20 years since Sunday Silence vs. Easy Goer in the Preakness
 

Ironic, but it's been 20 years since arguably the best Preakness matchup of all time, certainly in recent memory. It made quite an impression on TV and the youtube vids of it still get reaction to this day.

I wish Pimlico could use this angle to market the Preakness. Yeah, I know they are in dire straits and now the whole eminent domain/Magna bankruptcy issue is the bigger part of the Preakness' fate.

Now would be a great year to get that Triple Crown winner we've been wanting for so long.

I'm hoping to do some video segments for the NYRA site building up to the Belmont and I surely plan to cover that rivalry.

I was hoping for pieces on Commendable, Sarava, and D' Tara.

FTFY

Of course - how could I leave out Jazil!

has he even hit the board in a race since besides that crappy allowance he lost at GP?

He's now lost two crappy allowance races at GP. It hasn't been pretty for the Count since June 7.

NT

can you do a piece on woody stephens and his 5 winners in a row- that is a record that probably will neve get broken

No idea - but I had the pick 4 a couple times for a $1 if Denis of Cork would have won - and I seem to remember it paying something like $1,400 to him.

Denis of Cork's 97 is the all-time lowest Beyer ever earned in a 3rd place finish in the Derby.

That was some group of 3yo's last year.

'93 was horrible though - I think Bullintheheather won the Florida Derby - Storm Tower won the Wood - Personal Hope won the Santa Anita Derby and Rockomundo won the Arkasnas Derby at 100/1

I think Afleet Alex held that distinction prior to that with a 98, which was a bogus figure anyways because there was no way they would ever give the Derby winner less than a 100 even though it should have been about a 96-97.

trivia... who ended up being the best sire from the 1993 Derby? (hint: it ain't sayin' much about the group)

I actually think the 99 Afleet Alex got for running 3rd is the highest Beyer for a 3rd place finisher in the Derby in the last five years.

Cherokee Run passed the race so can't be him.

Dixieland Heat won that years Lousianna Derby .. he sired Xtra Heat but was otherwise an awful, awful stallion.

yup.

Don't forget Sterling Heat, he won for 20k last week for Dutrow.:rolleyes:
He has the Dynaformer on the bottom to bail him out, somewhat.

that was an interesting race actually, i was going to email you about it. he looked done on the turn and somehow got back on track and bailed out the entry.

That was 108-1....I was there...best looking horse on the track that day...but of course none of us bet him...

Always put down a 10 spot on the prettiest pony.

I believe it was Kasept who first told me that.

He picked Rockomundo 5th that day.

He LOVED him.

Look at the two of you... Comedy gold! Martin and Rossi... Stiller and Meara... It's like the phucking Friar's Club around here.

Andy... Shouldn't you be at the Angelika for the Armenian Film Festival?