Great race video

[The Indomitable DrugS]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S2wmXP3PiWE

The 1990 Met Mile....Easy Goer's second to last race.

The field included four champions...

* Easy Goer (1988 Champion 2-year-old. Hall of Famer)

* Criminal Type (1990 Horse of the year)

* Black Tie Affair (1991 Horse of the year)

* Housebuster (1990 champion sprinter)

Also in the race was multiple Grade 1 winner Sewickley.....in the last 65 years, only two horses have won multiple runnings of the Gr 1 Vosburgh, they are Dr. Fager and Sewickley.

Black Tie Affair was getting 10lbs from Easy Goer and was sent off at 132/1 odds!

Easy Goer looked flat in that race from a visual standpoint - however, he actually ran a zero on the Ragozin sheet. (a gigantic figure!) Though, carrying 127 pounds and racing wide on the turn obviously had a lot to do with that.

2nd place finisher was the 3yo Housebuster, he got 14lbs from Easy Goer in this race.

He entered the '90 Met Mile on an 8 race win streak, with 7 consecutive stake wins by a combined 32 lengths. After his 2nd place finish in this race, he racked up three more Graded Stakes wins in a row, including a 13 length win in the Grade 1 Jerome Handicap, under 126lbs, handing 2nd place finisher Citidancer (who carried 12lbs less) the only loss of his brief but promising career.

[letswastemoney]

The track announcer put me to sleep until the final seconds when he started to put some enthusiasm in his call.

[Indian Charlie]

i know you've seen this one sal, but most people here probably have never seen this all time great filly, let alone heard of her.

here is most of akinemod's first attempt at going 2 turns. she wins by 18 in what to this day i believe is the 2nd or 3rd highest bsf ever run by a filly or mare in a dirt route race.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QXknPEC9GCU

enjoy!

[slotdirt]

Housebuster was definitely an underrated horse. I think he passed away in West Virginia somewhere in the last couple of years.

[Sightseek]

Originally Posted by The Indomitable DrugS

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S2wmXP3PiWE

The 1990 Met Mile....Easy Goer's second to last race.

The field included four champions...

* Easy Goer (1988 Champion 2-year-old. Hall of Famer)

* Criminal Type (1990 Horse of the year)

* Black Tie Affair (1991 Horse of the year)

* Housebuster (1990 champion sprinter)

Also in the race was multiple Grade 1 winner Sewickley.....in the last 65 years, only two horses have won multiple runnings of the Gr 1 Vosburgh, they are Dr. Fager and Sewickley.

Black Tie Affair was getting 10lbs from Easy Goer and was sent off at 132/1 odds!

Easy Goer looked flat in that race from a visual standpoint - however, he actually ran a zero on the Ragozin sheet. (a gigantic figure!) Though, carrying 127 pounds and racing wide on the turn obviously had a lot to do with that.

2nd place finisher was the 3yo Housebuster, he got 14lbs from Easy Goer in this race.

He entered the '90 Met Mile on an 8 race win streak, with 7 consecutive stake wins by a combined 32 lengths. After his 2nd place finish in this race, he racked up three more Graded Stakes wins in a row, including a 13 length win in the Grade 1 Jerome Handicap, under 126lbs, handing 2nd place finisher Citidancer (who carried 12lbs less) the only loss of his brief but promising career.

While this was truly a spectacular race, what the heck were you doing thinking about Easy Goer at 3 am in the morning?

One of my favorite quotes from the Blood-Horse in regards to the battles of Affirmed and Alydar was: "There was a winner and a loser, but the brilliance of each made a hero of the other". I think that applies to Sunday Silence and Easy Goer as well.

[slotdirt]

BTA's gotta be one of my top two or three all-time favs as well. Any horse that runs 45 times through his 5YO season and wins consistently is a great in my book. His 5YO season was pretty amazing when you look at the races he won at many different distances.

