In Kent's Words - By Eric Mitchell

re: In Kent's Words - By Eric Mitchell

Fred and Joan — Thu, 16 Jan 2014 16:57:12 GMT

Thank you for sharing those two special examples of excellent writing. Both links worked well for us and we enjoyed seeing the photos of the race. Reading of how the owners treated each other after the races showed the class the people of that time had, even though they were in the midst of fierce competition.

re: In Kent's Words - By Eric Mitchell

Deltalady — Sun, 05 Jan 2014 15:17:14 GMT

Wonderful retrospective. Especially thank you for the link to the Belmont Secretariat article. The other link was not working a moment ago, and would love to read it about the 1969 Belmont as seen through the eyes of Kent Hollingsworth. Thanks again for the trip down memory lane.

re: In Kent's Words - By Eric Mitchell

EJMitchellKy — Thu, 02 Jan 2014 22:06:36 GMT

Dan, your comment sent me to the archives to look up the 1969 article you mentioned. I'm posting a link to the article so everyone else can enjoy it, too.

"At the start of the Belmont the best 3-year-olds in the land were all together, but at the end of 1 1/2 miles, Arts and Letters was all alone."

I'm also including another column of Kent's that has stuck with me followed Secretariat's phenomenal Belmont.

"What's Going on Here, June 18, 1973"

re: In Kent's Words - By Eric Mitchell

EJMitchellKy — Thu, 02 Jan 2014 18:46:33 GMT

Dan, you comment sent me to the archives. I found the 1969 story you mentioned and have posted a link here for everyone else to enjoy.

www.bloodhorse.com/.../Belmont1969e.pdf

Another Belmont-related piece has stuck with me and that's his What's Going on Here column about Secretariat's Belmont blowout. I've posted a link to it as well.

www.bloodhorse.com/.../WGOHBelmont1973.pdf

re: In Kent's Words - By Eric Mitchell

Dan McCall — Tue, 31 Dec 2013 16:19:47 GMT

I have been an admirer of Kent Hollingsworth's writings for a long time. For anyone with a collection of past bloodhorse magazines,or have access to them, I highly recommend the edition that covered the 1969 Belmont. Mr Hollingsworth's opening comments about the pace of this race (and indeed, the whole piece) is something that I always seem to revisit every now & then. He was a gifted writer and really knew how to write about racing.