Thread: Top 5 greatest failures I've seen among racehorses
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Old 10-19-2009, 07:24 AM
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Originally Posted by CSC
Bellamy Road deserves a mention also.
I don't know... Why? He delivered one of the great, if not the greatest, Derby prep performances ever in the Wood win, fractured a bone in the Derby and was basically finished.

Doug's premise is more horses that kept running and just never capitalized on their previously displayed talent. The injury aspect in this discussion is paramount because it's the fastest horses, and horses who stress themselves with enormous effort, that typically get hurt...
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