Top Ten Preakness Moments
 

pretty good list... the "Move" is absolutely amazing.

http://www.drf.com/news/top-10-preakness-stakes-moments

For me personally, Curlin over Street Sense is Top 3. What a performance after getting passed & an awesome call by Dave Rodman.

The Move::eek::tro::{>:

Street Sense hung like a cheap suit, just as he did in half his starts at 2 and every start beyond 9f at 3.

the Move and the Stumble. :tro:

I didn't know the Derby and Travers were both 9F.

1,2 in my book.

Leave it to Jay Hovdey to gush about the 1997 Preakness and completely ignore the performance of Touch Gold who traded a chunk of dirt in the face for a chunk of his hoof when he went to his knees--jockey cam in tow--at the start. Recovered to make a threatening bid inside only to run into some traffic while finishing just in behind the blanket finishers.

At least he didn't mention flavor-of-the-week Barry Irwin, who owned 3rd place finisher Captain Bodgit. Not sure if Dale Capuano is one of the dreaded "liars".

The Ky Derby is 10f.

I would say " even for Hovdey that's embarrassing " but we're so far past that concept that this article is just more of the same.

He would have " remembered " the truth if Julie rode Touch Gold.

They're not. Those races are 10f, but you can hang and still win. On paper and at the 1/4 pole, Street Sense was poised to win the Travers by open lengths. He won by a desperate neck, leaning in, and swapping back to his left lead through the stretch. The Derby wasn't so bad, but again, he should have won by more, but came over 2 paths and started leaning on the rail through the stretch (and also swapped backed to his left lead) with Hard Spun--the pacesetter--inching back after him.

Are you comfortable suggesting that a horses winning perfornance should be downgrade because they dont win by more? Oh g-d, its worse then I feared, Call House maybe the diaherra is just some bad sushi but seriously I am worried..

Can't wait for his Belmont Stakes Top Ten.

I wonder if he'll mention the whip count Mrs. Hovdey unleashed on Colonial Affair through the stretch of his open length victory.

I just hope Secretariat can top Julie winning the Belmont. I also hope he remembers to mention Colonial Affair.

If the winning horse loses ground and looks vulnerable late, isn't that a rather obvious conclusion to draw?

I don't get your grammar here. Are you saying you ate diarrhea that tastes like sushi or vice versa?

If it's the former, what's the name of the restaurant?

The Porcelain Bowl?

So is the Travers.

I think you're being overly and unfairly critical. Horse won the Kentucky Derby with an explosive move and beat two great horses in doing it and you're trying to prove your incorrect assessment by devaluing it.

He definitively hung in two races- both over the poly garbage at KEE. Those don't count against him because they were caused by the surface. It's a completely absurd and unfair racing surface.

Remind me who the two " great " horses were in that KY Derby.

He hung in the Breeder's Futurity? I think you might want to watch that race again.

Interesting. Saying that Street Sense didn't look good finishing up in his Derby victory is "incorrect" and "unfairly critical". How does his Preakness effort jive with my assessment?

I guess there's always a chance that Curlin improved 7 lengths in 2 weeks or that Calvin Borel thought the 1/16th pole was the finish line...

1989 checks in at #9?

Ridiculous.

Absolutely has to be in the top 3 for the list to have any merit whatsoever.

Nice to see a color screening of the '62 Preakness. :tro:

Pat Day riding Forty Niner to ensure Winning Colors didn't win the Preakness was a top Preakness moment.

Yep. Tabasco Cat's "redemption" in the Preakness following the Jeff Lukas accident was a decent story, too.

If you want to call Hard Spun and Curlin very good, and not great, that's fine. I hate calling Curlin "great" anyways. Can't find a replay of the '06 Breeders... but would like to see it again.

Hmmm... did you say that between the Derby and Preakness? Otherwise it's easy to look at it in hindsight. And anybody could see Street Sense was 4-5 lengths better at CD than anywhere else. That is unquestionable. Then Curlin only would have had to improved by 2-3 lengths. Not exactly impossible, especially considering his trip in the Preakness was much smoother.

I'd love to hear your thoughts on THIS year's Preakness, to be honest.

The Move has always been my personal favorite, my jaw dropped when Secretariat zoomed to the front, I remember thinking, "what is the jock doing?" but it quickly became apparent that he was just along for the ride...too bad the timer malfunctioned denying Secretariat of another record.

Certainly I noted his less than stellar finish after that electrifying move in the Derby. But the debate isn't who I bet in the 2007 Preakness. It's about Street Sense's penchant for wilting in every start beyond 9f. That includes the Derby, Preakness, Travers, and BC Classic. So, yes, I am looking at it retrospectively.

What about Street Sense's trip at Pimlico? Ran past Curlin like he was standing still, opens up on the field, yet gets beat. It didn't look to me like Curlin had found another gear so much as Street Sense let up on the gas pedal.

I've made some comments in the appropriate threads. Waiting for the entries before putting my head in the noose.

I went to the Preakness every year from '05-'09. Good to see the only non-memorable version of those five races was Big Brown's triumph.

Gary Capuano

Thanks. I knew I should have verified that.

Liar.

If it was any horse but Secretariat, the "Move" becomes the "Horrible Ride". Ask Stuey Elliot.

For my money, the Afleet Alex stumble was something I'll never forget.

Never will forget the Afleet Alex call by Dave Rodman (HOW MUCH THE BEST IS HE!!!!), nor the Barbaro Preakness. Pretty amazing that there wasn't further calamity at the Preakness considering what could have happened in 2005.

I know. I actually was pretty confident that Dale Capuano was the trainer.

I should double check Revidere. "Gary" Capuano sounds made up.

Great job of race riding by Cordero on Codex.

It indeed was Gary, not Dale, that trained Captain Bodgit.

afleet alex was my first year....looking forward to saturday!

we are on the rail around a21 (i think)

1989 Sunday Silence vs. Easy Goer should be higher than 9th.

Unfortunately the ABC broadcast that has been on youtube for years has been taken down by the copyright gestapo.

And I can't find it hosted anywhere else via google. Great job guys. :rolleyes:

Did he do a Kentucky Derby top 10? Someone here mentioned they couldn't wait for his belmont stakes top 10... Checked the site and was unable to find it... would love to see his top ten if he made one... Thanks in advance.

He isn't really trying to do anything special, just giving himself an excuse to drag up another Zenyatta column later in the year when he awards her 1,2,3 in his BC top 10 moments.

Today marks the 5 yr annvy of Barbaro's ill-fated injury. I did a facebook shot out to him along with posting videos of his KDerby and his Fla Derby (stretch call STILL tingles my spine everytime).

The majority of non-racing fans dont understand, nor will they ever!

Proud to say I was there for his Laurel Futurity and the Derby. I don't know what he might have become later in life, but those two races in particular were as impressive as they get.