Winning Colors vs. Rags to Riches

[blackthroatedwind]

Originally Posted by Indian Charlie

Wow, I didn't even notice her saying that about WC, the distance limitation.

Wow.

The only limitations WC had were her trainer and the trainer of 49r.

Aside from her foolishness......can you imagine how Winning Colors would have been revered on message boards had the internet been around in the 80s?

[Indian Charlie]

Originally Posted by blackthroatedwind

Aside from her foolishness......can you imagine how Winning Colors would have been revered on message boards had the internet been around in the 80s?

I was on the Internet in 87, but yeah, WC would have had many fan clubs.

You know, I always wondered why you are so hard on KRIM, but I think I see why now.

Oh, and if the 3yo WC prior to her getting assassinated by Woody Stephens in the Preakness had run in this past years Belmont, WC would have had an enormous lead and won by a distance.

WC in this past Oaks would have aired in there too. I'm not even sure that Rags would have beaten Goodbye Halo!

Rags gained big fame from the Belmont.
To me, that Belmont was absolutely bizarre.
We got to see which horse was fastest
after walking on their knees for close to a mile.

The finish was great, but the race too weird.

WC.