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Originally Posted by blackthroatedwind

Let's not turn this into, yet another, dopey Smarty Jones thread. God knows there are enough of them.

Fine.

Casino Drive's gonna win.

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Originally Posted by justindew

Fine.

Casino Drive's gonna win.

He might.

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Originally Posted by blackthroatedwind

I don't recall that article, but I just felt they ran the best race of anyone in the Belmont, but running the best race is clearly not always good enough and it is one of the reasons winning the TC, or three races in a row, is very hard. Look, obviously Point Given, and even Afleet Alex, were the best of those groups, but for whatever reasons they lost one of the three. Hell, Little Current was clearly the best of his group but failed to win the Derby as well. Risen Star too. To me, he is one that really should have won the Triple Crown.

I feel that Point Given was the biggest triple crown blunder of recent memory. He was a SUPER horse.

updated...

2008 Big Brown (9th at .30-1) by Da'Tara (2nd Barbaro Stakes)
2004 Smarty Jones (finished 2nd) by Birdstone (prior race 8th in KY Derby)
2003 Funny Cide (3rd) by Empire MAker (KY Derby 2nd)
2002 War Emblem (8th) by Sarava (won Sir Barton)
1999 Charismatic (3rd) by Lemon Drop Kid (Peter Pan 3rd)
1998 Real Quiet (2nd) by Victory Gallop (Preakness 2nd)
1997 Silver Charm (2nd at 1.05-1) by Touch Gold (4th Preakness)
1989 Sunday Silence (2nd) by Easy Goer (KY Derby 2nd)
1987 Alysheba (4th at .80-1) by Bet Twice (2nd Preakness)
1981-Pleasant Colony (3rd at .80-1) by Summing (won PA Derby)
1979 Spectacular Bid (3rd at .30-1) by Coastal (won Peter Pan)
1971 Caninero II (4th at .70-1) by PAss Catcher (Jersey Derby 2nd)
1969 Majestic Prince (2nd at 1.30-1) by Arts and Letters (Preakness 2nd)
1968 Forward Pass (2nd at 1.0-1) by Stage Door Johnny (won Peter Pan)
1966 Kauai King (4th at .60-1) by Amberoid (Preakness 3rd)
1964 Northern Dancer (3rd at .80-1) by Quadrangle (Preakness 4th)
1961 Carry Back (7th at .45-1) by Sherluck (Preakness 5th)
1958 Tim Tam (2nd at .15-1)by Cavan (won Peter Pan)
1944 Pensive (2nd) by Bounding Home (Peter Pan 2nd)

11 up.
19 down.

8 2nds
5 3rds
3 4ths
1 7th
1 8th
1 9th
(19)
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The Four Legged Chemistry Experiment, better known as Big Brown, makes history as the worst performance of a Derby-Preakness winner ever in the Belmont.

The Pharmacist, better known as Rick Dutrow, somehow manages to salve his wounds with wins by Benny The Bull and Mr. Umphrey.

The Human Whose Body is 95% Hair Gel, better known as Iavarone, has his 15 minutes of fame that somehow lasted 5 weeks come to an end.

Personally, I hope Three Chimneys and the owners do very poorly on BB's stud career. If enough of there early retirees are financial failures (and if Sheikh Mo somehow decides to turn his attention to accumulating art) maybe the things can swing back toward racing vs retiring early.

Had a very nice weekend in NYC. It's a great place. I also give thumbs up to the Triple Crown Diner, a good place to spend some time before the races. Belmont is a great track. It certainly holds the heat well. Thought I was holding a winning ticket with Denis of Cork when they straightened out.

My only regret was not getting a later flight out. Could have made it out to Monmouth yesterday for a few races.

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Originally Posted by Cardus

Yes, I know about the shoe.

I like how Zito has taken that line -- "eighth, not eighteenth" -- and applied it to Anak Nakal.

During the Preakness walkover, one of NBC's reporter (Neumeier?) asked Zito about Anak Nakal, and he mentioned, "seventh, not seventeenth."

I'm not going to claim to have seen it coming, but Birdstone made some sense in retrospect (don't they all). He had horrible luck in catching a sealed track at Turfway and a sloppy one at Churchill when he couldn't run on the mud.