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IMMORTALITY LOOKS LIKE A LEGEND IN FILLY PACE
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The Record (Bergen County, NJ)
10-24-1992
IMMORTALITY LOOKS LIKE A LEGEND IN FILLY PACE
By MIKE FARRELL, Racing Correspondent
Date: 10-24-1992, Saturday
Section: SPORTS
Edition: All Editions -- Two Star B, Two Star P, One Star
Notes: Early version.
POMPANO BEACH, Fla. -- Although only 2, Immortality has been called the greatest filly
pacer of all time.
Before predictions of greatness come true, they have to be backed
u...
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