The disqualification moved the former turf specialist Kiss a Native to second and the long shot Rize to third.

At best, he appeared to be a nice grass prospect for a trainer who had been stereotyped as a turf specialist.

A turf specialist, the son of U.S. Triple Crown Champion Affirmed set a new track record for 8.5 furlongs at Keeneland Race Course.

A turf specialist, he is a Grade 1 winner and has won the Bunty Lawless Stakes on three occasions.

A turf specialist, he won six Sovereign Awards and was voted American Champion Male Turf Horse for 1997.

Here's Mr. Schulz, a turf specialist, writing about the sweet smell of mown grass: "It's the scent of growth, interrupted by sharp circumstance."

Applying 50 pounds of gypsum per 1,000 square feet will also help leach out salt, said Maria Cinque, a turf specialist at the Cornell University Cooperative Extension.

"That's the beauty of perennial grasses," said James Murphy, a turf specialist at Rutgers University Cooperative Extension.

Paradise Creek entered the 1992 grade one Breeders' Cup Mile as the third longest shot in a field of 14 turf specialists at 31-1.

Frank S. Rossi, a turf specialist at Cornell University and a nationally recognized expert on golf course maintenance, does not share Mr. Tukey's enthusiasm.