Easy Goer's 3yo season

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Originally Posted by smartbid09

I hear you. Just my opinion but I completely understand how you could look at it that way

Perhaps in time I'll change my view on the situation but as of now this is the way I feel about it.

I think your position on the rivalry is a nice summary of what I think is wrong in the game today. I understand your point, but I couldn't possibly disagree with it more.
You say it is a shame they raced in the same year because otherwise one would have accomplished more, and be ranked higher on all-time lists, and establish a greater "place in history," etc.

My point is.....nobody should care very much about that crap.

We currently live in a 2-year period of horse racing history dominated by a horse, her connections, and her fans who cared more about those stupid things than they did about seeing how good their horse actually was/could be, or in creating a great racing product. That sucks. For me horse racing is a whole lot more interesting than horse ranking.

The sport was infinitely better served by having two great horses run against each other in 1989. Go back and watch the '89 Preakness and the '89 BCC again on youtube. Then ask yourself....is it really a shame that those races happened simply because if they hadn't Easy Goer would have been highly ranked on some list? In my opinion that's ludicrous.