1987 Awesome year of horse racing

[parsixfarms]

Originally Posted by blackthroatedwind

Seeking the Gold didn't even race in 1987. He broke his maiden in the last race at Hialeah in January....filling out the late double with Personal Flag when that Phipps runner won a three horse photo in the Widener.

Just pulled his PPs. Seeking the Gold broke his maiden at Hialeah on December 26, 1987 (race 11). He won by 11 lengths, getting 6F in 1:09.4, not a bad debut!!

I'll never forget his effort in the 1988 Travers. Beaten a nose despite Pat Day putting up one of the silliest rides ever.

[blackthroatedwind]

Originally Posted by parsixfarms

Just pulled his PPs. Seeking the Gold broke his maiden at Hialeah on December 26, 1987 (race 11). He won by 11 lengths, getting 6F in 1:09.4, not a bad debut!!

I'll never forget his effort in the 1988 Travers. Beaten a nose despite Pat Day putting up one of the silliest rides ever.

Good call. I didn't realize Hialeah opened before the New Year. Thanks. I do know that I hit that late double.

Seeking the Gold was a terrific horse. He came damn close to beating Alysheba in the Classic. Looked for a second like he was going to go right by him.

[VOL JACK]

Originally Posted by blackthroatedwind

Good call. I didn't realize Hialeah opened before the New Year. Thanks. I do know that I hit that late double.

Seeking the Gold was a terrific horse. He came damn close to beating Alysheba in the Classic. Looked for a second like he was going to go right by him.

I watched that race last night on HRTV. Aly never let a horse go by once he was in front. I actually think he wouldve won the TC if McCarron would have listened to JVB and put him on the lead in the Belmont. He was such a great balanced horse, a true athlete.

[philcski]

How good was that Haskell ('88 of course)... I was but a youngin' at that point but I remember it well. Mr. Prospector's two best both hit the wire at the same time.

[King Glorious]

Originally Posted by parsixfarms

Just pulled his PPs. Seeking the Gold broke his maiden at Hialeah on December 26, 1987 (race 11). He won by 11 lengths, getting 6F in 1:09.4, not a bad debut!!

I'll never forget his effort in the 1988 Travers. Beaten a nose despite Pat Day putting up one of the silliest rides ever.

I was at Hialeah that day. I remember being upset cause I couldn't be at Santa Anita but I wasn't upset anymore after seeing that performance. He was an underrated horse but put up some big races. In addition to that Travers was the narrow Haskell loss to that same Forty Niner. In fact, both of them are underrated horses. He had a great run in the Classic also but I felt that Alysheba was never in danger, pretty much the same way I felt Sunday Silence was never in danger the next year. McCarron was a master.