Loved 1986 and 1995. Hated 1991 and 1999.
1986 was my first time ever to the track and it was the best BC I've seen. Started off with Capote winning the Juvenile over a very deep field (Gulch, Polish Navy, Bet Twice, Demons Begone, and Alysheba). Next was Brave Raj winning with an awesome burst in the Juv Fillies. Smile then took down the overrated NY hero Groovy. Saw a great ride to get Last Tycoon home in the Mile. Then Lady's Secret made her bid for HOY with a dominating performance in the Distaff. The underrated American 3yo Manila then took down the European Superhorse Dancing Brave in the Turf before Skywalker outran Turkoman and Precisionist as they battled for HOY.
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The real horses of the year (1986-2020)
Manila, Java Gold, Alysheba, Sunday Silence, Go for Wand, In Excess, Paseana, Kotashaan, Holy Bull, Cigar, Alphabet Soup, Formal Gold, Skip Away, Artax, Tiznow, Point Given, Azeri, Candy Ride, Smarty Jones, Ghostzapper, Invasor, Curlin, Zenyatta, Zenyatta, Goldikova, Havre de Grace, Wise Dan, Wise Dan, California Chrome, American Pharoah, Arrogate, Gun Runner, Accelerate, Maximum Security, Gamine
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