1987 Awesome year of horse racing

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Originally Posted by King Glorious

Steve Asmussen feels that Curlin runs better the second time he's had a chance to try a surface. Is it crazy that maybe GW could have done the same? The field for the Classic, outside of Curlin, IMO, wasn't too tough on paper. Perfect time to take a shot. The main point wasn't that he had a better shot to win the Classic than the Mile. I don't believe that to be true. But he had nothing to prove or gain by winning the Mile.

There also were quite a few horses, the vast majority I believe, that ran over that same slop and didn't die.

Steve Assmussen was referring to Curlin at a particular track. How is that comparable to George Washington running at Belmont and then Monmouth?