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Old 06-04-2010, 09:52 AM
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Easy Goer and Summer Bird completed the Belmont/Travers/Jockey Gold Cup in the same year. They should have a race in their honour as should Secretariat for obvious reasons of what he accomplished on the dirt and turf at Belmont.
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Old 06-04-2010, 10:00 AM
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Easy Goer and Summer Bird completed the Belmont/Travers/Jockey Gold Cup in the same year. They should have a race in their honour as should Secretariat for obvious reasons of what he accomplished on the dirt and turf at Belmont.
I agree they both swept the 3, but you CAN'T give Summer Bird a stake race for winning the 3 and not give Easy Goer a stake with 10 New York Graded wins...
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Old 06-04-2010, 10:11 AM
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Sure both should Easy Goer can have a race named after him first as long as both horses are recognized, Secretariat should have a race in his name also. I think it's ridiculous that Arlington Park has a race named in his honor and not Belmont. I seem to remember Woodbine and CD having a race named the Northern Dancer at the same time so it is not out of the ordinary, rename the Belmont Stakes "the Secretariat Belmont Stakes" or "the Secretariat Turf Classic", It's great marketing and it would make everyone feel good when they hear it. It's probably too logical and we are thus stuck in naming races after Geographical locations or people, which makes a helluva alot of sense huh?
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Old 06-04-2010, 10:16 AM
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Is there any one reason why Easy Goer does not have a stake named after him? How about Sunday Silence...is there a California Stake named after him?
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Old 06-04-2010, 10:22 AM
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Is there any one reason why Easy Goer does not have a stake named after him? How about Sunday Silence...is there a California Stake named after him?
The Brooklyn Hdcp and The Suburban Hdcp are due for a name change, but with the NYRA, it will probably happen in 2050.
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Old 06-04-2010, 10:27 AM
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The Brooklyn Hdcp and The Suburban Hdcp are due for a name change, but with the NYRA, it will probably happen in 2050.
Heck...even my namesake on here has a overnight stake named for him i believe...Barbaro has 2 as well
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Old 06-04-2010, 10:35 AM
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Heck...even my namesake on here has a overnight stake named for him i believe...Barbaro has 2 as well
Yeh, you know 2013 will mark the 40th anniversary of argubably the single most vivid sporting performance ever witnessed. Secretariat's Belmont win, it would be fitting if Belmont would honor this accomplishment with renaming either the Belmont stakes or the Turf Classic in which he won in track record time in his name, I'm floating the idea, I don't care if someone steals it. But it is long overdue that a race be named after him at the place where he forged so many great memories.
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Old 06-04-2010, 10:36 AM
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Yeh, you know 2013 will mark the 40th anniversary of argubably the single most vivid sporting performance ever witnessed. Secretariat's Belmont win, it would be fitting if Belmont would honor this accomplishment with renaming either the Belmont stakes or the Turf Classic in which he won in track record time in his name, I'm floating the idea, I don't care if someone steals it. But it is long overdue that a race be named after him at the place he forged so many great memories.
Someone posted that the "system is a joke"....What is the system?
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Old 06-04-2010, 11:02 AM
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They should rename the Lady's Secret.
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Old 06-04-2010, 11:29 AM
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They should rename the Lady's Secret.
Now THAT's a good idea! Oh, wait....
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