A Lesson Learned

[Suffolk Shippers]

Originally Posted by moodwalker

That Afleet Alex was a heck of a horse. Still feel bad about him not winning the Derby. I hated him when he was running too.

Just one of those that I didn't like.

Two words: Spanish Chestnut

That rabbit isn't in the race and Rose avoids the rail down the stretch, I think Afleet Alex wins the Triple Crown.

[ateamstupid]

Originally Posted by Suffolk Shippers

Two words: Spanish Chestnut

That rabbit isn't in the race and Rose avoids the rail down the stretch, I think Afleet Alex wins the Triple Crown.

Huh? If anything, didn't Spanish Chestnut aid Afleet Alex by eliminating anyone that was within five lengths of the lead?

I agree regarding the rail though.

[blackthroatedwind]

The horse bothered by Spanish Chesnut was Flower Alley ( who was in the midst of receiving the worst ride, in a lifetime of bad rides, that Jorge Chavez ever gave ).

[miraja2]

Originally Posted by blackthroatedwind

The horse bothered by Spanish Chesnut was Flower Alley ( who was in the midst of receiving the worst ride, in a lifetime of bad rides, that Jorge Chavez ever gave ).

I always liked his ride the year before that in the Preakness on Song of the Sword or whatever that horse's name was.
He puts the colt into a drive 6f from the wire on an obviously dead rail. The hopelessly overmatched horse packs it in and fades to last coming out of the final turn and Jorge hits him about 400 times down the lane despite the fact that I think Smarty was already in the winner's circle by that time.

[blackthroatedwind]

True, it was unfair of me to select any one ride by Chavez, when there were so many possibilities.

I did like, however, how Chavez sent Flower Alley into a drive midway through that Derby, and then ran him up on Spanish Chesnut's heels. Quite the clever plan.

[golfer]

Originally Posted by blackthroatedwind

True, it was unfair of me to select any one ride by Chavez, when there were so many possibilities.

I did like, however, how Chavez sent Flower Alley into a drive midway through that Derby, and then ran him up on Spanish Chesnut's heels. Quite the clever plan.

Thanks alot Andy, now I remember who I played in that Derby.. I had mentally blocked it out until NOW!

[slotdirt]

I don't know that Afleet Alex was a one run closer. Most always thought of him as more of a stalker than a closer. Watch his Sanford sometime. I think he had about 37 "runs" in that race, including one all the way out to the outside rail.

Edit: that was the Hopeful of which I was thinking, not the Sanford.

[miraja2]

Originally Posted by Suffolk Shippers

Two words: Spanish Chestnut

That rabbit isn't in the race and Rose avoids the rail down the stretch, I think Afleet Alex wins the Triple Crown.

Afleet Alex was a one-run closer.
How in the world could a rabbit ruin a race for a one-run closer?
What killed AA in the Derby was that his jock rode him as if he was not a one-run closer. It wasn't a terrible ride in a general sense, but it was not a ride that best suited that colt's particular style.