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Old 03-01-2011, 01:08 AM
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In August of 1955 - there was a 4-year-old in Puerto Rico who was an undefeated 56-for-56 lifetime - he a winner of Puerto Rico's triple crown the year prior.

He finished his career with 73 wins from 77 lifetime starts - dying days after his final race.

Was he any good? I don't know.

Because I have no charts of his races and pp's for him and his competiton - what's most interesting about him - at least to me - is his pedigree.

His sire Thirteen - a son of a Travers winner - was an ok alw type horse in New York that came up through the claiming ranks.



His dam Flint Maid had a pretty decent pedigree - but was quite the bum while racing at ok tracks like Tropical (Calder) and Pimlico




No luck being able to so much as guess what kind of quality Camarero had - but his pedigree sure couldn't have been more American.
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Old 03-01-2011, 01:10 AM
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Well, they did name a car after him.

Couldn't have been too bad.
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Old 03-01-2011, 01:40 AM
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He lost for the first time in his 57th race.

http://news.google.com/newspapers?id...camarero&hl=en
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Old 03-01-2011, 07:25 AM
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surely he vies with kincsem as being the best ever!
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surely he vies with kincsem as being the best ever!
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surely he vies with kincsem as being the best ever!
Where is he on Somerfrost's best ever list?
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Where is he on Somerfrost's best ever list?
He probably didn't make the cut since Somerfrost has a penchant for 19th century horses.
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