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Old 09-13-2006, 09:43 PM
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You really liked that Derby more than the Preakness?

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Yes, I did... I was 9 years old and didn't watch the Preakness that year, so I would have to say that I liked the derby better.
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Old 09-13-2006, 10:44 AM
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I was at the finish line on Whitney Day and that race with Invasor and Sun King battleing nose for nose was one of the most exciting races I have ever seen live.
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Old 09-13-2006, 10:51 AM
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Concern's Classic win. I can't remember who he beat or anything. Just remember that little Broad Brush son running his heart out and catching them. "always a bridesmaid and never the bride" Well he was the bride that day!
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Old 09-13-2006, 11:06 AM
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Secretariat's Wood Memorial in a close one with his race against Onion at Saratoga.

I also liked his first out in the MSW and, his race later on against Prove Out.
The Wood...Bellamy Road. New record. 'Nuf said.
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Old 09-13-2006, 12:21 PM
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The Wood...Bellamy Road. New record. 'Nuf said.
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Old 09-13-2006, 12:25 PM
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I'm with ya BR.
I also liked Point Given's Travers, but I had to only pick one race...geesh.
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Old 09-13-2006, 01:05 PM
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The Wood...Bellamy Road. New record. 'Nuf said.
He tied Riva Ridge's track record, I'm not disagreeing with you about how impressive he was, I think I just have a real soft spot when it comes to Riva Ridge...lol
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Old 09-13-2006, 12:49 PM
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Secretariat's Wood Memorial in a close one with his race against Onion at Saratoga.
I'm not being sarcastic..... were you there?
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Old 09-13-2006, 02:16 PM
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I'm not being sarcastic..... were you there?
he couldn't have been, since that race didn't happen! sec ran in the wood vs sham and angle light.

onion would have been in the woodward, right? either that or the whitney, one of the two against older that secretariat lost.
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Old 09-13-2006, 03:32 PM
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she prolly
wanted to hear
the story.
dixie is a hellova
story teller.


are u still
overseas
dixie?
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Old 09-13-2006, 12:48 PM
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Cigar's 1995 BCC. When I'm blue, I love to watch the little clip of it on the NTRA archives. Listening to the call always gives me chills.
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Old 09-16-2006, 02:09 PM
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Java Gold winning the 1987 Travers against the deepest 3yo field I've ever seen. U had:

Alysheba-Derby, Preakness, Blue Grass, Super Derby
Bet Twice-Belmont, Haskell, Fountain of Youth
Temperate Sil-SA Derby, Swaps
Gone West-Withers, Dwyer, Gotham
Gulch-Wood Memorial, Bay Shore, Met Mile
Polish Navy-Jim Dandy, Woodward
Cryptoclearance-Everglades, Pegasus, Florida Derby

The bold races were the grade ones. In addition to these horses having won all of those races, most of them finished 2nd and 3rd in the races they didn't win. It was the most incredible field I've ever seen for a race and Java Gold destroyed them. To this day, I still rank him as one of the two best horses I've seen since I started watching the sport in 1986.
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