Greek Money was an American

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 Thoroughbred

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 racehorse

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 best known for winning the second leg of the U.S. Triple Crown

United States Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing

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 series, the Preakness Stakes

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. Out of the English mare

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, Lucy Lufton, he was sired by Greek Song whose wins included the 1950 Arlington Classic

Arlington Classic

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. Damsire Nimbus

Nimbus V

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, the 1949 Champion Three-Year-Old Male Horse in England

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, was a son of the very great runner and extremely important sire, Nearco

Nearco

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. Greek Money was bred and raced by entities owned by Donald P. Ross, co-owner of Delaware Park Racetrack.

Trained by Buddy Raines

Virgil W. Raines

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, Greek Money had won three of his four starts going into the 1962 Preakness Stakes. Ridden by John Rotz

John L. Rotz

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, Greek Money defeated Ridan

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 by a nose to win the Preakness. http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F10814FC3D5A13778DDDA90A94DD405B828AF1D3 Greek Money was made the betting favorite for the Belmont Stakes

Belmont Stakes

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 http://news.google.com/newspapers?id=zz4NAAAAIBAJ&sjid=LGwDAAAAIBAJ&pg=5497,1210581&dq=greek+money+belmont but finished seventh to winner, Jaipur

Jaipur (horse)

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. After that, he won only an allowance race in his next six starts. In 1963 his most important win of the year came in the Excelsior Handicap

Excelsior Handicap

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 at New York's Aqueduct Racetrack

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. In 1964, Greek Money won the Pennycomequick Purse at Delaware Park Racetrack.

As a sire, Greek Money met with limited success.