![]() ![]() Anthony, poking fun at himself, said he didn’t know how to get to the winner’s circle, so he wasn’t in the win picture following his landmark victory. Mayboy opened a commanding six-length lead on the backstretch of the 1 mile and 70-yard race for older horses and held on to win by a head. ![]() Mayboy was now running for Anthony’s fledgling Loblolly Acres Corp., and a $15,000 claiming tag, after he purchased the son of Nashua Blue and two other horses from fellow Arkansas lumberman Dick Sturgis, who operated a breeding/training farm approximately 55 miles south of Hot Springs. ![]() It’s what happened after the race that he laughs about 50 years later.Īfter finishing fifth in the 1970 Arkansas Derby, P. 16, 1972, victory was noteworthy for being more than John Ed Anthony’s first as an owner at Oaklawn. ![]()
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