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Originally Posted by King Glorious
How would he have fared at the longer distances against the likes of Sunday Silence and Easy Goer? It’s highly probable that they would have handled him. They are all-time greats. But if you lined them up in a race like the Met Mile or the Vosburgh or BC Sprint, I’d feel very good about my chances with him. For whatever it’s worth, Gary Stevens once told me that at 9f, they could beat him but that up to a mile, they’d wonder what hit them.
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No doubt King Glorious was an exceptional juvenile who ran fast times around one-turn, but soundness issues kept him from competing against the best of his generation where he would have received a true acid test. The distance limitations were clear despite winning what turned out to be his final two starts.
As far as what Gary Stevens has to say about him, I'm not sure it cuts much ice. Gary Stevens never rode the horse--or Easy Goer or Sunday Silence for that matter...