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Old 01-31-2021, 03:43 PM
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Originally it was being set up for Sunday Silence and Easy Goer to meet, but then when Criminal Type beat them both separately, they added him....then they all got hurt ( of course ).
They weren't going to beat Beau Genius anyways. Won like 10 stakes from 6f to 10f that year.

Couldn't handle a three-pronged duel in the BC Classic between him, Thirty Six Red, and Dispersal after a half mile in :45+, though.

Of course, if he ran nowadays Beau Genius would have walked on the lead. Dispersal would have been in the BC Dirt Mile and Thirty Six Red would have been arbitrarily retired after running off the board in the KY Derby presuming Coolmore or Winstar had bought his breeding rights after he won the Gotham and Wood Memorial (gotta protect his reputation and their investment).
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Old 02-02-2021, 10:33 AM
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What Maclean’s Music would have looked like in his next few starts.
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Old 02-02-2021, 09:06 PM
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Any or all of Rachel Alexandra's races in 2009.
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Old 02-03-2021, 05:20 AM
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Any or all of Rachel Alexandra's races in 2009.
They’re all on YouTube
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Old 02-03-2021, 06:30 AM
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King Glorious comments about The Bid at the end of his 4 year old season....
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Old 02-03-2021, 08:28 AM
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King Glorious comments about The Bid at the end of his 4 year old season....
Sounds like they made the right decision, though they went a poor way about it.

https://vault.si.com/vault/1980/10/1...nningest-horse

If he had been sound and his connections tolerant of his weight assignmenst, perhaps Spectacular Bid would have taken down the Fall Championship series at Belmont before Slew o'Gold did in 1984, giving the series some momentum and stability.

A 3-race series at a single meet to decide championship honors is a much better concept than a single big day of racing where a single race can trump anything done during the rest of the year.
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Old 02-03-2021, 12:11 PM
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Old 02-03-2021, 01:08 PM
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Sounds like they made the right decision, though they went a poor way about it.

https://vault.si.com/vault/1980/10/1...nningest-horse

If he had been sound and his connections tolerant of his weight assignmenst, perhaps Spectacular Bid would have taken down the Fall Championship series at Belmont before Slew o'Gold did in 1984, giving the series some momentum and stability.

A 3-race series at a single meet to decide championship honors is a much better concept than a single big day of racing where a single race can trump anything done during the rest of the year.
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