Count Turf Turf did not run in Preakness Stakes but then finished seventh in the Belmont Stakes, twenty lengths back of winner Counterpoint. In October 1951, Count Turf was sent to race in California under the care of trainer Bill Finnegan. At stud, Count Turf stood at Almahurst Farm in Nicholasville, Kentucky, then at Elmhurst Farm near Lexington, and finally at Windy Hills Farm in Westminster, Maryland. As a sire, his accomplishments were modest, producing only two stakes race winners. One of those was Manassa Mauler, so-named by Jack Amiel for the widely known pugilistic nickname of his friend Jack Dempsey. Count
Manassa, Colorado about 8,500, is the home of Adams State University and is also the main trading center for the San Luis Valley. Manassa students attend public schools in the North Conejos RE-1J School District. There is an elementary school in Manassa, but older students attend the district's middle school (Centauri Middle School) and high school (Centauri High School) about north and west of Manassa, just south of the town of La Jara. The high school teams are the Falcons, and the school colors are red and white. There are two churches in Manassa: St. Theresa of the Baby Jesus Roman Catholic