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: