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12-22-2009, 08:03 PM
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Oh the glory days of juicing in racing.
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12-22-2009, 11:05 PM
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I'll offer the 2001 Jim Dandy Stakes at Saratoga. Congaree, Gary Stevens up, with millions in bridge jumper cash, was the heavy fav. Longshot Free Of Love took the lead to the 1/2 mile. Then Congaree forged to the front to the audible relief of the big crowd. Suddenly he faltered and Free Of Love retook the lead on the far turn. The crowd gasped in disbelief. At the top of the stretch Congaree has all he could do to stay in touch with Free Of Love. Incredibly, with 100 yards to the wire D. Wayne Lucas' Scorpion , Jerry Bailey piloting, raced by both front runners to clip Free Of Love at the wire . Congaree struggled to hang on to show in a gut wrenching race for the bridge jumpers. It was a stunning Lucas shocker.
this classic just made youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nDcnEeCvNhk
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12-22-2009, 11:12 PM
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I needed Free of Love really bad in that race. Did you have to try and subject me to that again? I won't even click the link.
That was such a painful loss. It was certainly a very wild race to watch ... but really, Congaree didn't perform well and was sidelined with an injury right after that race. Free of Love - while a sharp Rick Violette horse at the time - wasn't a whole lot and Scorpion stunk.
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12-23-2009, 01:09 AM
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You know who lost out huge on that race as well, he needed that g1 win from FOL. I got whining in stereo for a week.
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12-22-2009, 11:44 PM
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Cashier's Dream died less than a year after that epic bout with You. Carson Hollow died just a year after her great race with You in the Test. Asmussen and Dutrow. Both had non-racing or training related deaths. The year Cashier's Dream died was the same year Pletcher had the trio of Freedom's Daughter, Warners, and Left Bank all run absolutely huge at Saratoga within 2 weeks of each other and all get sick and drop dead. It probably was all just coincidence .. but I know the Pletcher trio looked REALLY bad. All 3 of them running their eyes out in spectacular performances. Truly at their peak ... and like that you read they're fighting for their life - and none win that fight. Come to think of it - Asmussen wasn't a big target yet at that time - but Dutrow and Pletcher sure were.
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12-23-2009, 12:17 AM
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One of my favorites was Read The Footnotes in the Fountain of Youth.
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12-23-2009, 09:36 AM
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Very fast race. Birdstone won an alw race in 1:42.40 at a mile and 70 yards on the card. That FOY was only a 1/5th of a second or so slower and 40 additional yards in distance.
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12-23-2009, 12:56 AM
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You mentioned that Test Stakes.....You and Carson Hollow.
I believe that you can recall all of the greatest races you ever saw, and there will always be greater races in import that the Test Stakes of 2002, but the fact is that the 2002 Test Stakes is one of the most revered and treasured stakes races of all time. It's been 7 years since that Saratoga day, and it's still like it was yesterday. You won that race, but it really didn't matter. The 2002 Test Stakes was a race for the ages, and it may very well be one of the most remembered races of all time.
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