Trivia
 

I'm pretty sure this is the only horse that Todd Pletcher has ever trained who has a top 3 finish in the Breeders Cup Classic.



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kissin kris

I can't believe this horse went off at 2.90 to 1 against Diazo.

He might have been favored in the Travers, and second choice in the Belmont.

Ick.

Ironically, he won the Haskell pretty impressively. Based on the plodding PPs on display here, who would have guessed that?

Yep - though Pletcher only trained him for a single race much later on - I believe he's the only horse Pletcher's ever trained at any point - with a top 3 finish in the BC Classic.

Didn't Flower Alley run second in the Classic a few years ago?

You're right. That one escaped me.

Speaking of stellar horses who've finished 3rd in the BC Classic ....



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Awesome Gem

Correct.

On the same theme ...



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Tiago

Tiago

Correct on Tiago.

Keeping up with the theme - a true champion (according to BTW anyway)



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Dynever

Correct - He became a true refuser. His defeat against a badly soften up Seattle Fitz was a legendary display of hanging.

Here's another 3rd place BC Classic finisher ...



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Dramatic Gold. I think he came back from 3 cannon bone fractures.

Yep - but I think all of the fractures came later on. He started at 2 and went several years without missing much time. He was a pretty good horse who just happened to run a lot more 2nd's than wins.

Yeah but think about how many folks Terry Finley has gotten to join West Point because of what a superstar Seattle Fitz was (or Awesome Gem is for that matter).

One was after that Big Cap at age 4. He almost made it to the Derby, having won the race that became the Sham, and ended up winning the Swaps and running 3rd at 3 in the Pacific Classic.

I think one start after that 4th to Dare And Go in the '96 Pacific Classic, he wired stablemate Alphabet Soup (who later won the BC Classic) in the Del Mar BC. The latter was coming off that awesome victory over Lit De Justice at 7f.

Keeping with the theme.

He was always spectacular going 10fs at Santa Anita ... and always a good underneath horse everywhere else ....



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Milwaukee Brew

I think his entrymate was the more fancied of the two in his first Big Cap.

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Correct.

Lobbing a softball.... he never won another race after a 3rd in the BC Classic.

Euchre? (Sp?)

Tortuga Flats

I was expecting either that or Fly Down from him.

Perfect Drift

Who won that restricted Windy Sands that proved to be his final start?

Another Godolphin masterpiece.

Albertus Maximus

Correct

Future BC Classic 2nd place finisher.



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gio ponti

Correct

The most dreadful BC Classic winner ever. Almost at dreadful as tonights Monday Night Football game, in fact.



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Cat Thief.

With Derek Anderson riding?

Correct.

Snow shoes Anderson is as bad as any NFL QB to start for multiple teams.

Cat Thief was a typical Lukas horse who runs one very good race and than several horrid ones.

I've seen high school teams play more entertaining games than this. Quite often in fact.

Cat Thief triggered the largest superfecta in BC history if I'm not mistaken. A future Arlington Million winner rounded it out.

Chester House?