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09-23-2009, 09:05 AM
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Hacker Crafts sweeping maiden victory Jan 7, 2007
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09-23-2009, 09:14 AM
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The Test with You and that Carson City filly was really good.. but that might be considered a "great" race.
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09-23-2009, 09:24 AM
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1984 Breeders Cup Classic with Wild Again, Slew of Gold and Gate Dancer
Just watched it again and it still Gives Me Goose bumps http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yqin6...rom=PL&index=3
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09-23-2009, 09:35 AM
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1985 Strub with Precisionist, Greinton and a self sabotaging Gate Dancer.
Precisionist blazes on the lead, I think with the nice Halo horse Halo Folks. After putting him away, he then has to contend with Greinton from the turn all the way to the wire, in Affirmed-Alydaresque fashion. As they come down the stretch, Gate Dancer makes his move but manages to get into trouble. He takes up and then manages to regather his momentum late but can't quite get there. At the wire, Precisionist and Greinton are so close, not a single person at the track (50k or so?) knows who won. I believe both jocks said later on that they thought the other guy won. After a long photo, Precisionist gets the win and the track erupted. It was pretty cool and is probably what really hooked me for good. That 3/8ths to 1/2 mile where they hooked up as one was just amazing. That was the start of their rivalry in which they took turns beating each other at HP that summer. They were running miles in the 1.33 range and 10f in about 1:58.
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09-23-2009, 09:42 AM
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Sightseek's Go For Wand 2003
Her Rampart the following year is also one of my favorite races. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q_c8VlPZQGI
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09-23-2009, 09:52 AM
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I always thought the inaugural Dubai World Cup was a terrific race.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ER5-u...eature=related NT
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09-23-2009, 08:13 PM
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Curlin and Hard Spun finish 1,2 in the 2007 BC Classic, demonstrating how competing in all three Triple Crown races ruins a horse for the rest of the year...see avatar photo from REUTERS/Lucas Jackson
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09-23-2009, 08:19 PM
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'07 Tampa Bay Derby - Street Sense vs. Any Given Saturday
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KWm_o9o6TbU Grunder is the bomb
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09-23-2009, 09:32 AM
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Afleet Alex in the Preakness:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KfFzO...eature=related I also thought he made a pretty good move in the Belmont that year too (I know it wasn't the greatest field in history, but it was still a big move).
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Felix Unger talking to Oscar Madison: "Your horse could finish third by 20 lengths and they still pay you? And you have been losing money for all these years?!"
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09-23-2009, 10:01 AM
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09-23-2009, 10:06 AM
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09-23-2009, 10:20 AM
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09-23-2009, 10:28 AM
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09-23-2009, 11:22 AM
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Perhaps it's because I wasn't really able to enjoy the big races of the 80s and early 90s, but Curlin's 2007 Preakness victory will always be among the races I consider to be the greatest, for many reasons.
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09-23-2009, 11:38 AM
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09-23-2009, 11:47 AM
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A couple good ones..
1994 Caesar's International: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GKFL1nhLEns 1994 Hempstead Handicap: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WxMIUTDDP0U
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09-23-2009, 09:21 PM
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09-23-2009, 09:27 PM
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I don't know about great, but the 94 Arkansas Derby will always be my favorite race.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0CfSJn3tI8M
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09-23-2009, 09:53 PM
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2000 Hutcheson - More Than Ready vs. Summer Note
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_r5i...eature=related 1:09 off the bench
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