Top 5 BC performances ever
 

We did a thread like this a couple of years ago, but I wonder what other people think of this question.

I am probably forgetting a few, but I think my list is as follows:

1) Inside Information - '95 Distaff
2) Ghostzapper - '04 Classic
3) Arazi - '91 Juvenile
4) Pleasant Home - '05 Distaff
5) Banks Hill - '01 Filly & Mare Turf

Azeri '02 Distaff

Wasn't Storm Flag Flying's race at Arlington a real good performance, she was beat at the 1/4 pole and fought back gamely. Was an awesome race

I'm not sure of my list but I'm pretty sure Medaglia d'Oro in the 2003 Classic will be on that list. I know it was a loss but it was a winning effort and one of the best I've seen considering the circumstances.

Im pretty sure last years Turf winner was impressive. The winners name escapes me at the moment. Maybe Scavs would remember??

Shamdinan.

Exactly....I don't even want to respond he is so comedy....Any turf races should be tossed from that day, they don't even run on turf like that in Europe.....

Personal Ensign's Distaff
Arazi's Juvie
Johanesburg's Juvie

I remember HalfBridled in 2003. I thought she had an impossible post (14). She was 3-4 wide most of the way, and near the front in a hot paced race.

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Ok. Very hard to make a list like this but here goes:

1. Bayakoa/Go for Wand-90 Distaff
Had to make this the top choice. I still think Go for Wand would have won had she not broken down but we'll never know. Either way, it was going to be a tight finish between two absolutely brilliant horses that hooked up early and provided everything we had anticipated and then some.

2. Great Communicator-88 Turf
Sunshine Forever, Indian Skimmer, and Triptych had all passed GC turning into the lane but as Tom Durkin said "Great Communicator would not be denied". He was game as they come in the lane and beat back some pretty good horses.

3. Medaglia d'Oro-03 Classic
Never got a break in that race. Was down on the inside of Congaree and dueled throughout with some pretty solid fractions. Congaree never gave an inch either but MDO was pulling away from him at the end. By right, both horses had to have been spent in the lane and Pleasantly Perfect benefitted from them wearing each other out and swept by to win but I have always thought that in defeat, MDO put on the best performance and it was that race that tells me whenever people say he can't run 10f, they are dead wrong.

4. Arazi-01 Juvenile
He didn't have much to beat but the way he did it was incredible. The most devastating move I've seen. Only seen it one other time and that was by him in the Derby. Even though he wasn't beating much, he wasn't supposed to do it that easily.

5. Personal Ensign-88 Distaff
With all that was at stake, it had to be the most dramatic. But putting the drama of the perfect career out of the picture, it was a pretty damn good performance. That was a damn good horse in Winning Colors that she had to run down even though that one had it totally her way. Goodbye Halo was no slouch either. It looked like she was beaten at the head of the lane and she didn't appear to be running comfortably but she dug in and got it done. I think that if that had been maybe 98% of the horses in the history of the game behind her, Winning Colors doesn't get caught.

Also considered:
Phone Chatter-03 Juv Fillies
Flanders-04 Juv Fillies
Miesque-88 Mile
Inside Information-05 Distaff
Alphabet Soup-06 Classic
Tiznow-00 Classic
Intercontinental-05 F/M Turf

Lure from the 12 post in '93 at Santa Anita

1) Personal Ensign
2) Curlin ; against the bias last year was really even better than it looked.
3) Arazi
4) War Chant
50 Midnite Lute ; with help of bias and great set-up, but was awesome.

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Inside Information.. she absolutely destroyed Heavenly Prize and Serena's Song...

personal ensign, arazi and tiznows second win would be hard to top.

Tiznows races, and I think it was Powerscourt who put on a good show couple years back. Phone Chatter too.

He didn't make my list, but I'm a little surprised that nobody has mentioned Skip Away in the '97 Classic yet.