Racing Trivia

[The Indomitable DrugS]

Originally Posted by blackthroatedwind

You should be careful about trying to appear sharp about races that took place while you were still in diapers. Holy Bull, and of course the duel cooked him, is one of the few horses that genuinely seemed to displace in the Fountain of Youth.

I think Ride the Rails was more famous for beating Dehere that day.

BTW, My post was in responce as to why Holy Bull wasn't made the favorite.

I realize something was almost certainly wrong with him that day...however, I pointed to his bad race in the FoY as the obvious reason why he wasn't the favorite.

It wasn't like..., say, Afleet Alex's Rebel..where the horse seemed to have no excuse at all and just laid an egg...HB and HI really went at each other.

Far more people know Ride the Rails as the sire of Candy Ride...then they know him as 'The horse who beat Dehere in an allowance race.' If you had the misfortune of talking with West Coasters a lot...you would know this!