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Sweet Kiss: RIP"In February 1923, thirty-five-year-old horse trainer and wanna-be jockey Frank Hayes nagged the owner of a 20–1 long shot named Sweet Kiss to let him ride the beast at Belmont Park racetrack in New York. To everyone's surprise, Sweet Kiss ran the race of its life and won... The horse's owner was stunned, too — especially when he went to congratulate Hayes and found him slumped in the saddle, quite dead. Doctors confirmed that a coronary had done him in."
Hayes, Frank (1888-1923) American jockey
[Sources: Stuff magazine, February 2003]More Frank Hayes anecdotesRelated Anecdote Keywords:
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