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06-15-2009, 07:51 AM
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Agree with the breeding aspect as an obvious issue. That's the reason some of the horses aren't withstanding the rigors of the crown. Don't change the crown, keep medication limited and improve the breed....and poof you will have triple crown winners. I guess I'm in the camp that I don't mind that we haven't had a Triple Crown winner in a while, it simply proves what an accomplisment it was for the horses who have done it.
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06-15-2009, 07:58 AM
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Does anyone know off the top of their head how many horses have won the first 2 legs only to fail in the Belmont since Affirmed last won the Triple Crown?
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06-15-2009, 07:59 AM
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06-15-2009, 08:13 AM
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won derby, preakness and lost belmont (belmont finish after name) since affirmed :
spectacular bid-3 pleasant colony-3 alysheba-4 sunday silence-2 silver charm-2 real quiet-2 charismatic-3 war emblem-8 funny cide-3 smarty jones-2 big brown-dnf 11 horses in that list...of course there are others since affirmed to win two legs of it but not the third-such as risen star, swale, afleet alex just to name a few. also, seven of the eleven above raced at four, with only one of them actually suffering a career ending injury in the classics. war emblem and funny cide ran the rest of the year.
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#5
06-15-2009, 08:26 AM
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Wow forgot about a couple there.
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