Easy Goer Was Better than Sunday Silence

[PeteMugg]

Originally Posted by Danzig

the main reason is sunday silence defeating easy goer three of the four times they faced each other. easy goer was one hell of a horse, that's indisputable. he was my pick to win first saturday in may. but in the derby, preakness (albeit by a very, very small margin) and in the bcc, sunday won. one loss, excusable...two, maybe. but three? 75% of the time easy goer lost. many also criticize easy goer because he was pretty much a new yorker thru and thru.

Easy Goer was my Derby pick, also. In fact, he was my pick every time he ran.
What's that Danzig? He couldn't win outside his home state? That sounds familiar. Is there another thread or two about a horse like that?

It's been twenty years, I think I can finally say that Sunday Silence was the better horse.

[blackthroatedwind]

Much as I like Birdstone ( and love Easy Goer ), the Champagne-Belmont-Travers triple may not be the world's greatest example to establish his greatness.

This argument can go around forever. They were both truly great horses. Sunday Silence's speed gave him a tactical edge over Easy Goer that more than narrowed any possible gap in their abilities. Pat Day further exacerbated the situation with his inept riding.

[randallscott35]

Originally Posted by blackthroatedwind

Much as I like Birdstone ( and love Easy Goer ), the Champagne-Belmont-Travers triple may not be the world's greatest example to establish his greatness.

This argument can go around forever. They were both truly great horses. Sunday Silence's speed gave him a tactical edge over Easy Goer that more than narrowed any possible gap in their abilities. Pat Day further exacerbated the situation with his inept riding.

Pat wait all Day? I don't believe it.

[HaloWishingwell]

Originally Posted by blackthroatedwind

Much as I like Birdstone ( and love Easy Goer ), the Champagne-Belmont-Travers triple may not be the world's greatest example to establish his greatness.

This argument can go around forever. They were both truly great horses. Sunday Silence's speed gave him a tactical edge over Easy Goer that more than narrowed any possible gap in their abilities. Pat Day further exacerbated the situation with his inept riding.

But SS won races even with a druggie on his back.