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Originally Posted by The Indomitable DrugS
Opening Verse wasn't much of a dirt horse from what little I remember.
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Opening Verse won the Grade 1 Oaklawn as well as the prep (the Razorback, then a Grade 2). He was also 3rd in the great '90 Hollywood Gold Cup.
Jovial went terribly off-form for a couple of years prior to his brief rejuvenation. In the Cinema, he defeated Mehmetori who came back to defeat In Excess next out in the Oceanside. More importantly, in 3rd was Itsallgreektome, who went on a tear the last half of the season, finishing a close 2nd twice to future turf champion Tight Spot (was briefly put up on a reversed DQ in the DM Derby), just getting nipped late by Royal Academy in the BC Mile, before taking the Hollywood Derby and Hollywood Turf Cup late in the year to be named Eclipse champion turf horse.