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Top 5 BC performances ever
We did a thread like this a couple of years ago, but I wonder what other people think of this question.
I am probably forgetting a few, but I think my list is as follows: 1) Inside Information - '95 Distaff 2) Ghostzapper - '04 Classic 3) Arazi - '91 Juvenile 4) Pleasant Home - '05 Distaff 5) Banks Hill - '01 Filly & Mare Turf |
Azeri '02 Distaff
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Wasn't Storm Flag Flying's race at Arlington a real good performance, she was beat at the 1/4 pole and fought back gamely. Was an awesome race
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I'm not sure of my list but I'm pretty sure Medaglia d'Oro in the 2003 Classic will be on that list. I know it was a loss but it was a winning effort and one of the best I've seen considering the circumstances.
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Im pretty sure last years Turf winner was impressive. The winners name escapes me at the moment. Maybe Scavs would remember??
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Shamdinan.
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Personal Ensign's Distaff
Arazi's Juvie Johanesburg's Juvie |
I remember HalfBridled in 2003. I thought she had an impossible post (14). She was 3-4 wide most of the way, and near the front in a hot paced race.
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Ok. Very hard to make a list like this but here goes:
1. Bayakoa/Go for Wand-90 Distaff Had to make this the top choice. I still think Go for Wand would have won had she not broken down but we'll never know. Either way, it was going to be a tight finish between two absolutely brilliant horses that hooked up early and provided everything we had anticipated and then some. 2. Great Communicator-88 Turf Sunshine Forever, Indian Skimmer, and Triptych had all passed GC turning into the lane but as Tom Durkin said "Great Communicator would not be denied". He was game as they come in the lane and beat back some pretty good horses. 3. Medaglia d'Oro-03 Classic Never got a break in that race. Was down on the inside of Congaree and dueled throughout with some pretty solid fractions. Congaree never gave an inch either but MDO was pulling away from him at the end. By right, both horses had to have been spent in the lane and Pleasantly Perfect benefitted from them wearing each other out and swept by to win but I have always thought that in defeat, MDO put on the best performance and it was that race that tells me whenever people say he can't run 10f, they are dead wrong. 4. Arazi-01 Juvenile He didn't have much to beat but the way he did it was incredible. The most devastating move I've seen. Only seen it one other time and that was by him in the Derby. Even though he wasn't beating much, he wasn't supposed to do it that easily. 5. Personal Ensign-88 Distaff With all that was at stake, it had to be the most dramatic. But putting the drama of the perfect career out of the picture, it was a pretty damn good performance. That was a damn good horse in Winning Colors that she had to run down even though that one had it totally her way. Goodbye Halo was no slouch either. It looked like she was beaten at the head of the lane and she didn't appear to be running comfortably but she dug in and got it done. I think that if that had been maybe 98% of the horses in the history of the game behind her, Winning Colors doesn't get caught. Also considered: Phone Chatter-03 Juv Fillies Flanders-04 Juv Fillies Miesque-88 Mile Inside Information-05 Distaff Alphabet Soup-06 Classic Tiznow-00 Classic Intercontinental-05 F/M Turf |
Lure from the 12 post in '93 at Santa Anita
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1) Personal Ensign
2) Curlin ; against the bias last year was really even better than it looked. 3) Arazi 4) War Chant 50 Midnite Lute ; with help of bias and great set-up, but was awesome. |
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Inside Information.. she absolutely destroyed Heavenly Prize and Serena's Song...
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personal ensign, arazi and tiznows second win would be hard to top.
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Tiznows races, and I think it was Powerscourt who put on a good show couple years back. Phone Chatter too.
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He didn't make my list, but I'm a little surprised that nobody has mentioned Skip Away in the '97 Classic yet.
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Manila............checked and blocked and still won the Turf.
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In no particular order
Wild Again's Classic 1984 Ferdinand's Classic 1987 over Alysheba Arazi's Juvy 1991 Personal Ensign's Distaff 1988 Inside Informations's Distaff 1995 Honorable mention Miesque's Mile in 1987 Cozzene's mile in 1986 Lure's mile in 1992 Steinlen's mile in 1989 Six Perfection's mile in 2003 Princess Rooney's Distaff in 1984 Bayakoa's Distaff in 1989 Beautiful Pleasure's Distaff in 1999 Flanders Juvy filly in 1994 Halfbridled's Juvy filly in 2003 Indian Blessing's juvy in 2007 Ghostzapper's Classic in 2004 Sunday Silence's Classic in 1989 Skip Away's Classic in 1997 Awesome Again's Classic in 1998 Tiznow's Classic in 2000 Manila's Turf in 1986 Theatrical's Turf in 1987 Fantastic Light's Turf in 2001 War Pass' Juvy in 2007 Street Sense's Juvy in 2006 Banks Hill's Filly turf in 2001 Midnight Lute's sprint in 2007 Safely Kept's Sprint in 1990 Very Subtle's Sprint in 1987 Precisionist's Sprint in 1985 |
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1) Personal Ensign 1988 (yeah... that was easy)
2) Ghostzapper 2004 3) Skip Away 1997 (he beat nothing but man that was awesome) 4) Unbridled's Song/Hennessey 1995 (crushed a good field... Hennessey set torrid fractions and almost got home) 5) English Channel 2007 |
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Unbridled's Song should have an asterick due to Donna Bartons ineptness |
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Ask me again tomorrow and I'll probably have 3 different choices underneath the top two. The reason the BC IS such a great event is the incredible horseflesh that gathers for it every year. |
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Looking over the charts there are so many great races that we have forgotten about. I dont know anyone can leave Wild Again off the list. Not only was it an unbelievable performance, it was one of the largest betting scores ever. |
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This is obvioulsy a very subjective discussion, but I really don't know how in the world any top five list could exclude Inside Information.
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I realize WA deserves some extra credit for the fast and pressured pace - but that simply can't be rated a top five all-time BC performance. I don't agree about PE's Distaff - it was certainly one of the best moments in BC history - but the individual performance itself is no way top 5 material. |
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g zapper 2004:tro: :tro: :tro:
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Just a reminder to Scavs as to what it looked like that day:tro: :D
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