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[SentToStud]

Originally Posted by eurobounce

Now I know why I miss this horse so much. Other than Silver Charm who is there?

I'm pretty sure all of these won G1's as 4 yo's:
Funny Cide
Real Quiet
Alysheba (huge 4 yo year... retired after BCC win)
Spectacular Bid (Huger 4 yo year 10 for 10, I believe)
Seattle Slew
Foolish Pleasure (I remember he beat Forego in a big NY race)
Riva Ridge

Originally Posted by SentToStud

I'm pretty sure all of these won G1's as 4 yo's:
Funny Cide
Real Quiet
Alysheba (huge 4 yo year... retired after BCC win)
Spectacular Bid (Huger 4 yo year 10 for 10, I believe)
Seattle Slew
Foolish Pleasure (I remember he beat Forego in a big NY race)
Riva Ridge

Thanks Sent. I appreciate it.

[Thunder Gulch]

Originally Posted by SentToStud

I'm pretty sure all of these won G1's as 4 yo's:
Funny Cide
Real Quiet
Alysheba (huge 4 yo year... retired after BCC win)
Spectacular Bid (Huger 4 yo year 10 for 10, I believe)
Seattle Slew
Foolish Pleasure (I remember he beat Forego in a big NY race)
Riva Ridge

Look at the list... Funny Cide excepted, for the most part, these are some of the best Derby winners of the last 35 years. The kind who's talent can't be denied, even when they aren't at the top of their game.

I do think the trip to Dubai takes it out of them. Silver Charm, Cigar, Roses in May- to name a few- were never the same after that trip

Giacomo!!!!!!!!! He's sitting on a big one! LOL

[miraja2]

Originally Posted by Thunder Gulch

Look at the list... Funny Cide excepted, for the most part, these are some of the best Derby winners of the last 35 years. The kind who's talent can't be denied, even when they aren't at the top of their game.

I do think the trip to Dubai takes it out of them. Silver Charm, Cigar, Roses in May- to name a few- were never the same after that trip

Didn't Cigar win in his first start back from Dubai? I agree that it is a general rule, but if my memory serves me correctly I think Cigar was the exception to the rule.

Originally Posted by miraja2

Didn't Cigar win in his first start back from Dubai? I agree that it is a general rule, but if my memory serves me correctly I think Cigar was the exception to the rule.

He won but he wasnt the same, his figures plunged from there on in.

[Gander]

Brass Hat wasnt the only horse who ran bad in the Stephen Foster. Love of Money and Buzzards Bay both ran like gerbils too. I dont think it had everything to do with his trip to Dubai.