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Article: IT SHAPES UP AS THE JOCKEY CLUB JAVA GOLD CUP

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October 10, 1987
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ELMONT, N.Y. - The Jockey Club Gold Cup. It is called Racing's Crowning Event, and justifiably so. Of its 68 previous winners, 27 were named Horse of the Year in their Gold Cup year. Thirty-nine Gold Cup winners were declared division champions.

Horses such as Man O' War, War Admiral, Nashua, the mighty five-time winner Kelso, and jockeys named Sande, Shoemaker, Cordero and the amazing Eddie Arcaro (10 victories) have made the Gold Cup thoroughbred racing's most famous 1 1/2 miles.

Unless a miracle occurs, Paul Mellon's Java Gold and jockey Pat Day will join that illustrious company this afternoon when the 69th running of the $1,084,000 Gold Cup headlines a glittering program of ...

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