[The Indomitable DrugS]

Originally Posted by Sightseek

While this was truly a spectacular race, what the heck were you doing thinking about Easy Goer at 3 am in the morning?

There never is a bad time to remember the greatness that was Easy Goer.....

[Sightseek]

Originally Posted by The Indomitable DrugS

There never is a bad time to remember the greatness that was Easy Goer.....

I thought you would have been a Sunday Silence sorta guy...

[The Indomitable DrugS]

You read me wrong...

Though, Sunday Silence was certainly an all-time great horse. He also had all the little intangibles that the more talented Easy Goer didn't. Which really is what allowed him to score three upset victories in the four head-to-head meetings.

[Sightseek]

Originally Posted by The Indomitable DrugS

You read me wrong...

Though, Sunday Silence was certainly an all-time great horse. He also had all the little intangibles that the more talented Easy Goer didn't. Which really is what allowed him to score three upset victories in the four head-to-head meetings.

Speed? Good trips?

[Sightseek]

Originally Posted by Cardus

Did Steve Haskin write that?

I'm not sure who did, but it does sound like a Haskinism. I believe I first came across the quote in "Wild Ride".

[Dunbar]

Originally Posted by The Indomitable DrugS

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S2wmXP3PiWE

The 1990 Met Mile....Easy Goer's second to last race.

The field included four champions...

* Easy Goer (1988 Champion 2-year-old. Hall of Famer)

* Criminal Type (1990 Horse of the year)

* Black Tie Affair (1991 Horse of the year)

* Housebuster (1990 champion sprinter)

Also in the race was multiple Grade 1 winner Sewickley.....in the last 65 years, only two horses have won multiple runnings of the Gr 1 Vosburgh, they are Dr. Fager and Sewickley.

Black Tie Affair was getting 10lbs from Easy Goer and was sent off at 132/1 odds!

Easy Goer looked flat in that race from a visual standpoint - however, he actually ran a zero on the Ragozin sheet. (a gigantic figure!) Though, carrying 127 pounds and racing wide on the turn obviously had a lot to do with that.

2nd place finisher was the 3yo Housebuster, he got 14lbs from Easy Goer in this race.

He entered the '90 Met Mile on an 8 race win streak, with 7 consecutive stake wins by a combined 32 lengths. After his 2nd place finish in this race, he racked up three more Graded Stakes wins in a row, including a 13 length win in the Grade 1 Jerome Handicap, under 126lbs, handing 2nd place finisher Citidancer (who carried 12lbs less) the only loss of his brief but promising career.

Was this before or after Criminal Type pulled the upset against Sunday Silence?

One of the great disappointments of my racing fan-dom was the failure of the scheduled showdown at Arlington between Easy Goer, Sunday Silence and Criminal Type to materialize.

--Dunbar

[The Indomitable DrugS]

Originally Posted by Dunbar

Was this before or after Criminal Type pulled the upset against Sunday Silence?

Before.

In his next start, Criminal Type got 5lbs from Sunday Silence and won a thrilling stretch battle by a head going 10 furlongs.

Criminal Type followed that up with a 1 1/2 length win in the Whitney over the previously mentioed Dancing Spree, who was 2nd.

A match-up between Easy Goer, Sunday Silence, and Criminal Type at level weights would have been awesome.

[Sightseek]

Originally Posted by The Indomitable DrugS

Before.

In his next start, Criminal Type got 5lbs from Sunday Silence and won a thrilling stretch battle by a head going 10 furlongs.

Criminal Type followed that up with a 1 1/2 length win in the Whitney over the previously mentioed Dancing Spree, who was 2nd.

A match-up between Easy Goer, Sunday Silence, and Criminal Type at level weights would have been awesome.

Do you have a link of those races?

[The Indomitable DrugS]

Nope.

[Sightseek]

Originally Posted by The Indomitable DrugS

Nope.

Just when I was about to declare your awesomeness I am forced to give you negative pies.