoughts of putting up picks of your "rookie" collection on photobucket or flikr? >>
Yeah someday I'll get around to organizing it by sport and scanning them. Right now I just have it all on spreadsheet and the cards sitting in boxes waiting to get displayed in the man room.
I enjoy the diversity we're getting with racing and wrestling e.g.
One of the "odd ball" things I collect is sports related whiskey decanters.
Here's my Man O' War contribution:
<< <i>Thats pretty cool!!! I was hoping you meant the rock band Manowar though. >>
I thought that too. I see those guys all the time, I'm from the same town that Joey lives in.
Anyone selling an secretariat uncashed tickets or Kentucky derby ticket stubs from 1919, 1930 or 1937? Still trying to complete my collection and would love to find some of the missing pieces.
I've never seen the 1919 ticket stub for sale. 1937 is fairly common on eBay. 1930 was a little tougher but still shows up a few times a year. Good luck tracking them down.