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Old 12-22-2009, 11:44 PM
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Oh the glory days of juicing in racing.
It was certainly a time when bettors seemed to suddenly become very skeptical about a select few trainers.

Cashier's Dream died less than a year after that epic bout with You. Carson Hollow died just a year after her great race with You in the Test.

Asmussen and Dutrow. Both had non-racing or training related deaths.

The year Cashier's Dream died was the same year Pletcher had the trio of Freedom's Daughter, Warners, and Left Bank all run absolutely huge at Saratoga within 2 weeks of each other and all get sick and drop dead.

It probably was all just coincidence .. but I know the Pletcher trio looked REALLY bad.

All 3 of them running their eyes out in spectacular performances. Truly at their peak ... and like that you read they're fighting for their life - and none win that fight.

Come to think of it - Asmussen wasn't a big target yet at that time - but Dutrow and Pletcher sure were.
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Old 12-23-2009, 12:17 AM
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One of my favorites was Read The Footnotes in the Fountain of Youth.
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Old 12-23-2009, 09:36 AM
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One of my favorites was Read The Footnotes in the Fountain of Youth.
Yeah - that was a certainly a great battle and two huge performances - seemed to take a toll on both horses.

Very fast race. Birdstone won an alw race in 1:42.40 at a mile and 70 yards on the card. That FOY was only a 1/5th of a second or so slower and 40 additional yards in distance.
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Old 12-23-2009, 12:56 AM
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You mentioned that Test Stakes.....You and Carson Hollow.

I believe that you can recall all of the greatest races you ever saw, and there will always be greater races in import that the Test Stakes of 2002, but the fact is that the 2002 Test Stakes is one of the most revered and treasured stakes races of all time.

It's been 7 years since that Saratoga day, and it's still like it was yesterday. You won that race, but it really didn't matter. The 2002 Test Stakes was a race for the ages, and it may very well be one of the most remembered races of all time.
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