At the same course two weeks later he again defeated Whisk Broom, this time by five lengths, in the Dewhurst Stakes, and went into the winter break as favourite for the following season s classics.
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With a little whisk broom whittled from a pine branch, he pats the undergrowth in search of tiny insects that he calls, in the old Provencal language he specializes in, " lei mousco, " the flies.
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Whisk Broom was left at the start but soon recovered to take the lead entering the straight and won by a length from G . M . Miller and Meridian in a time of 1 : 39.00.
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It is the five-mile stretch below Navajo Reservoir, east of Farmington, N . M ., where waters always run cold and insects always multiply, providing ample food to grow rainbow trout thick as footballs with tails as broad as whisk brooms.
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The two favourites drew clear of the rest in the final furlong and Neil Gow, under a vigorous ride from Maher, prevailed by a short head in a superlative driving finish, with Whisk Broom two lengths back in third place.
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The shovels and small whisk brooms on display uncovered much that one now admires, including the remains of baths and gymnasiums, the clusters of administrative offices, the stadium and the sacred precinct with the stolid temples of Zeus and Hera, shrines and treasuries.
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His win at Kempton took Neil Gow's earnings for the season to ?0, 306, making him the third most financially successful horse of the British season, behind the classic winning three-year-olds pounds above Lemberg who was in turn five pounds clear of Admiral Hawke and Whisk Broom.
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Following this win, Whisk Broom was described in the press as " the most talked of horse in America . " A month after his win in the Suburban it was reported that Whisk Broom had gone " badly lame " and would be unlikely to run again in 1913 : in fact he never raced again and was retired to stud.
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Following this win, Whisk Broom was described in the press as " the most talked of horse in America . " A month after his win in the Suburban it was reported that Whisk Broom had gone " badly lame " and would be unlikely to run again in 1913 : in fact he never raced again and was retired to stud.
