The best race you have witnessed

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Originally Posted by parsixfarms

Of those that I've seen live, the ones that I remember most include the following top 10. Those that didn't have a photo finish certainly had a "wow" factor:

1987 Whitney (Java Gold)

1991 Breeders Cup Juvenile (Arazi)

1994 Travers (Holy Bull/"... but there's cause for Concern...")

1996 Test (Capote Belle)

1997 Belmont (Touch Gold)

1998 Belmont (Victory Gallop nails Real Quiet)

1999 Breeders Cup Turf (Daylami)

2004 Belmont (Birdstone beats Smarty Jones - without question the most electric atmosphere I've ever experienced at the racetrack)

2004 Vanderbilt (Speightstown)

4th race at Saratoga on September 2, 2004 (our filly Wateree wins at Saratoga).

you've witnessed MANY very good races.

Lucky you.


Seems to me you get much better queality finishes over in the states, especially of your big races. Over here we usually get one horse so much better than the rest. For good finishes, we are better off watching a maiden claimer.