The Triple Crown that got away from Afleet Alex

[The Indomitable DrugS]

The one in Erie has been pretty epic.

[blackthroatedwind]

On a real dead rail horses evaporate when racing inside.

[The Indomitable DrugS]

Originally Posted by blackthroatedwind

On a real dead rail horses evaporate when racing inside.

They had been for almost two weeks - untill almost suddenly no one would go down there anymore.

Hard to call it a dead rail though when no one is remotely near it....except maybe Fogelsonger every now and then.

[King Glorious]

It gets very hard for me to say that Alex should have won the Derby when I felt that Closing Argument ran a harder and tougher race than he did. Same thing with Silver Charm. Baffert and SC's fans talk about his heart and say that if he could have seen Touch Gold coming to him, he would have fought him off. That may be true........but what about the fact that SC shouldn't even have been going for the sweep because Touch Gold was far superior to him in the Preakness but had a nightmare of a trip that day?

[VOL JACK]

Originally Posted by The Indomitable DrugS

They had been for almost two weeks - untill almost suddenly no one would go down there anymore.

Hard to call it a dead rail though when no one is remotely near it....except maybe Fogelsonger every now and then.

M Mena didnt get the memo.

[Thunder Gulch]

Originally Posted by blackthroatedwind

On a real dead rail horses evaporate when racing inside.

I was a big fan of AA and use the rail to excuse him hanging, though he may have just been out of gas. Giacomo and Closing argument were to his outside and the Giacomo and AA were on almost even terms with 1/16 to go when Rose goes to the right handed whip, AA goes in a little and spins his wheels. Maybe I just want to see it that way, but the case can be made. It rained all week at Churchill that week and the rail was a bit heavy if nothing else.