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01-30-2007, 09:13 PM
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Best Race You've Seen In Person
Can be a big event or something else.
Mine would be the Meadowlands Cup that Gander won. As described by the Bigm in 2001 "Racing highlights included a blanket finish in the $500,000 Grade 2 Meadowlands Cup with Gander coming out a head in front of Broken Vow and Include." I loved Gander and the entire stretch he fought off 2 horses--New York style--battling to the wire. Awesome race to see in person. 
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01-30-2007, 09:26 PM
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Victory Gallop/Behrens whitney... ten most wanted travers "cause i bet him heavy"... and number 1 is commentator
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01-30-2007, 09:33 PM
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Excitement wise I would say '03 BC Turf dead heat between Johar and a favorite of mine High Chapparral. Performance wise, although skeptical about this race I would have to say Street Sense in the Juvenile.
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01-30-2007, 09:34 PM
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The Test Stakes with You and Carson Hallow was the most exciting race I've seen in person.
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01-30-2007, 10:04 PM
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i have a few favorites:
Victory Gallop Witney Smarty Jones Preakness Point Given Belmont (may be #1) Bernardini Jim Dandy (got chills - yes i know it was a weak field) Carson Hollow/You Test Artax in the 99 sprint (Beat a great field - Kona Gold, Successful Appeal, Forestry, Vicar, Lexicon, Affirmed Success, Stravinski in 107 4/5)
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01-30-2007, 10:07 PM
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2005 preakness.... afleet alex fallin to his knees....regaining and winning strongly
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01-30-2007, 10:32 PM
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Affirmed Belmont
Affirmed/Alyday Belmont Stakes...
Recently, it was hard to top the Whitney last year with Invasor and Sun King PSH
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"Everybody's honest, when they can afford to be." Benny Binion
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01-30-2007, 10:35 PM
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Many at Saratoga the last eight years, but my personal favorite was
Silverbulletday's Alabama victory in the rain.
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"Change can be good, but constant change shows no direction" http://www.hickoryhillhoff.blogspot.com/
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#11
01-31-2007, 08:43 AM
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Brass Hat winning The Donn last year.
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01-31-2007, 09:56 AM
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Silver Charm's Derby dogfight putting away Freehouse and holding off Captain Bodgit at the wire.
Silverbulletday's Oaks wasn't the most exciting race competitively, but the way she responded on cue when the button was pushed was one of the greatest (though predictable) moves I've seen.
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Do I think Charity can win? Well, I am walking around in yesterday's suit.
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01-31-2007, 10:09 AM
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I'll go with a more recent race - Second of June and Read the Footnotes in the Fountain of Youth - Great stretch battle
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Good jockeys don't need instructions and bad ones don't follow them
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02-01-2007, 06:40 PM
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I remember that one well. "...and You's in sooo tight." "It's a photo finish that doesn't deserve a loser." Another Carson Hollow race--this one against Xtra Heat in the fog at Laurel. It wasn't an especially close race, but it was one of the prettiest races I've ever seen. The fog was so thick that Dave Rodman declared he couldn't call it. We saw Heat and Hollow get lost in the fog into the first turn. It was an otherworldly sight--quiet and ghostly-- seeing Xtra Heat emerge when she rounded into the final stretch, well ahead of Carson Hollow. It was like seeing spectral images of horses. Very magical.
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02-01-2007, 07:01 PM
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01-31-2007, 07:09 AM
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1976 Marlboro Cup. Forego running down Honest Pleasure from 10-12 lengths back carrying 137 in the slop.
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01-31-2007, 07:12 AM
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