All of these are newsreels, so the races are not complete, just highlights. I will take what I can get, however.
1950: Middleground:
1951: Count Turf, a son of 1943 winner Count Fleet:
1952: Hill Gail:
1953: Dark Star, in one of the biggest upsets in racing history:
1954: Determine:
Determine sired 1962 winner Decidedly.
1955: Swaps:
Swaps sired 1963 winner Chateaugay.
1956: Needles:
1957: Iron Liege. This is the race where Bill Shoemaker, on Gallant Man, misjudged the finish line and lost the race:
1958: Tim Tam:
1959: Tomy Lee:
Hereis the YouTube channel with these great clips.
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