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Old 05-14-2008, 08:30 AM
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I always liked the way Black Tie Affair won route races. Get the lead, guns blazing, and dare someone to catch you. He was Commentator with moxie.
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Old 05-14-2008, 08:37 AM
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A personal favorite of mine. I'm hijacking justin's thread, and proudly:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oiMml...eature=related
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Old 05-14-2008, 09:30 AM
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I don't care about eclipse awards.....very simply Formal Gold was one of the best horses I have ever seen.
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Old 05-14-2008, 09:35 AM
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I don't care about eclipse awards.....very simply Formal Gold was one of the best horses I have ever seen.
Nevertheless, it's a crime that he didn't get Horse of the Year in '97.

6-1 in the Donn was also a crime.
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Old 05-14-2008, 09:44 AM
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What a thrilling three-way round robin that was among 'Gold, Skip Away, and Will's Way.
And if Louis Quatorze hadn't gotten hurt after winning the Ben Ali in the spring.....

The handicap division of 1997 was probably the best we've had in the last 15 years.
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Old 05-14-2008, 09:56 AM
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And if Louis Quatorze hadn't gotten hurt after winning the Ben Ali in the spring.....

The handicap division of 1997 was probably the best we've had in the last 15 years.
Add in the fact that the 3YO's were excellent too, probably best 1-2-3-4 Derby finishers of the past 25 years (and the Belmont winner, another good one, didn't even run.)
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Old 05-14-2008, 10:27 AM
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Wow. Fifteen posts in this thread talking about the handicap division of 1997 and not one mention of Gentlemen. I guess people forget that he won the Hollywood Gold Cup, the Pacific Classic, the San Antonio (beating the previous year's BC Classic winner Alphabet Soup), and the Pimlico Special (beating some horse named Skip Away). In my opinion, at his best, he was the best of the group that year but at the very least, a thread shouldn't go 15 deep on the subject and he not be mentioned.
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Old 05-14-2008, 09:45 AM
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I know that he didn't face anyone in the Ben Ali, but he did win by a county. (14 lengths?)
Editor's Note was in that field.
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