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01-30-2007, 09:26 PM
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Victory Gallop/Behrens whitney... ten most wanted travers "cause i bet him heavy"... and number 1 is commentator
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01-30-2007, 09:33 PM
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Excitement wise I would say '03 BC Turf dead heat between Johar and a favorite of mine High Chapparral. Performance wise, although skeptical about this race I would have to say Street Sense in the Juvenile.
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01-30-2007, 09:34 PM
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The Test Stakes with You and Carson Hallow was the most exciting race I've seen in person.
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01-30-2007, 10:04 PM
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i have a few favorites:
Victory Gallop Witney Smarty Jones Preakness Point Given Belmont (may be #1) Bernardini Jim Dandy (got chills - yes i know it was a weak field) Carson Hollow/You Test Artax in the 99 sprint (Beat a great field - Kona Gold, Successful Appeal, Forestry, Vicar, Lexicon, Affirmed Success, Stravinski in 107 4/5)
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01-30-2007, 10:07 PM
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2005 preakness.... afleet alex fallin to his knees....regaining and winning strongly
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01-30-2007, 10:32 PM
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Affirmed Belmont
Affirmed/Alyday Belmont Stakes...
Recently, it was hard to top the Whitney last year with Invasor and Sun King PSH
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01-30-2007, 10:35 PM
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Many at Saratoga the last eight years, but my personal favorite was
Silverbulletday's Alabama victory in the rain.
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01-30-2007, 10:43 PM
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1985 strub
a fierce stretch drive from precisionist, greinton and the ever goofy gate dancer. this after precisionist set a sick pace and somehow found more.
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01-31-2007, 08:43 AM
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Brass Hat winning The Donn last year.
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01-31-2007, 08:52 AM
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Most impressive race to me was Storm Flag Flying in her Juvi Filly race. Appeared at one point she was passed but gutted out a second move and as I said before, left a little part of her heart out on the Arlington home stretch.
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01-31-2007, 08:54 AM
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1. Silver Charm and Wild Rush dead heat in the Kentucky Cup Classic, they ran a 124 Beyer that day, I believe it was the highest of 1998....
2. More Than Ready and High Yield in the 1999 Blue Grass Stakes... 3. Ghostzapper winning the Breeders Cup, just because I got to see him in person...
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01-31-2007, 09:06 AM
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Maybe I was more impressionable when I was a youngster, but one that stands out in my mind was the 1971 San Juan Capistrano, when His Felinity, Cougar II (all turn to the south and bow low), came flying past turf champion Fort Marcy and drew out. I hugged a complete stranger that day, which if you knew me, you would find astonishing. I also saw Ack Ack win the San Antonio that year, but it didn't make the same impression on me. That was the difference between those two horses - Ack Ack was a workmanlike runner, while the Coug was a dramatic one.
Other races that come to mind are Agitate winning the Hollywood Derby (12f turf in the summer) over Stardust Mel, the filly La Zanzara winning the San Juan Capistrano over the guys (a damp, misty day), and the gutsy win of the 'pretty horsie' Solar Salute over the hulks Quack and Royal Owl in the Santa Anita Derby.
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01-31-2007, 09:56 AM
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Silver Charm's Derby dogfight putting away Freehouse and holding off Captain Bodgit at the wire.
Silverbulletday's Oaks wasn't the most exciting race competitively, but the way she responded on cue when the button was pushed was one of the greatest (though predictable) moves I've seen.
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01-31-2007, 09:57 AM
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01-31-2007, 10:09 AM
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I'll go with a more recent race - Second of June and Read the Footnotes in the Fountain of Youth - Great stretch battle
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01-31-2007, 10:23 AM
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Quote:
RIP Second of June
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01-31-2007, 10:36 AM
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2004 darley alcibiades:
Runway Model, Sharp Lisa, In the Gold, Dance Away Capote, Sense of Style ; in that order, blanket finish. we were at the finish line. we could see Runway Model won, after that we had to wait for the photo.
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02-01-2007, 06:40 PM
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I remember that one well. "...and You's in sooo tight." "It's a photo finish that doesn't deserve a loser." Another Carson Hollow race--this one against Xtra Heat in the fog at Laurel. It wasn't an especially close race, but it was one of the prettiest races I've ever seen. The fog was so thick that Dave Rodman declared he couldn't call it. We saw Heat and Hollow get lost in the fog into the first turn. It was an otherworldly sight--quiet and ghostly-- seeing Xtra Heat emerge when she rounded into the final stretch, well ahead of Carson Hollow. It was like seeing spectral images of horses. Very magical.
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