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Originally Posted by NoLuvForPletch
was it dramatic because he lost? i think it may have been one of the most anticlimactic events ever, with sj getting caught late the way he did, but i'm not sure i'd agree it was one of the most dramatic...
now the gtown-princeton game was both exciting and anticlimactic, therefore very dramatic, but i was not at that game.
the most exciting sporting event i've actually been at, taking all factors into consideration (how big of a fan i am of the horse/team, if i own the horse, if i bet on the horse/team, etc...) was probably the nyj/miami monday night game in 2000, when the jets scored 30 points in the 4th quarter to tie the dolphins and won it in overtime...now i say it was the most dramatic/exciting because even though i am a new yorker, i am a cowboys fan...but this game was something i will never, ever forget, and i had no real interest other than being there...
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I found it to be dramatic for a few reasons. I was a relative newbie to the sport. Ive never witnessed a TC winner, let alone see one live. Smarty was a locally based horse who defeated all of his opponents to date with ease. He was thrown into a senseless speed duel that made the other ones wilt away and finish up the track. He was oh so close to the TC, and had a whole region so emotionally attached, the likes of which we will never again see around here. The whole experience culminated into that one stretch run. It made me a life long fan.