Bet Twice now there is a blast from the past. He was one of my all time favorite horses. I was at Monmouth Park for his Haskell victory over Lost Code and Alysheba. I also followed him to Saratoga for his or should I say Java Gold's Traver's and to Atlantic City for the 1988 UN won by Manila and the Meadowlands for the Meadowlands Cup.
I remember thinking that Warren A. "Jimmy" Croll was messing with him too much, running him on the turf, putting blinkers on him. It was such a shame to see him end his career in the BC Mile on turf.
I think the crop of 1984 was one of the best, even though at the time people thought it was a "weak" crop. Looking back now at all of the great horses to come out of it:
Alysheba
Bet Twice
Java Gold
Gulch
Personal Ensign
Gone West
Cryptoclearance
Lost Code
Tejano
and I'm sure that I'm fogetting some.
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