The 4-year-old colt also had to survive a foul claim in the Tom Fool.

Tom Fool was a murderer who is reputed to have decapitated a carpenter.

Tom Fool retired with a record of 30 starts for 21 wins, 7 seconds and 1 third for earnings of $570,165.

Tom Fool was syndicated for $1,750,000, as a stallion and initially stood for a $5,000 service fee.

Tom Fool retired from stud duties in 1972 and died on 20 August 1976.

However, despite the high quality of his work, he was not popular as a teacher, and the students called him "Tom Fool."

The Tom Fool, at seven furlongs, offers an added purse of $100,000.

In the Tom Fool, meanwhile, the trick was to catch Cherokee Run.

Tom Fool won 21 of his 30 races, all with Atkinson aboard.

The bettors had finally decided he was "just a winter horse," and dismissed him at 5-to-1 for the Tom Fool.