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Originally Posted by The Indomitable DrugS
There were a lot of total creampuffs around when Cigar was on his epic winning streak.
In terms of longevity I would certainly favor Skip Away over him. In terms of ability I would also favor Skip Away.
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I think the big change for Skip Away was he finally got a decent jock on him when Bailey got aboard later in his career, he was ridden more forwardly after Sellers and Santos were jettisoned and it certainly elevated his stature. He was definitely a better horse towards the latter part of his career than earlier when he was soundly beaten by Formal Gold on more than one occasion. The competition argument regarding Cigar is a valid and who knows how it would have panned out had Holy Bull not have been hurt (where we only have half a race to gauge that), I don't hold that against him but I can understand why people would point that out, it's nothing new.