04-26-2007, 11:06 PM
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Join Date: May 2006
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Originally Posted by The Indomitable DrugS
Here's a clip of Silence Suzuka's win in the '98 Kinko Sho. He destroyed the course record, and won by what might have been as many as 15 lengths. The 2nd place finisher Midnight Bet, was a Hong Kong Cup winner, and actually won this same race, the G2 Kinko Sho, the following year.
Certainly one of the all-time great performances. Silence Suzuka toyed with El Condor Pasa that year, handing him his only career loss in Japan. ECP won a group 1 in Europe, and just missed winning the Arc the year Montjeu and Daylami ran.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nSMQ5FD2lIY |
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