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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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