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Old 06-01-2015, 12:29 AM
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I'll have another
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Old 06-01-2015, 01:53 AM
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Spectacular Bid has to top the list. You can't say he wasn't good enough to win it or undeserving of it.

Risen Star probably won have the Derby if Eddie D had not taken the overland route. I know jockeys don't want to get stopped if they are riding a live closer, but he went ridiculously wide that day.
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Old 06-01-2015, 05:58 AM
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I have always thought that Spectacular Bid was the best of the near triple crown winners.....
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Old 06-01-2015, 08:58 AM
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Old 06-01-2015, 09:03 AM
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I second The Bid, he was better than Point Given, easily.
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Old 06-01-2015, 09:09 AM
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With a triple crown on the line in the Belmont, absolutely Spectacular Bid with Smarty Jones a close second choice.
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Silver Charm (but I may be a little biased )
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Old 06-01-2015, 10:54 AM
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I second The Bid, he was better than Point Given, easily.

as mighty as point Given was, don't embarass him by comparing him with The Bid. Hard to believe any hoss ever could beat him going 9 furlongs
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