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Originally Posted by blackthroatedwind
Obviously I agree that Precisionist was probably the best overall winner of the Sprint in history but I think you need to peruse Artax's pps from that year. He was a completely deserving winner of the Sprint and had a fabulous year to back it up.
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Fair enough.. Fact is I never warmed to Artax at any point, and find the main track winners of the '99 GP Cup particularly difficult to assign bona fides.
Plus, once he came east in '99, I remember him being unable to beat a bunch of good sprinters all year.. Intidab in the A Phenomenon I think. Several including Affirmed Success in the Forego.. I think Kelly Kip beat him at Belmont in the spring (or maybe AQU in April? etc.. (I suppose he wins the Maryland BC Sprint H. on Preakness Day if not for the nutbar that took the swing at him..  )
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