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Old 03-25-2008, 09:24 AM
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The worst G1 winning filly has to be Sutra. For a colt, how about Commendable?
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Old 03-25-2008, 09:37 AM
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Didn't Sutra receive like a 76 BSF for her GI win?
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Old 03-25-2008, 09:40 AM
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Old 03-25-2008, 10:01 AM
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I always go with Colonial Colony as my worst GI winner, but that's just me.
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Old 03-25-2008, 10:45 AM
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I always go with Colonial Colony as my worst GI winner, but that's just me.
Seek Gold with his Grade 1 win in the Stepen Foster at 91/1 under Borel was probably just as bad.

He got dusted in a nothing stake at Tampa - and the horse was all but given away a few months prior.
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Old 03-25-2008, 10:58 AM
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Bull Inthe Heather won the Gr 1 Florida Derby - but was 2-for-32 other wise, and the majority of his career earnings came from the Florida Derby.

Free Spirits Joy won the Super Derby when it was a Grade 1 race with a $1 million purse. He was 35/1 and rode the rail under Borel (who probably carried the same buzzer that day as he did when he rode Rockamundo and Seek Gold)

Best Pal, Olympio, and Lite Light were all in that race.
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Old 03-25-2008, 11:11 AM
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I think Sarava fits the bill. He won a MSW, the Sir Barton and the Belmont. He is still eligible for a NW3X...
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Bull Inthe Heather won the Gr 1 Florida Derby - but was 2-for-32 other wise, and the majority of his career earnings came from the Florida Derby.

Free Spirits Joy won the Super Derby when it was a Grade 1 race with a $1 million purse. He was 35/1 and rode the rail under Borel (who probably carried the same buzzer that day as he did when he rode Rockamundo and Seek Gold)

Best Pal, Olympio, and Lite Light were all in that race.

I think he updated it around Seek Gold time. New technology...
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Old 03-25-2008, 09:21 PM
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Free Spirits Joy won the Super Derby when it was a Grade 1 race with a $1 million purse. He was 35/1 and rode the rail under Borel (who probably carried the same buzzer that day as he did when he rode Rockamundo and Seek Gold)

Best Pal, Olympio, and Lite Light were all in that race.
I think your buzzer statement is a bit over the top. I was there and watched race from apron. Fastest horse won, period.

Shippers like Best Pal from California did not like hot, humid conditions that afternoon. Free Spirits Joy was well acclimated to ambient conditions. FSJ was Louisiana-bred based at LaD. Also, it has been documented by others, such as Steve Davidowitz in his last edition of Betting Thoroughbreds, that track was packed, rock hard, superhighway along rail. Another testament is final time 2:00.4. Atypically fast when compared with previous 1-1/4 mile editions of Super Derby in that era.

As for Borel, Boo just schooled out-of-towners with his "home court" advantage of knowing that rail was lightning fast that day. Jockeys are like shippers because sometimes they don't like new surrondings.

Now, I do concur that FSJ is one of the worst Grade I winners ever.
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I always go with Colonial Colony as my worst GI winner, but that's just me.
I loved him!
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Should have been a 57, at that.
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who won that 2yo filly stake at belmont in the past few years that was in a real slow time?
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Old 03-25-2008, 10:16 AM
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who won that 2yo filly stake at belmont in the past few years that was in a real slow time?
Other than Sutra?
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Old 03-25-2008, 10:25 AM
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Rockamundo (G2) was pretty bad.
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Other than Sutra?
guess so!
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Old 03-25-2008, 10:27 AM
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who won that 2yo filly stake at belmont in the past few years that was in a real slow time?
Welcome to the thread!
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Old 03-25-2008, 01:14 PM
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sorry I didnt realize it was the same horse! I did not remember the name.
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And her male counterpart Student Council.
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Agreed!
Student Council is no all-time great, but come on, the horse is a Grade I AND Grade II winner of more than $1 million. He is much better than anything else listed in this thread.
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Old 03-25-2008, 03:04 PM
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I think it's Sutra, hands down. I seriously have never witnessed a worse race in person, ever. The field was awful and they ran WORSE than awful.
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