Tasso (horse) again made seven starts, ending the season with two wins, two seconds, and two third-place finishes. He began his 3-year-old campaign with a three-length win in the Manassa Mauler Stakes at Aqueduct Racetrack. He then finished second in the Gotham and fourth in the Wood Memorial, so his connections decided to bypass the Triple Crown series. Instead he was entered in the Withers Stakes, in which he finished second, and then the Jersey Derby, in which he finished third. After a short break, he returned with a win in the El Cajon Stakes at Del Mar. He finished the year
The Missouri Mauler The Missouri Mauler Larry "Rocky" Hamilton (April 1, 1931 – July 20, 1996), better known by his ring name The Missouri Mauler, was an American professional wrestler who competed in the National Wrestling Alliance as well as Florida Championship Wrestling and Jim Crockett Promotions, becoming a mainstay of the latter promotion throughout the 1960s. One of the earliest professional wrestlers to appear on televised wrestling events, he feuded with many popular wrestlers of the era including Jack Brisco, "Plowboy" Stan Frazier, Steve Keirn, Tim Woods, Tarzan Tyler and Fritz Von Erich during his 31-year career. He is also the older