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SHAM
Great Was Second Best
by Phil Dandrea
Gallery
 Sham (left) and Angle Light (right) battle down the stretch of the Wood Memorial. Secretariat (background, left) gives chase. Photo: Bob Coglianese |  Kentucky Derby, Secretariat, Sham, then the others. Photo: Frank Anderson, Lexington Herald-Leader |  L to R: Jack Sommer, Sigmund Sommer, Laffit Pincay, and Pancho Martin await the Preakness Stakes. Photo: © Cappy Jackson Photos, Inc. |  They're off at the Preakness Stakes, Sham (No.1) with Deadly Dream to his right, and Secretariat. Photo: © Cappy Jackson Photos, Inc. |  Sham (No. 1A) and Secretariat (No. 2) in the post parade before the Belmont Stakes. Photo: © Cappy Jackson Photos, Inc. |
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 Early going in the Belmont Stakes (Secreariat, No.2; Pvt. Smiles, No.3; My Gallant, No.4; Twice a Prince, No.5; Sham, No.1A). Photo: © Cappy Jackson Photos, Inc. |  Sham in the Preakness Stakes post parade. Photo: © Cappy Jackson Photos, Inc. |  Heliodoro Gustines on 1968 Belmont Stakes winner Stage Door Johnny. Photo: Bob Coglianese |  Jockey Jorge Velasquez Photo: Bill Mochon Archival Photo |  Knightly Dawn (No.1A) with Ancient Title (on the rail). Groshawk (striped hood) and Linda's Chief (No.5) follow in the Santa Anita Derby. Photo: Bill Mochon Archival Photo |
 Genevieve Woolf-Cayer presents the George Woolf Memorial Jockey Award to Laffit Pincay. Pincay gets congratulatory kiss from wife, Linda. Photo: Bill Mochon Archival Photo |  Groom Secundino Gato and Sham in the Santa Anita walking circle. Photo: Bill Mochon Archival Photo |  Sham in the Santa Catalina Stakes. Photo: George Andrus, Bill Mochon Archival Photo |  Cup awarded to the winner of the Santa Anita Derby. Photo: Bill Mochon Archival Photo |  Jockey Laffit Pincay with singer Nancy Wilson. Photo: Bill Mochon Archival Photo |
 Jockey Laffit Pincay with actress Linda Crystal. Photo: Bill Mochon Archival Photo |  Jockey Laffit Pincay with actress (and horse owner) Greer Garson. Photo: Bill Mochon Archival Photo |  Sham (No.1) and Linda's Chief (No.5) in the Santa Anita Derby. Photo: George Andrus, Bill Mochon Archival Photo |  Santa Anita Park Photo: Bill Mochon archival photo |  Sham on the Santa Anita oval for the Fleet Nasrullah Purse. Photo: George Andrus, Bill Mochon Archival Photo |
 Sham after the Santa Anita Derby, Laffit Pincay up. Photo: Bill Mochon Archival Photo |  Secretariat on the rail leads in the Preakness Stakes. Sham in pursuit with Our Native third, and Ecole Etage fourth. Photo: © Cappy Jackson Photos, Inc. |  Sham in the stretch before the Kentucky Derby on his way to the paddock. Photo: Jim Melia |  Sham in the Santa Anita Park winner's circle, February 2, 1973. Photo: George Andrus, Bill Mochon Archival Photo |  Faugh-a-Ballaugh, one of many accomplished thoroughbreds in Sham's pedigree. |
 Claiborne Farm, Sham's birthplace. |  Walmac Farm, Sham's home in retirement. |
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