Derby VS Twin Spires - '71-to-'80

[Revidere]

Originally Posted by blackthroatedwind

His win over Forego, and Lord Rebeau, in the 1976 Suburban is worth looking up on Youtube. It was a great three horse battle, but Foolish Pleasure greatly benefited from being the lone speed, and Forego was forced to join the battle on the backstretch. There is a great photo of that finish on the wall outside our studio on the main floor of the Aqueduct Clubhouse.

Thats one of my favorite races. I've been asking Adam for 15 years to print that for me. I guess it's tough finding the negatives from that far back.

[The Indomitable DrugS]

Here is the chart of the '57 Derby ... while it featured a great collection of horses - while fairly solid - it was not one of the all-time strongest Derby's in terms of how it was run.

[The Indomitable DrugS]

The big 4:

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The scratched Gen Duke:

[VOL JACK]

You really should get a job....

[outofthebox]

The Derby would be Iron Leiges' 3rd race in 19 days! Also had 3 works in that period covering 15 furlongs..amazing..

[fpsoxfan]

Interesting stuff. I always knew they ran more in those days, but I never realized they ran that much. Wow.

[The Indomitable DrugS]

Originally Posted by VOL JACK

You really should get a job....

I'd have a whole lot more free time on my hands if I did.

[ranger5830]

Do you know what happened to Greek Game, the horse that twice beat Round Table by open lengths at Arlington in July of '56? It looks like he was cut out to be extra special, and then his career just fell apart. According to Equibase, after winning 5 of 9 and over $214k as a 2yo, he only won 5 of 46 races from '57 through '59 including 17-0-1-1 for $6k in 1959.