Rahy

Correct. Sire of a dozen millionaires...and that doesn't include Mariah's Storm who ran a 120 Beyer in an easy victory over fellow Rahy filly Serena's Song.

Got Jade Hunter and a horse named Entitled right near the wire..

87 Widener: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9dAVmEku2zc

Good mid 80's horse...



Name him.

proud truth

That's awesome, thanks.

Two great things....Durkin and Creme Fraiche coming up a dead rail.

Did you know Creme Fraiche won his debut in a maiden claimer?

Who beat him in the Wood?

I think Jewel Princess debuted for mc 12,500 at calder.

Lakeville Miss, Champion and dam of Mogambo, broke her maiden for a tag as well.

Eternal Prince?

I loved that horse.

Yes. Mig rode him.

I loved Proud Truth. It's amazing he came back from his injury to win that BC Classic.

Yeah, Proud Truth was one of those generally forgotten and underappreciated horses most people don't know much about.

That crop he was in was sick.

Wasn't much after his first 9 races ... with only a maiden win under bug rider Willie Martinez to show... but this horse eventually won and placed in a few big races.



Name him.

Got to be Lukas. Who else would run a maiden in the Champagne.

Another friend of yours.

Nick?

Thirty Six Red?

Entire career form:

Correct.

His Gotham was a big race. Hell, his BC Classic was big.

Last one ...

This horse was 2nd in the BC Sprint one year and 2nd in the Classic the next.



Name him.

Seriously? You're ending this with a tomato can?

Pleasant Tap.

Speaking of Pleasant Tap, any luck on getting that video from NYRA posted?

I'll get it eventually.

Sorry.

No worries. Just curious.

That was a huge race.. the only one of the Kentucky Cup races that Lukas lost that year..

Mariah's Storm -vs- Serena's Song: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6t9DhpYuh8w

I wasn't aware of that.. but going through some stuff from the 80s, Woody Stephens seemed to have a lot of very nice horses. Makes me regret not getting in to racing sooner..

From a previous trivia ... here were the final 3 career starts of Halo America (the grey filly getting drowned in that clip)



Halo America won 15 of 40 career starts and made over $1.4 million -- and she, by chance, was sired by Waquoit.

He did have a lot of very nice horses.

He was an assshole.

By chance?

You mean like Waquoit saw her in a field and picked her out for mating?

Speaking of Mariah's Storm and Serena's Song, an even better matchup of Rahy fillies was Serena's Song and Exotic Wood in a desperate stretch battle at Santa Anita.

She really deserved that win in the Apple Blossom.. she had run so well in the two prior runnings behind Heavenly Prize and Twice The Vice..

The aforementioned 15 length win by Waquoit in the 88 Jockey Club Gold Cup: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PmCavcaCYqg

Good to know Batagglia sucked in 1995, too.

1987 Masscap
 

Nice easy win for Waqouit, but here is one in which he had to work a little harder. With a great call by Big Jim Hannon.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-abcCS5F9mM

Holy crap that was a great race!

Having grown up in Socal, races like the Mass Cap were rarely seen. That had to be one of the best runnings in the history of that race (both in field quality and excitement), I am guessing.

Lost Code was pretty awesome the following year ...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kIvYK7iurbc

He was a machine that season and ran huge figure after huge figure ... his only defeat was when he was too worried about Alysheba and let Bet Twice get a dream rail run and then herd him out a bit through the stretch in the '88 Pimlico Special.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CUEVRw31AHQ

Try this one..

This horse would go on to win only one Grade I in his life.. but it was a big one..

Yes, that was him.

Alphabet Soup?

Yup, that's him.. very good.