1962 Travers Jaipur-Ridan

[Slewbopper]

Originally Posted by Indian Charlie

yeah, i remember that race pretty well. STG sure got a weird trip!

one interesting thing about that race. how many six horse fields has anyone ever seen that had 4 horses from it end up being stallions with stud fees in excess of 100k?

A weird trip is putting it mildly for Seeking the Gold. He should have won the race by open lengths. Who was his pinhead? Pat Day? Just guessing because he was a Phipps horse. And also Brian's Time who was not a 100K stallion was a damn nice horse in his own right. Wouldn't it be a treat to have a field like that assembled again, rather than a bunch of trainers dodging each other? This year's Travers is a joke. At least Carl N. sets out a course and sticks to it.

[Indian Charlie]

Originally Posted by Slewbopper

A weird trip is putting it mildly for Seeking the Gold. He should have won the race by open lengths. Who was his pinhead? Pat Day? Just guessing because he was a Phipps horse. And also Brian's Time who was not a 100K stallion was a damn nice horse in his own right. Wouldn't it be a treat to have a field like that assembled again, rather than a bunch of trainers dodging each other? This year's Travers is a joke. At least Carl N. sets out a course and sticks to it.

yeah, i was being polite in describing STG's trip. something i'm usually not prone to do when it comes to jocks.

as for brians time, i may have him confused with someone else, but i thought he went to japan and became one of their top 2-3 stallions

[Slewbopper]

Originally Posted by Indian Charlie

yeah, i was being polite in describing STG's trip. something i'm usually not prone to do when it comes to jocks.

as for brians time, i may have him confused with someone else, but i thought he went to japan and became one of their top 2-3 stallions

I figured you were thinking of the 4 as 49er, STG, Dynaformer and Evening Kris. I may have mixed that up as EK I would guess is by Kris S, who IS a 100K+ sire. Anyway, I haven't heard anything about BT, so Japan makes sense.

[Slewbopper]

Originally Posted by Cardus

The race was called by Fred "Cappy" Capposella. He was a legendary New York race caller. I do not have a description for his voice aside from "distinct."

"The railbirds are lining up. That means it is now post time."