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Originally Posted by declansharbor
Great work & payout Steve for the P4, esp w/ the 'free square'! Nice scoop!
I'll say this, as a fan that came into the sport w/ Smarty Jones, this horse Arrogate and the year he's had will be one of my fondest memories of the sport, right up there with the year that got me hooked.
We fans have been BLESSED with back to back years of special accomplishments with American Pharoah and Arrogate, Baffert being the most blessed. What a ride he's been on, huh?
Congrats and thanks again buddy, keep up the highly commendable work!
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Thanks a lot Mike. I can tell you that some of the most jaded critics are stunned by what he's accomplishing. The need to completely alter his approach to win Saturday, and doing it with such authority, is the very definition of greatness in this sport. As nice as Pharoah was, we should be giddy that it's possible for a horse like this to still come along, because it now seems likely that he's going to be an all time immortal type if he isn't already.
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