I am indebted to a fellow blogger for the following which will be particularly of interest to horse players and improvers of the breed. The late Dick Schaap was a prominent sports writer who covered racing among other sports. In 1973 the famous thorobred Secretariat won the Belmont Stakes by 22 lengths for the Meadow Stable. His stablemate was Riva Ridge another winner. Dick Schaap was alleged to have remarked that the combination of Secretariat and Riva Ridge comprised the most famous stablemates since Mary and Joseph. This comparison raised a few eyebrows but not on those rushing to the mutuel window to collect their winnings.
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