Great old time 2-year-olds

[The Indomitable DrugS]

A column about the greatest 2yo's of all-time from after the days of Hindoo, Colin, Sysonby, and Man O' War's career suggests that Tremont was probably still widely considered the best 2yo ever.



Tremont was 13-for-13 as a 2yo - winning 13 stakes races - before breaking down. He never raced again and retired undefeated. Hall of Famer's Hanover and Kingston were both from his same crop.


The other interesting thing to me was the writer did not even rate Regret as one of his six best 2yo fillies.

[Cannon Shell]

Maybe that was the Joe Drape of the turn of the century?

[freddymo]

Originally Posted by Cannon Shell

Maybe that was the Joe Drape of the turn of the century?

you dont even know the person and who have the nerve to call them Joe Drape, that is like the meaniest thing you can call a writer.

[Cannon Shell]

Originally Posted by freddymo

you dont even know the person and who have the nerve to call them Joe Drape, that is like the meaniest thing you can call a writer.

I wouldnt have done it had either of them been alive

[The Indomitable DrugS]

Originally Posted by Cannon Shell

Maybe that was the Joe Drape of the turn of the century?

Would Joe Drape ever say something like this ....?

[Cannon Shell]

Originally Posted by The Indomitable DrugS

Would Joe Drape ever say something like this ....?

Joe Drape would have been knocking something or someone on his next crusade

[The Indomitable DrugS]

He did a Youtube video on his business's website.

http://custommadedrapes.ca/

[The Indomitable DrugS]

Interesting start to a typical brutally long-winded Vosburgh column about the dubious state of the handicap division going into the 1920 racing season:



If the print is too small - basically, everyone and their mother age four and up was either sore, broke down, going abroad, or retiring to stud.... except for three horses in the same stable.

As it turned out - Sir Barton wasn't as sore as feared and came back to make five starts between April 19th and May 4th alone.

Exterminator basically appeared to emerge from a very troubled division - and never got a crack at Man O' War - but the rest of MOW's badly maligned newly turned 3yo crop was his to feast on after MOW's retirement.