Where does RTR belong in history?

[Downthestretch55]

Originally Posted by TenMostWanted

exactly!

i'm biased but i think ashado should be mentioned in this thread as well.

Ashado! Yes! Remember her race with Storm Flag Flying at Toga?

Originally Posted by Downthestretch55

Ashado! Yes! Remember her race with Storm Flag Flying at Toga?

if they had a nervous & sick smiley, that would've been me.. that's always me when one of my favorites races!

she was such a great mare - my personal favorite was her distaff, i almost had a heart attack waiting for her to get a hole off the rail! that's the one i remember best.

still need to get down & stalk her at darley.. shame on me!

& randomly - board elligible, one of the ones i kept tabs on. whatever happened to her?

[brockguy]

lads, its still debatable whether shes the best filly racing at the moment... She's probably the best, yeah, but there are fillies around the world that have done brilliantly this year..

[blackthroatedwind]

Originally Posted by Downthestretch55

Ashado! Yes! Remember her race with Storm Flag Flying at Toga?

Perhaps I'm wrong but I think that one took place in Fantasyland.

Originally Posted by brockguy

lads, its still debatable whether shes the best filly racing at the moment... She's probably the best, yeah, but there are fillies around the world that have done brilliantly this year..

i do not think she's the best filly in racing, worldwide.

finsceal beo [sp?] is probably the best at this point, rags is definitely up there though - she has to be.

[pba1817]

No, no.... it was at Dreaming Downs on Fantasy Island, with Mr. Rourke as your host and Tattoo calling the race.

[Downthestretch55]

Originally Posted by blackthroatedwind

Perhaps I'm wrong but I think that one took place in Fantasyland.

BTW,
You are correct. I always mix up Ashado and Azeri.
I was thinking of Race 9, The Personal Ensign, Aug 27, 2004.
Ashado wasn't in it. Azari was.
My mistake.
Azeri, if I recall, was ridden by Pat Day and trained by D. Wayne Lucas.
And, I'm pretty sure she won over Storm Flag Flying.

[philcski]

Originally Posted by Downthestretch55

Ashado! Yes! Remember her race with Storm Flag Flying at Toga?

Huh? They never raced each other at Saratoga.

[Downthestretch55]

Originally Posted by philcski

Huh? They never raced each other at Saratoga.

Sorry!
I already admitted my mistake.

[philcski]

Originally Posted by Downthestretch55

Sorry!
I already admitted my mistake.

Ha! No prob. Saw that, my bad for the piling on.

Originally Posted by philcski

Ha! No prob. Saw that, my bad for the piling on.

how dare you!

[Downthestretch55]

Originally Posted by DaHoss9698

Storm Flag Flying beat Azeri after being softened up on the lead. A few weeks earlier Azeri beat SFF and Sightseek. in the Go For Wand.

DaHoss,
I really detest talking with you.
Maybe you remember better than me.
Race 9, the 57th running of the Personal Ensign Aug 27, 2004
1 1/4 mile 400K purse
1- Storm Flag Flying - John R Velazquez - Claude R. McGaughey
2- Azeri- Pat Day - D Wayne Lucas
3- Nevermore (4lbs over) - Edgar S Prado - H. James Bond
4- Roar Emotion - Jerry D Bailey - Kiaran P McLaughlin
5- Board Elligible - Pablo Fragaso - James W. Ferraro

Who won?

[pba1817]

Doesn't seem like Azeri was the last decent horse Lucas trained?? She really wasn't even his horse anyway...

[philcski]

Originally Posted by TenMostWanted

how dare you!

haha because I'm so mean.

[hemaih]

Ouija Board is one of the greats

[Danzig]

already? i haven't read thru the thread yet, but i think 'history' rankings are a bit premature. all the other fillies i would think are already done racing, while rags is not. well, hope not!

[SentToStud]

I look at it this way...

If you judged all fillies as of mid-June of their 3 yo years and came up with a list of the best, I'd say that as short as you choose to make that list,... she's on it.

[Cannon Shell]

Originally Posted by Siena 16

Ruffian by far was the fastest filly ever to race. And she ran when medication was not as much as a contributor to performance as it is in racing today

That's not exactly true but you can believe it if you want

[Cannon Shell]

Originally Posted by Cardus

She doesn't belong "in history" until her career is history.

Good point

[SentToStud]

Originally Posted by Cannon Shell

Good point

I say not a good point. I think a 3x G1 winning filly who wins the Belmont while getting the toughest trip in the field is enough to be judged favorably through history.

Can you name one filly who accomplished more than she has through this point in their respective 3 yo years?