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Originally Posted by POINTGIVEN1985
favorite tricks record as a 2 yr old will never be matched... this post says best 2 yr old. so if its best 2 yr old it has to be him, 2 yr olds these days see the track 5 times tops, thats the good 2 yr olds, most trainers point to the derby, if you see a real good 2 yr old run more then 5 times as a juvenile its rare.
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There are any number of horses who won more races, and beat demonstrably better horses in the process, as 2YOs. If you have only been in the sport for a few years, Favorite Trick's campaign stands out - rather like a dim star against a black sky. If you had ever seen a starry night, you'd know that Favorite Trick's accomplishments appear more ordinary in comparison.
The trends you're talking about are not very old and there are plenty of us on this board (who are not fossils) who remember when it was perfectly ordinary for high-class stakes 2YOs to run much more than they do in the 21st century. There are other 2YO champions of the 1990s who ran seven or eight times; that was common in the 1980s and par for the course (or even considered a light campaign) for many decades before that. The pendulum could swing again.