Count Fleet

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Noun1.Count Fleet - thoroughbred that won the triple crown in 1943
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Their names are enshrined in racing lore: War Admiral, Count Fleet and Citation, Secretariat, Seattle Slew and Affirmed.
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He went on to ride Count Fleet to victory in the US Triple Crown - the Kentucky Derby, the Belmont Stakes and the Preakness Stakes - in 1943.
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The 69th annual Kentucky Derby was won by Count Fleet, with a time of 2:04.
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* The trainer Ben Jones used to say that Whirlaway, who whirled away the opposition in the 1941 Derby, was nervous as a cat in a room full of rocking chairs." * Count Fleet, the winner of the 1943 classic, had a reputation for pride.
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