70's East VS West Derby Match-ups

[Calzone Lord]

Only cut I have of his form ....

[Calzone Lord]

Only horse other than Affirmed to beat Alydar in the above cut was Believe It.

He beat him in the Remsen - loose early lead over a sloppy track. He later won the Wood over the same track and distance.

[smartbid09]

Originally Posted by Calzone Lord

Only horse other than Affirmed to beat Alydar in the above cut was Believe It.

He beat him in the Remsen - loose early lead over a sloppy track. He later won the Wood over the same track and distance.

Believe it ran third to Affirmed and Alydar in the Kentucky Derby and Preakness Stakes if I am not mistaken.

After running third to Affirmed and Alydar his owner wanted "no more of this," and didn't enter Believe It in the Belmont Stakes. Had he run in the belmont stakes there is a possibility that Believe It would have come in 3rd to Affirmed and Alydar again! Could you imagine that!

History could very well have read:

1978 Kentucky Derby
1. Affirmed
2. Alydar
3. Believe It

1978 Preakness Stakes
1. Affirmed
2. Alydar
3. Believe It

1978 Belmont Stakes
1. Affirmed
2. Alydar
3. Believe It


The last triple crown series could very well have read this way!

Believe It!