Proven Reserves

[RHT2004]

Aqu race 3. Horse jogged. Up and coming monster.

[freddymo]

Originally Posted by RHT2004

Aqu race 3. Horse jogged. Up and coming monster.

Race 8 went in 1:35.47 Race 3 1.35.80 unless the track changed significantly pretty sure your tweet is spot on

[jms62]

Yup let’s declare a 3 Year Old First Time Starter In a 4 Horse Race as Super Star. Is this a millennial thing where you need to find the greatest thing every week?

[RHT2004]

Originally Posted by jms62

Yup let’s declare a 3 Year Old First Time Starter In a 4 Horse Race as Super Star. Is this a millennial thing where you need to find the greatest thing every week?

Don't be silly Jumbo.

[blackthroatedwind]

Originally Posted by jms62

Yup let’s declare a 3 Year Old First Time Starter In a 4 Horse Race as Super Star. Is this a millennial thing where you need to find the greatest thing every week?

He may be a bit over the top ( it's his thing....I think that's long been established ) but isn't it OK that he points out some good looking random debut winners? It's not like the whole world was guffawing over the horse.

This horse was pretty impressive, especially for a firster at one mile.

[RHT2004]

Originally Posted by blackthroatedwind

He may be a bit over the top ( it's his thing....I think that's long been established ) but isn't it OK that he points out some good looking random debut winners? It's not like the whole world was guffawing over the horse.

This horse was pretty impressive, especially for a firster at one mile.

It is a horse racing place. I like exciting horses.

[blackthroatedwind]

Originally Posted by RHT2004

It is a horse racing place. I like exciting horses.

Yup. Looks like he got about a 90.

[cakes44]

Hell, I’ll take threads like this anytime.

[RHT2004]

Probably point to that stakes on the Belmont undercard that West Coast won last year. I forget the name right now.

[RolloTomasi]

Originally Posted by RHT2004

Probably point to that stakes on the Belmont undercard that West Coast won last year. I forget the name right now.

Easy Goer

[Alabama Stakes]

Originally Posted by RolloTomasi

Easy Goer

He was a good hoss. Almost as good as Sunday Silence.

[RolloTomasi]

Originally Posted by Alabama Stakes

He was a good hoss. Almost as good as Sunday Silence.

Got a listed race named for him and coincidentally holds the track record at Aqueduct for a mile (the distance of the Proven Reserves race).

Sunday Silence has a raced named for him, too, but they run it on the grass for some reason.

[Alabama Stakes]

Saw him win the Whitney then the Travers, which you never would see. He ran fast doing it too. Got a huge ovation from crowd after he won the Whitney. It was a beautiful day as I remember.

[RolloTomasi]

Originally Posted by Alabama Stakes

Saw him win the Whitney then the Travers, which you never would see. He ran fast doing it too. Got a huge ovation from crowd after he won the Whitney. It was a beautiful day as I remember.

I remember the racecaller Marshall Cassidy actually showing some emotion in his voice because Easy Goer got shuffled back a couple of times down the backstretch and entering the far turn.

Alydar and Key To The Mint also turned the Whitney-Travers trick in the 1970s.

[Alabama Stakes]

Originally Posted by RolloTomasi

I remember the racecaller Marshall Cassidy actually showing some emotion in his voice because Easy Goer got shuffled back a couple of times down the backstretch and entering the far turn.

Alydar and Key To The Mint also turned the Whitney-Travers trick in the 1970s.

Affirmed never should have come down, and Alydar was never beating him that day

[RolloTomasi]

Originally Posted by Alabama Stakes

Affirmed never should have come down, and Alydar was never beating him that day

At the 3/8s pole, Affirmed clearly went from the 3-path directly to the rail and took out Alydar, who was no more than a 1/2 length behind.

Ironically, Alydar was able to switch leads in the stretch and it was Affirmed who stayed on his left lead.

In fact, Affirmed stayed on his left lead a few days early in the Jim Dandy, giving a massive amount of weight and having to make up a ~10 length deficit in the stretch to the very good Sensitive Prince.

Perhaps the Jim Dandy effort gutted Affirmed because he didn't come back around with a winning effort until the Strub the following year.