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Article: Dance Floor wins Fountain of Youth

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February 23, 1992
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MIAMI Favored Dance Floor won Saturday's $250,258 Fountain of Youth Stakes at Gulfstream Park by 4 1/2 easy lengths, but whether the 3-year-old is Kentucky Derby horseflesh is something to be learned later.

Florida's local star, Pistols And Roses, second choice at $17-10, was moved up to second after a disqualification that didn't involve him. Longshot Careful Gesture, finishing second, bothered Tiger Tiger and Sir Spinder, so he was disqualified and the 44-1 shot, Tiger Tiger, was moved up to third.

A crowd of 16,186, that included Illinois Gov. James Edgar, saw an 11-horse race that had the Hammer family's Dance Floor looking sharp as the favorite. He paid $5, $2.40, $2.20. Pistols ...

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