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07-28-2006, 07:44 AM
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best single year by a horse....
....in the last 25 years.
since my hypothetical derby got a lot of discussion lets see how this one works out. here are the guidelines. the rules are simple. what horse(s) had the best single years (meaning january 1 through december 31st) from 1981 - 2006 (sorry spectacular bid fans). so for example, if you took cigar - 1995 his victory in the 1996 dubai world Cup would not factor in. got it? here are my top 3: #3 - john henry - 1981 - How many horses are going to pull off the big cap/arlington million/jockey club gold cup triple in a single season? Add his 5 other graded stakes wins and he makes my top 3. #2 - personal ensign - 1988 - 7 for 7 with 6 g1s. beat the boys in the whitney and beat the kentucky derby winner in the bc distaff. #1 - cigar - 1995 - his 1995 season was so spectacular that you dont even need to count his races at the start of 1996. imo - best year by a horse since the bid in '80. 
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07-28-2006, 08:02 AM
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For me the answer is:
Sunday Silence - '89. I am biased because he was my all-time favorite horse but his year was truly amazing. For starters he won the two biggest races in the country - the BC Classic and the Kentucky Derby - in the same year. Unbridled is the only other horse to do that. The difference is that Unbridled didn't do much the rest of the year. Sunday Silence meanwhile won the G2 San Felipe and three other G1s - Preakness, Santa Anita Derby, and the Super Derby. In addition Sunday Silence beat a true superstar of a horse in Easy Goer 3 out of 4 times and I believe EG was better than anything Cigar faced in 1995. Don't get me wrong, Cigar was great in '95, but I would rank Sunday Silence's year #1.
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07-28-2006, 08:04 AM
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I'll take Lady's Secret's 1986, thank you very much:
BC Distaff G1 Santa Margarita G1 Whitney G1 Beldame G1 Ruffian G1 La Canada G1 Shuvee G1 Maskette G1 Molly Pitcher G2 El Encino G3 2nd Woodward G1 Apple Blossom G1 Hempstead G1 3rd Iselin G1 Metropolitan G1
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07-28-2006, 08:05 AM
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Seriously, I have to go back and look at 1986 for Lady's Secret again.
8 GI races...including one against the boys. Two other Graded races, and place or show in other graded races against boys. Sorry guys, nobody else compares. That's the end of the discussion as far as I'm concerned.
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07-28-2006, 08:11 AM
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How about Damascus in 1967
Wood Preakness Belmont Dwyer Travers JCGC Woodward (Beat Dr. Fager and Buckpasser by 10)
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07-28-2006, 08:11 AM
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Quote:
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07-28-2006, 08:13 AM
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