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Originally Posted by kentuckyrosesinmay
Flower Alley was never the horse Afleet Alex was, and he will never be. Afleet Alex was going to be one of the best had he not been injured. We should be very thankful that we got to see flashes of his greatness on the track. This horse had the most impressive/insane late kick that I have ever seen in horse racing. His move in the Preakness before the incident with Scrappy T, and in the Belmont Stakes were legendary. I cannot remember a horse, and I don't think we will see one in a long time, that had that much of an intense late kick. It was as if he was shot out of a cannon. He could fly. I miss my Alex.
Afleet Alex-BCC champ 2005 by open lengths had he not been injured
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What can I say, thats my girl....You couldn't have said it better..Afleet Alex had one of the best 1/2 - 3/8 of a mile kicks that I've ever seen...insane turn of foot from the far turn to the wire...His problems were chronic lung infections...he won the Belmont and Arky Derby with small lung infections and lost the Mountain Valley with a severe lung infection and lost the Derby with a significant lung infection...