11.   By then, in years past, the best older horses had usually moved on to Pimlico in Baltimore, Belmont in New York, or California.

12.   Cigar is one of the few older horses that was kept in training after a big victory.

13.   Cat Thief tried his hand against older horses in the Met Mile at Belmont in May, but wound up sixth.

14.   Charismatic, who took the Derby, was a reformed claimer, and he met some older horses at that level, but never in a handicap race.

15.   Could he become Horse of the Year if no older horse emerges from the Classic, which has already lost Gentlemen, Siphon and Formal Gold?

16.   Even older horses seldom run that far, and to do it after two other hard contests over a five-week period is really an invitation to disaster.

17.   Frankel, a Hall of Famer for his success with older horses, has run only two horses in Kentucky Derbies.

18.   He had won the Californian and Oaklawn Handicap in his last two starts to become the leading older horse in the country.

19.   He left Churchill Downs in Louisville, Ky., Sunday and flew to Los Angeles to run against his two chief rivals for honors among older horses.

20.   However, Point Given never got the chance to face an older horse.