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Old 11-02-2009, 10:41 AM
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I would also include Dallas Stewart overcoming his own inability as a trainer to get a win for Unbridled Elaine in 2001.
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Old 11-02-2009, 12:51 PM
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2006 turf-Marty Wolfson takes horse who recently ran in claiming and was about to be retired to win the turf, has to be considered
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Old 11-02-2009, 01:00 PM
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2006 turf-Marty Wolfson takes horse who recently ran in claiming and was about to be retired to win the turf, has to be considered
Had to be the shoes.
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Old 11-02-2009, 01:00 PM
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Had to be the shoes.
Strictly a good worming.
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Old 11-02-2009, 02:16 PM
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Mandella actually won 4 races on the 1993 card. Phone Chatter and Kotashaan in BC, Memo in the Smile, and Region in the Sunday Silence.

Also in 1993, Gilded Time came off a full year layoff, his last start being a win in the Juvenile at GP, and ran a sharp 3rd in the Sprint.
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Old 11-02-2009, 02:28 PM
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I think the best of all has been overlooked. Neil Drysdale getting Prized to win the 89 Turf as a 3yo in his first career turf start was pretty darn impressive.
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Old 11-03-2009, 09:12 AM
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I think the best of all has been overlooked. Neil Drysdale getting Prized to win the 89 Turf as a 3yo in his first career turf start was pretty darn impressive.
Andre Fabre was 2nd with the 3yo filly Sierra Roberta at 25/1 odds in that race. Andre Fabre was 3rd with 52/1 shot Star Lift.

8/1 shot Prized was bred great for the turf ... and had he not been scared away from the Classic by Easy Goer and Sunday Silence ... Andre Fabre would have ended up with a 25/1 over 52/1 cold exacta in that race.

What Andre Fabre did in the Classic back-to-back with Jolypha and Arcangues is really beyond belief.

3rd with a 3yo filly who might have gone off at 150/1 odds or more if not coupled with a pair of solid older Grade 1 winners. And he takes down the Classic the following year at 133/1 odds. Both horses stayed in America for great trainers like Frankel and Dick Mandella afterwards ... and neither one amounted to much on either surface.
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Old 11-02-2009, 03:29 PM
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Strictly a good worming.
I thought it was a thorough tooth brushing
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Had to be the shoes.
he was wearing tan loafers that day!
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One rather major training accomplishment that often gets forgotten is Neil Drysdale's feat of getting Prized to win the Breeders Cup Turf in his first ever start on the grass........and as a three-year-old to boot!

Pretty stunning stuff!
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echo in here (see above)
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Yep.....sorry about that! Missed the post!
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One rather major training accomplishment that often gets forgotten is Neil Drysdale's feat of getting Prized to win the Breeders Cup Turf in his first ever start on the grass........and as a three-year-old to boot!

Pretty stunning stuff!
3-year-olds made up 4 of the top 5 spots in that race.

The only older horse that finished in the top 5 that race was the 52/1 of Fabre's that ran 3rd.

By the way ... If Indian Charlie would have bet on Prized .. he would have jumped the fence and went for a swim in the infield or something like that.
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Old 11-03-2009, 12:12 PM
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3-year-olds made up 4 of the top 5 spots in that race.

The only older horse that finished in the top 5 that race was the 52/1 of Fabre's that ran 3rd.

By the way ... If Indian Charlie would have bet on Prized .. he would have jumped the fence and went for a swim in the infield or something like that.
I had the trifecta dude.
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2006 turf-Marty Wolfson takes horse who recently ran in claiming and was about to be retired to win the turf, has to be considered
spanked e channel..lol gpk in 5/4/3/2..
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spanked e channel..lol gpk in 5/4/3/2..
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spanked e channel..lol gpk in 5/4/3/2..
lol on the gpk in 5/4/3/2

except it was the mile, not the turf- EC finished 3rd that year in it.
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