Alydar's 10-length win against older in the Whitney

[Calzone Lord]

Here is a clip of Affirmed's tune-up for the '78 Travers ... winning the Jim Dandy under handicap conditions.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZsmcF8xmMQ


Shame they don't have the whole race.

[Calzone Lord]

Originally Posted by Calzone Lord

Here is a clip of Affirmed's tune-up for the '78 Travers ... winning the Jim Dandy under handicap conditions.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZsmcF8xmMQ


Shame they don't have the whole race.

Another great thing about that clip, by the way, is the baseball score on the bottom.

Cleveland 22 New York 0.

Nice baseball score.

[Indian Charlie]

Originally Posted by Calzone Lord

Here is a clip of Affirmed's tune-up for the '78 Travers ... winning the Jim Dandy under handicap conditions.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vZsmcF8xmMQ


Shame they don't have the whole race.

Reminds me a bit of AP Indy finding something to catch Treekster at SA.

[parsixfarms]

Originally Posted by Calzone Lord

Here is a clip of Affirmed's tune-up for the '78 Travers ... winning the Jim Dandy under handicap conditions.

Amazing race. Are you sure that race was under handicap conditions? I thought he had to give a lot of weight (14 pounds) under the race's allowance conditions.

[Calzone Lord]

Originally Posted by parsixfarms

Amazing race. Are you sure that race was under handicap conditions? I thought he had to give a lot of weight (14 pounds) under the race's allowance conditions.

You are correct --- I had assumed handicap conditions because of the spread ... talk about harsh alw conditons.

From the '78 ARM:

But only three days elapsed before the ball was back in Affirmed's court. As a prep for the Travers, Barrera chose the Jim Dandy Stakes, a nine-furlong test under allowance conditions. These called for Affirmed to carry 128lbs and concede considerable weight to his four opponents.

'78 wasn't exactly a great year for my father - in his brilliant training career. According to the ARM he was just 12-for-103 that year.

Of course - about half the old people who go to PID think he is my ghost writer or something.

[Indian Charlie]

Originally Posted by Calzone Lord

Of course - about half the old people who go to PID think he is my ghost writer or something.

Ha.

Now that is amusing.