Alydar's 10-length win against older in the Whitney

[Calzone Lord]

Originally Posted by parsixfarms

Amazing race. Are you sure that race was under handicap conditions? I thought he had to give a lot of weight (14 pounds) under the race's allowance conditions.

You are correct --- I had assumed handicap conditions because of the spread ... talk about harsh alw conditons.

From the '78 ARM:

But only three days elapsed before the ball was back in Affirmed's court. As a prep for the Travers, Barrera chose the Jim Dandy Stakes, a nine-furlong test under allowance conditions. These called for Affirmed to carry 128lbs and concede considerable weight to his four opponents.

'78 wasn't exactly a great year for my father - in his brilliant training career. According to the ARM he was just 12-for-103 that year.

Of course - about half the old people who go to PID think he is my ghost writer or something.