Non-winners of an Eclipse or Championship

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Originally Posted by Pedigree Ann

...In the championship race, the JC Gold Cup, Seattle Slew ran off to a long lead on one of those speed-favoring wet-fast Belmont tracks; he was so far ahead on the far turn, it didn't look like anyone would finish in the same furlong with him. But Exceller came rolling like a freight train and ran down Slew AGAINST the track bias and all anybody could write about was how game Slew was in hanging close at the finish.

While I agree the horse should have won an Eclipse on turf, you have completely distorted what happened in the JCGC.