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[RolloTomasi]

Originally Posted by Calzone Lord

Some recent horses who set or approached monster speed figures at age 4:

Ghostzapper, Formal Gold, Candy Ride, Mineshaft, Congaree, Mazel Trick, Commentator, Lava Man, Lawyer Ron, Midnight Lute, Groovy ran his 132 and 133 Beyers at age 4.

Congaree was pretty slow as a 4yo until his final start that he parlayed into a monster 5yo season.

[Calzone Lord]

Originally Posted by RolloTomasi

Congaree was pretty slow as a 4yo until his final start that he parlayed into a monster 5yo season.

Yep.

The Cigar Mile at age 4 was the race where he broke Spectacular Bid's 22+ year record for fastest Ragozin figure and he also crushed the all-time Thoro-Graph record in that race.

The Thoro-Graph record would be broke and re-broke a few more times -- including once in Mineshaft's lone loss at age 4 -- until Ghostzapper and Midnight Lute re-set them.

By the year 2000 -- the scale was starting to get out of hand -- and horses were becoming much faster at all class levels.

[Revidere]

This is one great thread.

The title does it no justice. I could close my eyes and see these races in my mind.

[Indian Charlie]

Originally Posted by Revidere

This is one great thread.

The title does it no justice. I could close my eyes and see these races in my mind.

More like see them through your lens eye.