For three months, he could not seem to lose a major race.
How could he win two major races in one week?
"I believe we have four or five women out there who can win any major race."
Magic never went on to win any other major race.
Since the shooting, he has not won a major race.
The last major race occurred at the track in 1981.
It was the first major race to run on a closed course instead of from one city to another.
But if you could have a day and a major race in which everyone won, yesterday was it.
"She's supposed to run her first major race in a couple of days."
And he was running his fifth major race in two months.