From Frank Hayes in New York in 1923 to Nicodemus of Nicosia in 2016: two stories of the racetrack where victory met death.
By Christopher Stavros Pitsillidis*
At the racetrack, the eye is fixed on the finish line. Who is ahead, who is approaching, who will cross first. On June 4, 1923, at Belmont Park in New York, the horse Sweet Kiss gave the answer. What those watching could not know was that the man in the saddle would not have time to enjoy…
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From Frank Hayes in New York in 1923 to Nicodemus of Nicosia in 2016: two stories of the racetrack where victory met death.
By Christopher Stavros Pitsillidis*
At the racetrack, the eye is fixed on the finish line. Who is ahead, who is approaching, who will cross first. On June 4, 1923, at Belmont Park in New York, the horse Sweet Kiss gave the answer. What those watching could not know was that the man in the saddle would not have time to enjoy…