Unbridled overtaking Housebuster in the 7f Deputy Minister stakes at GP in 1991--that was the goddamnest race I've ever seen.

1985 strub. musta been 50k in attendance or more.

precisionist, greinton and the usual up to his antics gate dancer.

precisionist battled early with dont say halo, put him away, and then got hooked by greinton with a desperate battle all the way to the wire. gate dancer made his bid but got himself into trouble, having to pull up in the stretch before rerallying.

at least that's how i remember it!

that's the race that hooked me.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o1eAhVmKQBc


cheeska beats blazing blondie

2002 Whitney. Left Bank goes wire to wire and holds on against the charging Street Cry and Lido Palace.

your last winner?:p

j/k

Mine would be the Birdstone Traver's. Not only did it give Nick Zito his first Traver's victory, but the whole totall darkness, with the huge lightning bolts in the background. And then the massive downpour right at the horse's hit the wire. It was just an absolutly insane race. Plus I watched it on HD that day and it was spectacular.

So many, but this one made me cry. I loved this little horsie and always rooted for him and most of the time he came up short, but not in the BIG race. I was jumping around screaming "HE DID IT!"

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9OIF1PePwWY


Hey, you wanted sentimental.

Ooooh that was insane, I was at the finish line for that one. Still gives me goose bumps.

Rob thanks for posting that made my day.

Stauffer even blew that call, amazing

I thought the same thing. :)

Thank you, it was an experiance that i will never forget. I was a 12yr old girl in love with anything to do with racing and after we got back from the test barn we went into the cafe and as we walked in everyone in the place stood up and gave my mom a standing ovation. All of the trainers that said a woman didnt have a place on the backside, all of the others that thought we were crazy to belive in this crippled ugly horse, in that one act gave her the acceptance that she ever wanted.

Thank you!

Mine too.

I was sitting up in those old wooden seats at Gulfstream and was simply amazed at Unbridled blowing by Housebuster like he was standing still.

I have it on videotape somewhere, just haven't spent the time to dig it up. It deserves to be on Youtube.

Ha! I loved that one, too! Talk about overcoming a bad trip!

How influential do you think that series was in establishing our current interest, Danzig?!

--Dunbar

My 6.5 pack
* 1983 Champagne
* 1989 Preakness
* 1997 Kentucky Derby/1998 Ky Cup Classic
* 2002 Whitney
* 2004 Kentucky Derby
* 2005 Preakness

loved those books growing up, and have a few of them--working on getting all of them in hardcover, thank goodness for ebay. might have had some influence--sure didn't hurt!

Seen a few real good ones live. My two favorites, both Marlboro Cups (I miss that race a lot):

1976 Marlboro Cup: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hWeWHgHivWk
Forego runs down Honest Pleasure.

1978 Marlboro Cup: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RBHczmcKS5M
Seattle Slew (2-1) dominates Affirmed(1-2) in the first-ever race with two Triple Crown winners.

You beat me to it. Without question my favorite too. It was also my most successful flat wager.

i was looking thru one of the many photo sites, and came across one of left bank. still sad to think of--he was just coming into his own.

Watching Secretariats Belmont (on TV), you knew you were watching something you'd never see again, you knew you were watching history. Poor Sham, got his heart broken three times over. Barbaro's Derby felt the same way to me. It was just the feeling of, "This is his first step into history, and I get to see it".