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Originally Posted by Cajungator26
Oh yeah ... to answer the original post ... my Dad bought me a $2 win ticket on Easy Goer in the Wood when I was 8. He was the horse that started it all for me and that's the first race that I really remember. Easy Goer was a  . |
I loved Easy Goer. As a son of Alydar, he was my Derby fave horse that year.
But by the time of the Belmont, I was solidly a bandwagon Sunday Silence fan.
I have photos that I love (shot with a "pocket camera!") of Easy Goer up close and personal in the paddock and paddock ring that day.
I had little money invested in the race, but I sure wanted to see Sunday Silence catch the Triple Crown while I was in personal attendance.
When it was all over, I was eventually OK with the Easy Goer win.
And happy.
I was on hand in person with finish line seats when Seattle Slew won the Belmont and The Triple Crown in 1977 at Belmont.
Pretty content to have seen one Triple Crown winner. I'm not greedy.
