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Old 03-10-2018, 07:45 PM
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Question Hypothetical Matchups

At their peak, who wins on a fair track going 9 furlongs on dirt? Half mile is in 47 seconds

Hard Spun or Shackleford
Shared Belief or Barbaro
Rags to Riches or Royal Delta
Smarty Jones or Pioneer of the Nile
Lookin at Lee or Dialed In
Half Ours or High fly
Roses in May or Game On Dude

Who wins going 6 furlongs on dirt?

Ghostzapper or Discreet Cat
Lava Man or Sun King

Who wins going a mile on the weeds?

Showing Up (the horse that had me thinking of matchups that’ll never happen) or Kip DeVille

Wise Dan or Artie Schiller
Winter Memories or Tepin
Goldikova or Frankel



Feel free to either ...
a) add on more matchups
b) expound on these current ones
c) call me a huge dork for thinking of these
d) call up Alabama Stakes for his opinions on hairstyles



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Old 03-10-2018, 11:09 PM
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Cool thread DCH...
Hard Spun.......barely.
Barbaro.........he had the "it" factor.
Royal Delta..........sneaky world class.
Smarty Jones.......no contest(unless you're counting the shed).
L@L/Dialed In.......write in vote for any Dallas Stewart 3yo on the Derby Trail.
Half Ours/High Fly........Niatross.
Roses in May........Bobby Frankel outsmarted Ken Ramsey.
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Ghostzapper.......bring on Dash for Cash.
Lava Man........I heard Pompeii was a tourist trap.
Showing Up.......Can someone please explain the Oklahoma state flag to me ?
Wise Dan/Artie Schiller..........Lure.
Tepin........by a Pole and a half.
Goldikova.........Frankel was a shut-in.

I'll add a couple:

Citation or Native Dancer
Affirmed or Slew
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Old 03-12-2018, 03:11 PM
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Hard Spun or Shackleford--Shackelford his Met Mile run did for me
Shared Belief or Barbaro--Barbaro narrowly
Rags to Riches or Royal Delta--Rags to Riches laid it all out to beat Curlin
Smarty Jones or Pioneer of the Nile--Smarty's able to hold him off
Lookin at Lee or Dialed In--Dialed In i think finishes a touch stronger
Half Ours or High fly--Half Ours runs away
Roses in May or Game On Dude--Roses easily over a hard tryin Dude


Ghostzapper or Discreet Cat--Zapper was a rare freak
Lava Man or Sun King--Lava Man



Showing Up (the horse that had me thinking of matchups that’ll never happen) or Kip DeVille--Showing Up

Wise Dan or Artie Schiller---Artie
Winter Memories or Tepin--Winter Memories kicks it in late
Goldikova or Frankel--Frankel easily
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Old 03-12-2018, 03:16 PM
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Point Given vs Tiznow

Curlin vs Ravens Pass in a rematch!
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Old 03-12-2018, 09:53 PM
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Heres one

Winx vs Anybody.

Winx is a champion. Starting in May 2015, she has won 23 consecutive stakes races including 16 Group 1's, at distances ranging from 1300 metres to 2200 metres.

I think it is reasonable to say that this horse could be the 2nd best ever. and damn!... what a beautiful horse she is!

https://www.racing.com/horses/winx

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Old 03-13-2018, 07:36 AM
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Heres one

Winx vs Anybody.

Winx is a champion. Starting in May 2015, she has won 23 consecutive stakes races including 16 Group 1's, at distances ranging from 1300 metres to 2200 metres.

I think it is reasonable to say that this horse could be the 2nd best ever. and damn!... what a beautiful horse she is!

https://www.racing.com/horses/winx

Recency Bias?
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Old 03-13-2018, 10:38 AM
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I think it is reasonable to say that this horse could be the 2nd best ever. and damn!... what a beautiful horse she is!
I'm wondering who the best ever is?
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Old 03-13-2018, 12:11 PM
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Spectacular Bid
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Old 03-14-2018, 02:14 PM
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Heres one

Winx vs Anybody.

Winx is a champion. Starting in May 2015, she has won 23 consecutive stakes races including 16 Group 1's, at distances ranging from 1300 metres to 2200 metres.

I think it is reasonable to say that this horse could be the 2nd best ever. and damn!... what a beautiful horse she is!

https://www.racing.com/horses/winx

Winx would have a hard time getting past Black Caviar
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Old 03-14-2018, 02:44 PM
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Winx would have a hard time getting past Black Caviar
Winx gets by everyone
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Discreet Cat 06 Cigar Mile vs Frosted 2016 Met?
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Old 03-15-2018, 12:58 AM
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Point Given vs Tiznow

Curlin vs Ravens Pass in a rematch!
Tiznow.........Affirmed light.
Curlin...........Top 5 of the century.
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Old 03-15-2018, 01:04 AM
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Discreet Cat 06 Cigar Mile vs Frosted 2016 Met?

Discreet Cat..........like the field he beat much better then the Frosted bunch.
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Old 04-03-2018, 10:27 PM
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I'm wondering who the best ever is?
That would still be Big Red....
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