Easy with handing out the "greats" there...possibly consider the word "good" or "my favorite" in place of "great". Heckofaralph was certainly not great when comparing him to other sprinters.

... At least when comparing him to Caro's Royalty....

Loved Strike the Golds derby win

Sept 17, 1994 - 4th at Calder

for me it would be watching smarty jones approaching the wire i nthe Belmont, looking for all the world to be a new triple crown champion, and seeing Birdstone pass him for glory and the whole crowd deflating. i'll never forget that.

I cried for days.

you're kidding....right? i mean, for days? you cried?! hey, i thought smarty was good, the best that year--but come on.

8th at Arlington next Wednesday!

!!!!

getting excited, can't wait to see her run again. just wish it could be in person!

hope those who are able to go enjoy it, and get THE PIC we all want.

Just one...jeez.

1995 Derby Thunder Gulch takes command at the top of the stretch.. just knew it, somehow I just knew it.

Great, now it's not my favorite race of all time anymore.



Thanks for that, my storm kitty. :(

Safely Kept in the 1989 B.C. Sprint and Hal's Hope beating High Yield in the 2000 Florida Derby.

And you always thought they were animated ink blots.

Been watching live and television horse races since birth.

Since we're voting, I'll pile on the 1973 Belmont.

I'll add the 1977 Belmont, because I was the 2nd person to walk in the general admission that morning, and had the best general admission seat to be had to see Seattle Slew win the Triple Crown.

In the category of what may be obscure now...but wasn't 20 years ago.......the 1979 Florida Derby. Spectacular Bid willing himself to a win, despite his jockey almost falling off twice and getting him stopped at least three times. I was there at the track as the storm clouds were building and the sky darkened as it only does in South Florida in the late afternoon.

The 1990 Kentucky Derby. I can watch that replay with Carl Nafzger giving Ms Ginter the stretch call over and over and over. And do.

The 1986 Kentucky Derby. Where Ferdinand's name is never uttered during the race....until he takes the lead in the stretch.

Any of the races I watched Lost in the Fog run.

And the 1965 (or '66?) Ascot Gold Cup (at the long ago closed Ohio Ascot Park) won by Loyal Son, a great grandson of Man O' War. I was on the fence at the finish line for that one. Holding my $5 to win and $5 to place ticket. Age 8 or 9. The win ticket was black, as I recall. The place ticket was red. Purchased necessarily at two separate betting windows. Those were the days! I never had my Mom or Dad go to the "combine" window for me. I thought that was a stupid wager...

Tiznow over Giant's Causeway

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QdIKDulp-YE

Two years in a row he is in the sights of an oncoming Euro on the OUTSIDE and Tiznow fights to the death and holds form on the inside.

Gallant.

Any John Henry race....

I visited him at the KHP and had a photo taken with him..he bit me.

He's a cranky old fella, isn't he? I saw him there in the 90's and he was full of himself. :D

And didnt you feel special after he bit you? Like you had a badge of honor that John Henry bit you? I told everyone I knew, and the non-racing friends would say "OMG, werent you mad?"...and I looked dumbfounded at them and said "Man, it was JOHN HENRY,he can do what the hell ever he wants to me". :D Kinda like if your a boxing fan and Tyson knocks you down, you cant wait to tell people.

No need to apologize to us. We can always fall back on that HOY award and the fact that Sunday beat your boy three out of the four times they faced. :D Sunday Silence was a lot more more than just a "very nice horse."
He had all the talent of your boy.......but he also had the heart which Easy Goer never did.
I'm not one of those people that talks about "heart" or a horse's "will-to-win" very often, but Sunday is the exception. He had it all.
Then to top it all off.......he kicked Easy Goer's ass in the breeding shed too.
Sunday Silence was and remains, in my opinion, the best 3yo colt since 1979.

My favorite race that I saw in person was the 1987 Haskell Invitational when Bet Twice beat Alysheba and Lost Code. It was the race that put the Haskell on the map.

Favorite race I saw on TV was the 1988 Breeders Cup Distaff
watching Personal Ensign retire undefeated after she looked beat at the 1/16th pole. I still can't believe that she got there first.