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Originally Posted by declansharbor
My first post since the race, and I'm still in awe. Turning for home, I had no doubt in my mind that SS was roping all of them. Once he blew by Curlin, I thought the race was in the bag. BOY, was I wrong. Curlin has made me into a believer. His effort was Spooky Mulder-like, although he wasnt on the front end like SM was in his race. Most horses would have thrown in the towel, not continue to track, then pounce. A bevy of things can be said about Borail's ride to the wire or Pino's premature ga ga goosh, but one thing is for certain, the top three horses in both races have proven they are as good as advertised. As timorous as I was to not hit the trifecta (only played it straight, but big), that all took a backseat to the fact that I knew I was watching something special. Hopefully, a great rivalry will come from these past two weeks.(something horse racing lacks IMO).
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Agreed on the last part...the sport lacks a passioned rivalry. Not sure we will see it here, but seeing these two butt heads across the country a few times this summer and fall would do a wealth of good for the sport...probably more than a Triple Crown champion would have done.
Something where Curlin runs in the Haskell and Street Sense in the Jim Dandy and then they meet at the Travers and then they warm up for the Breeders Cup Classic by running in the JCGC, et al before meeting again in the BCC.
The anticipation that would stand by then just between those two would be great, not to mention others who would run, like Invasor, etc.