Swaps (horse) - Racing Highlights

Racing Highlights

at 3:

• 1st - San Vicente Stakes
• 1st - Santa Anita Derby
• 1st - Kentucky Derby front-running effort with a time of 2:014⁄₅, 2/5 off the track record;
• 1st - Will Rogers Stakes (by 12 lengths; first race in which Swaps was the betting favorite; favored in all subsequent races)
• 1st - Californian Stakes (new world record for 81⁄₂ furlongs with time of 1:402⁄₅, "almost casually")
• 1st - Westerner Stakes (front-running effort, "drew out at will" in the stretch to open a 10-length lead, won by 6 lengths after being eased at odds of 1-20; win betting only for a five-horse field)
• 1st - American Derby on turf (front-running effort "under restraint"; new course record, equalled American record; win and place betting only for a six-horse field)
• 2nd - Match race with Nashua

at 4:

• 1st - LA County Fair Handicap (came from behind and drew away "under wraps")
• 1st - Broward Handicap (new world record for 1 mile 70 yd with time of 1:393⁄₅, carrying 130 lb., conceding at least 15 pounds to all rivals; had "mouth open" due to snug hold early and was eased late)
• 2nd - Californian (jockey Shoemaker "shut down" Swaps with less than 1/16 mile to go and a 4 length lead. Porterhouse got up for the surprise win)
• 1st - Argonaut Handicap (new world record for 1 mile with time of 1:331⁄₅, replacing former record by Citation)
• 1st - Inglewood (new World record for 81⁄₂ furlongs with time of 1:39 flat, carrying 130 lb.; mile split was 1:323⁄₅, 3/5 faster than his own world record)
• 1st - American Handicap (equalled Noor's world record of 1:464⁄₅ for 11⁄₈ miles, carrying 130 lb.; conceded 19 lb. to runner-up Mister Gus; win betting only for a five-horse field)
• 1st - Hollywood Gold Cup Stakes (new track record of 1:583⁄₅ for 11⁄₄ miles, lowering previous mark by a full second, carrying 130 lb.; win betting only despite a seven-horse field)
• 1st - Sunset Handicap (new track and world record for 15⁄₈ miles with time of 2:381⁄₅, lowering previous track record by 22⁄₅ seconds, carrying 130 lb.; front-running effort "under stout restraint, eased in the last sixteenth of a mile)
• 7th - Arch Ward Memorial Handicap (well-beaten on a soft turf course apparently unsuitable to his sore condition)
• 1st - Washington Park Handicap (new track record of 1:332⁄₅ for a mile carrying 130 lb.; six furlong split was 1:074⁄₅, 2 full seconds faster than the track record)