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Old 10-24-2013, 05:19 PM
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he's the best turf/dirt horse in the past 50 years? lol oh my. and you dare question secretariat? wow.
I didn't say that...he came to mind as a horse able to run in Grade 1s effectively on both surfaces...i was in no way comparing him to Secretariat of course....just more to the point of the original question....I like horses who have actual campaigns and run past there 3 yr old season but that's me.
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Old 10-24-2013, 06:16 PM
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I didn't say that...he came to mind as a horse able to run in Grade 1s effectively on both surfaces...i was in no way comparing him to Secretariat of course....just more to the point of the original question....I like horses who have actual campaigns and run past there 3 yr old season but that's me.
Feel free to share the Grade 1 turf races that Affirmed Success was effective racing in.

Secretariat ran in two of the biggest, maybe the two biggest, of his time...and had blowout wins in both.

Then you insinuate that Secretariat didn't have an "actual campaign." Maybe you should check out his pps again.
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Old 10-24-2013, 06:35 PM
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Didn't win a Grade 1 on turf but I do believe he wasn't far off. Raced till 9. http://www.oldfriendsequine.org/hors...uccess-12.html

That's a campaign....As for Sec, it's a tired discussion on here and is in the reading room. Yes I think he is overrated....I'm sorry you think my example is a bum. With legends like Einstein mentioned in the thread, I was getting more of a stream on consciousness vibe about the topic. I should have run it by you first. All better.
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Old 10-24-2013, 06:42 PM
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Didn't win a Grade 1 on turf but I do believe he wasn't far off. Raced till 9. http://www.oldfriendsequine.org/hors...uccess-12.html

That's a campaign....As for Sec, it's a tired discussion on here and is in the reading room. Yes I think he is overrated....I'm sorry you think my example is a bum. With legends like Einstein mentioned in the thread, I was getting more of a stream on consciousness vibe about the topic. I should have run it by you first. All better.

I'll ignore your attention grabbing silliness and focus on facts. Affirmed Success ran on the turf 8 times. He was 11th in the BC Turf Mile in his only Grade 1 attempt in this country. Close, but no cigar.

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Old 10-24-2013, 06:52 PM
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I'll ignore your attention grabbing silliness and focus on facts. Affirmed Success ran on the turf 8 times. He was 11th in the BC Turf Mile in his only Grade 1 attempt in this country. Close, but no cigar.

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That's funny, I guess this country's Grade 1s are the only ones that matter? Wasn't he 2nd or 3rd in the Atto? So beneath you to ignore stats that don't help, but like the rebate thread unfortunately admitting when you are wrong is not an ability you have on here.
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Old 10-24-2013, 07:09 PM
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And now that you are ignoring me moving forward I'm sure we will get along just fine.
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Old 10-24-2013, 07:22 PM
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Mecke was a neat horse and did extremely well on both surfaces.

The plan was to campaign Afleet Alex on the turf for his 4yr old year. Add him to the list of "What if".
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