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![]() They got Hoss of the year right. Undefeated triple crown winner who didn't run at 2 . Congratulations Justify .
Was there any talk of longer Saratoga meet with Monday Tuesday dark ? Makes sense since attendance is sparse downstate. |
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But I was (with little hope) pulling for Accelerate. For among other reasons: "He capped off his season beating more Grade 1 winners in the Breeder’s Cup Classic then Justify beat in his entire career." --Chip Gehrke, Horseracingnation.com
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Curlin and Hard Spun finish 1,2 in the 2007 BC Classic, demonstrating how competing in all three Triple Crown races ruins a horse for the rest of the year...see avatar photo from REUTERS/Lucas Jackson |
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![]() Accelerate ran one more race than Justify. Not the strongest set of older either.
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Justify was only eligible to beat the winners of the G1’s between juvenile season and the Triple Crown.. Hopeful - Sporting Chance Champagne - Firenze Fire DMR Futurity - Bolt d’Oro Breeders Futurity - Free Drop Billy Los Al Futurity - McKinzie (Solomini-DQ'd) AmPharoah/FrontRunner - Bolt d'Oro BC Juvenile - Good Magic BC Juvenile Turf - Mendelssohn Florida Derby - Audible Arkansas Derby - Magnum Moon HE BEAT EVERY ONE OF THEM EXCEPT McKINZIE.. WHOM HE COULDN’T FACE. There weren’t any other G1 winners that he could run against. WTF?
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All ambitions are lawful except those which climb upward on the miseries or credulities of mankind. ~ Joseph Conrad A long habit of not thinking a thing wrong, gives it a superficial appearance of being right. ~ Thomas Paine Don't let anyone tell you that your dreams can't come true. They are only afraid that theirs won't and yours will. ~ Robert Evans The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command. ~ George Orwell, 1984. Last edited by Kasept : 01-26-2019 at 07:00 AM. |
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Just more nebulous nonsense from BBB |
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![]() I’m not sure how anyone thinks they saw a better female turf runner in this country in 2018 than Enable.
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The real horses of the year (1986-2020) Manila, Java Gold, Alysheba, Sunday Silence, Go for Wand, In Excess, Paseana, Kotashaan, Holy Bull, Cigar, Alphabet Soup, Formal Gold, Skip Away, Artax, Tiznow, Point Given, Azeri, Candy Ride, Smarty Jones, Ghostzapper, Invasor, Curlin, Zenyatta, Zenyatta, Goldikova, Havre de Grace, Wise Dan, Wise Dan, California Chrome, American Pharoah, Arrogate, Gun Runner, Accelerate, Maximum Security, Gamine |
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![]() No doubt, but does that demand she be the Division Champion? The Euro 'one start' campaigners are a weird dynamic for voting purposes.
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All ambitions are lawful except those which climb upward on the miseries or credulities of mankind. ~ Joseph Conrad A long habit of not thinking a thing wrong, gives it a superficial appearance of being right. ~ Thomas Paine Don't let anyone tell you that your dreams can't come true. They are only afraid that theirs won't and yours will. ~ Robert Evans The Party told you to reject the evidence of your eyes and ears. It was their final, most essential command. ~ George Orwell, 1984. |
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![]() It is a debate that I understand. My reasoning has always been that precedent ha been set. Many single race Europeans have won titles. I always go back to Singspiel, who won the title and never won a race in this country. My position has always been if they want to change the rules to say a horse needs to have a minimum of starts here like 3-4 or maybe the majority of your starts have to be here, I’m ok with that. But until that happens, I think they should stick with awarding the best of those that’s most qualified. Having said that, I would have had no problem at all with Gun Runner being champion this year or Ghostzapper being champion in 2005. If one race is good enough to win a title, as has been done many times, who says that one race has to be in the Breeders’ Cup?
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The real horses of the year (1986-2020) Manila, Java Gold, Alysheba, Sunday Silence, Go for Wand, In Excess, Paseana, Kotashaan, Holy Bull, Cigar, Alphabet Soup, Formal Gold, Skip Away, Artax, Tiznow, Point Given, Azeri, Candy Ride, Smarty Jones, Ghostzapper, Invasor, Curlin, Zenyatta, Zenyatta, Goldikova, Havre de Grace, Wise Dan, Wise Dan, California Chrome, American Pharoah, Arrogate, Gun Runner, Accelerate, Maximum Security, Gamine |