Historian Ed Bowen on ATR (9:30a) re: record-keeping, modern era, et al..

[cmorioles]

Originally Posted by dino

maybe we can enjoy the rapid redux story and not have to consult historians that talk about horses that ran in the 1800's and early 1900's. obviously nobody in his right mind is comparing him to a citation but it's a cute story in a time in racing where cute stories are enjoyable.
problem here is the same people that stick up for scum like dutrow are putting down rapid redux's accomplishments.
seems to me that this whole thing is the same type of thing as the whole tebow story. no one in their right mind is comparing him to a brady but once again it's a cute story in a sport filled with bad people like big ben.

It is a good story, but can't we at least not make up stuff to make the story better?

[GPK]

Originally Posted by cmorioles

It is a good story, but can't we at least not make up stuff to make the story better?

Come on, I mean really, what's a few historical inaccuracies among friends?

[blackthroatedwind]

I just hate it when truth rears its ugly head in the face of fantasy.

[GPK]

Other than getting to write their own fictional fantasies, what is really gained by those that are refusing to acknowledge the real streak set by Donald McDonald?

[cmorioles]

Originally Posted by GPK

Other than getting to write their own fictional fantasies, what is really gained by those that are refusing to acknowledge the real streak set by Donald McDonald?

They don't have to do a retraction? I don't see why that is a big deal, but I can't think of anything else. People should certainly understand the difficulty in finding records like this in horse racing.

[cmorioles]

Also, Imp still doesn't get mentioned and she beat it as well.