Trivia
 

Greatest horse to ever run at Arapahoe Park and Sam Houston. Name him...

WISE CHOICE

No ... he wasn't even trained by Gary Sciacca either.

Deflate The Bubble?

Silver Goblin

Its Deflate The Bubble, I am sure of it.

Silver Goblin. 2nd to Cigar in the Oaklawn handicap.

Correct.

Cigar beat him in the Oaklawn Park Handicap - the race that ended his winning streak.

Cigar ran a 121 Beyer in victory that day .. the only time in his career he ever broke into the 120's.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6u7f9hLR7Ws

Silver Goblin was hung up 4 wide on the first turn and gave a good account of himself in defeat.

Cigar, Concern, Urgent Request, Best Pal. Amazing what a Grade I field used to look like.

It was a race or 2 after The Donn where Holy Bull got hurt....that was the big story, not Cigar's 6 length win.

it was the first and last time that someone hit Cigar across the face with a whip

Final six starts under trainer Randy Bradshaw for this future champ...

Orientate?

Nope.

I figured Wayne trained him the whole time but he came to mind.

Petionville?

Yeah - he had some ugly lines in a few races.

Though he had wins in the Indiana Derby and Sir Beaufort mixed in.

Nope

Rockamundo

Artax?

He never won a championship. Not him.

Correct.

He was off form badly before being transferred to Louis Albertrani.

Less than two months after that last place finish in the Opt Claiming race at SA ... he won the Grade 1 Carter in 1:20 flat with a 123 Beyer.

Chemicals?

I recognized the Kentucky Derby running line and the Kings Bishop where Forestry beat him.

What are the two other G2's listed, Indiana Derby and Pegasus?

He never ran in the King's Bishop ... the 2nd place in the Grade 1 was to the Indomitable Theatrical gelding Run Man Run in the Malibu.

Was Run Man Run the only Theatrical to ever win a Grade 1 sprint?

Run Man Run...." trained " by the immortal Tony Margotta.

Actually, he had a pretty good, but reasonably unknown, actual trainer.

You are right. Just found the video- it was Five Star Day the year later (1999) who battled Forestry with almost that exact running line.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SvQsTP7EGRM

First five times that this horse ran on the dirt with blinkers ... name him ...

Actually.

The truth was about Artax, that idiot incompetent buffoon jackass Bradshaw ran Artax against Indian Charlie and Real Quiet while anemic. When he finally figured out he couldn't get his horse to perform at a top level while anemic, he finally laid him up.

Single worst training job by probably the worst big name trainer I can ever remember.

Artax was a beast.

uhhh? Black Tie Affair

You named his father.

Evening Attire

doh

Evening Attire. Those were the Queens Co, Discovery, etc.

Correct.

His first dirt race wearing blinkers he upset Street Cry at 65/1 odds

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YqqHSGK9Bjs


I thought I might be able to slip that one past you guys because of the running line where EA blows a 5 length lead.

That was the Excelsior, he uncharacteristically bolted to the lead and got beat by some bomb.

In just ten weeks he went from maiden to Wood Memorial winner ... didn't run again after the Wood for two years.



Name him ...

It was the mid-90's but the name of the horse escapes me.

Irgun

He was off a layoff that day and probably fresh.