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Old 02-25-2008, 03:59 PM
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Default Top 25 3yo's 1987-2007

For anyone that wants to undergo such a task, I'd like to see what some of the lists would look like. If you want to take it a step further and rank them, even better. I'm assuming that there will be at least 10 that will be on every lists and that the remaining choices will cover a wide array of horses. Use whatever criteria you feel like using.
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Old 02-25-2008, 04:02 PM
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1. War Pass
2. Pyro
3. Cool Coal Man
4. Denis of Cork

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25. Smarty Jones
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Old 02-25-2008, 04:02 PM
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This would be fun King. Even though it was a quick look this morning I went back and looked at every Derby chart from 1989 and it was pretty interesting. It's also interesting to go down memory land and see some of the horses that just seemed to disappear after the Derby and/or the other two triple crown races.
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Old 02-25-2008, 04:03 PM
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1. War Pass
2. Pyro
3. Cool Coal Man
4. Denis of Cork

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93. Smarty Jones

FTFY.
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Old 02-25-2008, 04:13 PM
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For anyone that wants to undergo such a task, I'd like to see what some of the lists would look like. If you want to take it a step further and rank them, even better. I'm assuming that there will be at least 10 that will be on every lists and that the remaining choices will cover a wide array of horses. Use whatever criteria you feel like using.
Sunday Silence
Alysheba
Unbridled
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Old 02-25-2008, 04:46 PM
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1. Smarty Jones
2. Lawyer Ron
3. Lost In The Fog
4. Octave
5. Lawrence The Roman
6. Court Vision
7. Steppenwolfer
8. Jazil
9. Limehouse
10. Rags To Riches
11. Jamies First Punch
12. Deeds Not Words
13. Nationalore
14. Action This Day
15. Keyed Entry
16. Coin Silver
17. Brancusi
18. Ten Cents A Shine
19. Egg Head
20. Bull Inthe Heather
21. Wild Syn
22. El Bakan
23. Rockport Harbor
24. Bandini
25. Dr. Pleasure
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Old 02-25-2008, 04:51 PM
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I laughed.
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Old 02-25-2008, 04:54 PM
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1. Smarty Jones
2. Lawyer Ron
3. Lost In The Fog
4. Octave
5. Lawrence The Roman
6. Court Vision
7. Steppenwolfer
8. Jazil
9. Limehouse
10. Rags To Riches
11. Jamies First Punch
12. Deeds Not Words
13. Nationalore
14. Action This Day
15. Keyed Entry
16. Coin Silver
17. Brancusi
18. Ten Cents A Shine
19. Egg Head
20. Bull Inthe Heather
21. Wild Syn
22. El Bakan
23. Rockport Harbor
24. Bandini
25. Dr. Pleasure
No Suave Prospect?
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Old 02-25-2008, 04:58 PM
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Well, it was worth a try.
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Old 02-25-2008, 05:03 PM
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1) Sunday Silence





































































24 others that weren't nearly as good.
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I give him credit for trying, but Egghead?
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Old 02-25-2008, 05:14 PM
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I'm pretty sure he was kidding.
I wasn't sure if he was kidding or not until I saw that Song of the Sword wasn't even on the list.
Then I knew for sure that he was just joking around.
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Old 02-25-2008, 05:18 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by KirisClown
1. Smarty Jones
2. Lawyer Ron
3. Lost In The Fog
4. Octave
5. Lawrence The Roman
6. Court Vision
7. Steppenwolfer
8. Jazil
9. Limehouse
10. Rags To Riches
11. Jamies First Punch
12. Deeds Not Words
13. Nationalore
14. Action This Day
15. Keyed Entry
16. Coin Silver
17. Brancusi
18. Ten Cents A Shine
19. Egg Head
20. Bull Inthe Heather
21. Wild Syn
22. El Bakan
23. Rockport Harbor
24. Bandini
25. Dr. Pleasure
No Giacomo?
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Old 02-25-2008, 05:20 PM
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I'm pretty sure he was kidding.
Gotcha, now that I look at the rest of the list. I'm a mess.
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Old 02-25-2008, 05:21 PM
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Well, it was worth a try.
I was going to put Sarava, Giacomo and Commendable after the obvious three but everyone else took care of the levity.
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Old 02-25-2008, 05:27 PM
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In no particular order and I'm sure I'll be leaving someone out.

Alysheba
Winning Colors
Risen Star
Sunday Silence
Easy Goer
Holy Bull
Thunder Gulch
Mecke
Silver Charm
Lemon Drop Kid
War Emblem
Smarty Jones
Afleet Alex
Street Sense
Curlin


These are just a few I would consider to be very good 3 year olds.

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Old 02-25-2008, 05:33 PM
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Tepid on the Bull? How come? I know you said no order but IMO he would have crushed at least the horses under him on that list and maybe 2 above him.

He was no Mecke.
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Old 02-25-2008, 05:36 PM
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I might be forgetting someone, but here is my list of 25 in the order I thought of them. It isn't exactly ranked 1-25, but my top picks are near the top of the list.

Sunday Silence
Easy Goer
Go for Wand
Holy Bull
Risen Star
Alysheba
Barbaro
Point Given
AP Indy
Thunder Gulch
Unbridled
Curlin
Smarty Jones
Silver Charm
Tiznow
Afleet Alex
Housebuster
Bet Twice
Winning Colors
Victory Gallop
Tabasco Cat
Touch Gold
Real Quiet
Bernardini
Empire Maker
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Old 02-25-2008, 05:36 PM
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Tepid on the Bull? How come? I know you said no order but IMO he would have crushed at least the horses under him on that list and maybe 2 above him.

Im hoping & praying it's a typo..

"very tepid" belongs next to War Emblem..
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Old 02-25-2008, 05:55 PM
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In no particular order and I'm sure I'll be leaving someone out.

Alysheba
Winning Colors
Risen Star
Sunday Silence
Easy Goer
Holy Bull
Thunder Gulch
Mecke
Silver Charm
Lemon Drop Kid
War Emblem
Smarty Jones
Afleet Alex
Street Sense
Curlin


These are just a few I would consider to be very good 3 year olds.


Removed Tepid.
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