The Day Two Grays Brought Down the House
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Tales from the Crib: Rock Your World
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Pedigree fun facts: Rock Your World Apr 17, 2021 Kellie Reilly/Brisnet.com Santa Anita Derby star Rock Your World has a pedigree steeped in surface versatility (Benoit Photo)
Rock Your World’s successful move from turf to dirt is no
surprise, given the surface versatility encoded in his ancestry.
Both of his parents were trained by Hall of Famer Ron
McAnally, who also co-bred Rock Your World with his wife, Deborah. Indeed, Rock
Your World represents the fourth generation of a female line developed by Mrs.
McAnally.
Rock Your World is by undefeated Argentine champion
Candy
Ride. Imported after a trio of stunning victories in his homeland, including
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Ack Ack is too good in Americaâs richest race of 1971, the $175,000 Hollywood Gold Cup. Photo: Keeneland Library
His name is all but forgotten, marginalized after half a century’s worth of racing lore. The most important people in his life are long dead. Painting him with the colors of the modern Thoroughbred palette is impossible. He was a freak, a dinosaur, the kind of creature that flew through children’s dreams, and for a glorious seven months of 1971, he was almost too good to be true.
His name was Ack Ack.
There have been 50 years of Eclipse Awards history since the representatives of the