Or any of EC's many wins.

El Pitirre's 1976 Tom Fool.

I think Ronald Reagan over Jimmy Carter in the 1980 Presidential is still my favorite race.

I thought Truman over Dewey was more your era.

Probably not under-rated but the 1986 BC Turf where Manila checks then re-rallies to beat Theatrical, Estrapade and the Euro wonder horse Dancing Brave is one of my all times favs. Financially rewarding as well.

obscure and not sure if its been mentioned (kinda doubt it)
one of the best stakes ever saw in person, and stuck in my memory forever 1986 Widener Handicap at Hialeah
I remember a furious charge by Turkoman over Gate Dancer and Darn That Alarm. anybody else have memories of this one

I do remember Turkoman winning, I think, a 7f race in Florida that was quite unbelievable. He galloped out in something like a track record time too.

That was amazing.

That was the Tallahasee Stakes. I think it might have been 6f. Beveled set insane fractions and Turkoman blew past him and the rest of the field in the stretch like they were standing still. Turkoman came within 2/5 or 3/5th of Dr. Fager's mile record in the gallop out.

The 1998 Belmont..I swore Real Quiet won! We had seats right on the finish line in the club house thanks to John Hertler (class act).

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KLV7xZPwvM0

The funny thing is, given the two TC races he lost by a nose (that I can recall), I bet even though the Belmont was a tough beat I wonder sometimes if Baffert didn't have more post traumatic stress over Cavonnier losing to Grindstone. He hadn't won a KD yet, hadn't had an almost TC win yet. Then 2nd by a nose in the Derby when you thought you had it...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U0q0qp_hKjg

This is my favorite horse showing his stuff. It's obvious that the announcer thinks he's pretty talented as well: "When he's Got his mind on running......." Trainer said she had to take him a month early to the Breeders Cup(he was a madman.)

Remember Nak taking him on the rail a few times right up other horses heels?

I rate Lit de Justice one of the top three male sprinters I've seen, when he wasn't all crazy that is.

http://magalifarms.com/stallions/litdejustice.pdf Most of the losses were caused by being 6-8 wide at the apex of the turn etc. Don't know what happened in his last race at Del Mar though. Didn't fire that day. Could of been gate stuff, cuz she then took him to Woodbine a month early(so he wouldn't act up so much.) I heard Janine talk about it one time at some discussion forum thing at HWD PARK (in like '99.) I don't think she was even gunna talk about him if I didn't ask her. She didn't like me telling her that her best horse ever was Lit dJ. I guess that was a little forward (but it was fun.) She gave me a look that was like if you refuse to pay for her cat's operation, or something. He wasn't her favorite(cuz he was trouble.) Seems like her pet was Meagan's Interco. She didn't want to be there at the discussion. I think we were depriving her of some important Scrabble-playing time. So, I know why Baffert messed with her that time at that post selection. He couldn't resist, and either could I.

2000 Beldame Handicap: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iltoZrNRZmQ

That's not his full record. He was off the board 4 times on dirt. Most glaringly as one of the favorites in the '95 Vosburgh at Belmont. I think he finished last. That poor effort made him part of the mutual field in the BC a few weeks later. If you liked him to regain his form that day you were probably pissed his odds were compromised by being linked with a couple of other runners. While he did return to form he only managed 3rd. Fortunately, fellow mutual field member Desert Stormer won the race.

He delayed the start of that Vosburgh.. at least 5 minutes or so..

I bet Our Emblem in there.. good memories... :rolleyes:

Yea, I forgot about that Vosburgh. I watched it the other night. No doubt he was pretty wild sometimes. He was 8 wide on a muddy track in that Breeders Cup in '95. Frank Lyons won that (nuff said....drunk caught a break.)

I'm pretty sure Nak got a suspension for a rail ride he gave LDJ. It was a long time ago, but I think he tried to bulldoze a horse out of his way and took a lot of crap for it.

Did she really think Megan's Interco was better than LDJ? Man, that is crazy talk. I LOVED Megan's Interco too, but cmon, that's like saying Johar is better than Better Talk Now, or somethin!

An interesting thing about Megan's Interco is that he had a virtually identical record on turf as he did on dirt. I think he won 8 of 16 on each surface and had 5 seconds on one with 6 seconds on the other.

What I always thought was a shame about LDJ was that he was never given a chance to run long on dirt. He won going 8.5 on turf, but I guess his connections felt that his vast improvement in form came from shortening up in distance, instead of the more likely switch in surface.

LOL....She wouldn't say who was her best horse. She's flakey as pie crust. Actually, I think 5f, or 5 1/2f was ideal. Wasn't the El Conejo less than 6f? I know he didn't get up until late in the Breeders Cup, but he broke a 23 year old track record that day. So, the others were running big, too.