Official program for the 1967 Woodward Stakes, which was held at Belmont Park in Elmont, New York, on September 30, 1967, and featured the all-time great showdown between Damascus, Buckpasser, and Dr. Fager. Damascus and Dr. Fager were both 3-year-olds and Buckpasser, the 1966 Horse of the Year, was a year older. Damascus won by 10 lengths and would win the 1967 Horse of the Year, with Dr. Fager winning the same award the following year. The program, 16 pages, 4 x 9, is signed inside on the ‘seventh race’ page in blue ballpoint by famed Buckpasser jockey Braulio Baeza. In fine condition. Accompanied by a pair of mounted and laminated photos of the three legendary horses running during 1967 Woodward Stakes, images later printed in Sports Illustrated (the issue is included with this lot). Although the images were credited to famous SI photographer Tony Triolo, the program consignor actually captured the photos: 'He set up his camera at the top of the stretch and told me to snap away when the horses got there. He took the finish line photo. I was just a kid he hired to snap photos on his camera that he had set up.' The 1967 Woodward Stakes is considered among the best races of the 20th century, and remains the only time three Horse of the Year winners raced against each other: Buckpasser (1966), Damascus (1967), and Dr. Fager (1968).
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