Quote from: stark on August 01, 2018, 10:36:40 AM No need to look it up in a dictionary, it was the very definition of HEART in a horse, doesn't show up in pedigree reports or workout times but it's there when you need it, very few have/had one as big as Affirmed.
I have always thought that Pincay got the most from Affirmed. For the longest time I had a gold button, commorating Affirmed being the first horse to earn 2M. They gave them out to everyone at Hollywood Park the day Affirmed won the Gold Cup with Pincay up. A truly game performance with Affirmed carrying 132 while beating that year's Whittingham Euro, Sirlad, and a tough little pony sized Elmendorf horse, Text. Both were getting quite a bit of weight. Certainly not to disparage Steve Cauthen, but I always wondered what those TC races would have been like had the Pirate been up.
As for Alydar, he was something in his own right. It was really too bad he got hurt after the Travers. He wasn't the same horse at four. He lost to horses like State Dinner and Star De Naskra, who were nice horses, but shouldn't have been able to warm him up.
Stark - it was a good read. I had forgot about his questionable death in his stall
Yes I was I started going to the races regularly at the spring of 1974 at Aqueduct. Seen All of the great horses that raced in NY (downstate as well Upstate )and NJ (Monmouth )in the 70s and beyond Never seen Secretariat but I knew ofrom him from all the horseplayers that hang out at the pool room
Quote from: Raven on August 01, 2018, 12:32:56 PM Yes I was I started going to the races regularly at the spring of 1974 at Aqueduct. Seen All of the great horses that raced in NY (downstate as well Upstate )and NJ (Monmouth )in the 70s and beyond Never seen Secretariat but I knew ofrom him from all the horseplayers that hang out at the pool room
So cool :chickendance: Can't believe how many people have seen such great horses. My top 3 that I saw at Woodbine were Cigar, Dance Smartly and Izvestia
