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Originally Posted by oracle80
Smarty Jones ran numbers on the sheets that were unbelievable.
And his finest race ever was the Belmont where he got tag teamed by two future grade one winners, and put them away to the point where they stopped to a walk!!! while he continued to fight on and get beat by a perfect trip horse who came back and won the Travers.
He was by far the best three year old since Easy Goer/Sunday Silence, and probably better than those as well.
You take a look at his sheet numbers and you just can't believe how fast he was. I don't know that I will see a three year old like that again in my lifetime.
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To me that was the most crushing defeat in horseracing. I sat on my couch stunned; the most courageous run I've ever seen by a horse but at the same time it was a loss...wobbly legged Smarty tried so hard to pass Birdstone...my friend texted messaged me with "Sorry Babe", but I just couldn't reply.