Sentence examples for commendable finished from inspiring English sources

Commendable finished 17th -- a binoculars-challenged 26 lengths behind the Derby-winning Fusaichi Pegasus, but only a few lengths behind High Yield.

It is likely that Commendable, who finished 17th in the Derby and Hugh Hefner, the sixth-place finisher in the Preakness, will move from the possible to the probable list, along with perhaps the Peter Pan runner-up Unshaded and any other horse whose connections believe their horse can go a mile and a half for a rich purse in a significant race.

He competed in 19 races and finished a commendable 12th overall with 49 points, driving a decent but unreliable Toro Rosso which frequently let him down.

The 21-year-old bounced back from his second-round 80 with commendable courage to finish 69-68 tietie for fourth.

They had just taken the lead for the first time, when Dominic Waldouck showed commendable skills to finish off a quickly-tapped penalty.

Before that, he had finished a highly commendable tied-seventh in only his second Masters.

In the Haskell, Dixie Union carried 117 pounds, 5 fewer than top-weighted Commendable, the Belmont winner, who finished second to last, and five more than the long shot Mercaldo, who was seventh in the field of nine.

Chris Jordan enhanced his reputation with a fine delivery that nipped back off the seam to clip Dilshan's middle stump in the 38th over but Gurney, who finished with a commendable 3-59, spilled Ashan Priyanjan in the outfield on five and he went on to hit two sixes in his rapid 43.

Lukas also finished 12th with Exchange Rate and 17th with Commendable.

A recuperating Fusaichi Pegasus and a resting Red Bullet were nowhere in sight yesterday as Commendable became the first horse ever to run the Derby (he finished 17th), skip a prep race and then win the Belmont.

D. Wayne Lukas, who trained the Derby winner three times in the last six years, tried to outrun Fusaichi Pegasus with three horses, but they finished up the track: Exchange Rate (12th), High Yield (15th), Commendable (17th).