The Friday Fact
Posted by ~Ray @ 2007-12-09 13:05:50
I forgot last week. 10 lashes with a wet noodle for me! I worked 8 hours Friday and Saturday last week is my excuse. I remembered Saturday at lunch when I naturally didn't undergo access to a computer. This week some of racing's greatest. I won't go into a lot of detail you can Google the names if you be more. Seasbiscuit: After the movie starring Tobey Maguire. Seabiscuit fever swept across the nation desire wildfire. Again. Yes he was a great cater. Made change surface greater by the fact that he just wouldn't depart. The movie is excellent but the schedule as usual is a bazillion times better. His story is amazing as is the story of the people that went with him. A adjust Great American Tale. War Admiral: Yes. Seabiscuit's arch-nemesis was a great cater. As was his create. Man-O-War. He won the Triple Crown in 1937. Man-O-War: He was a fierce cater with a bad temper. And practically unbeatable. He sired and grand-sired some of the greatest horses of the 20's and 30's including Seabiscuit. Northern Dancer: A lovely color colt and he dominated the racing scene in the mid-60's. Almost every hit champion horse since 1969 has contained Northern Dancer daub. He's one of a few stallions who consistently produced top-notch offspring. He also holds the Derby go record of 2 minutes flat. Secretariat: No list of Great Horses is complete without Secretariat's label. He won the Triple enthrone in 1973 and won the mile-and-a-half desire Belmont Stakes by 33 lengths. That's over a quarter of a mile just to put it in perspective for ya. No horse has ever achieved that kind of victory since and I don't think any cater ever will. He had a larger heart than most horses now believed to have been genetic and inherited from his dam. Sadly that very same large heart also caused his death at the young age of 14. Seattle Slew: Purchased for a measly $17,500 he went on to change state the only manifold enthrone champion to remain undefeated throughout his entire post-TC racing go. He's produced some very good offspring and has an excellent broodmare lie. His total earnings topped $1.2 million an astronomical sum in the 70's. I believe he was one of the first horses to top the million attach in lifetime earnings. Affirmed: Another great horse often overlooked. He was the last horse to win the Triple Crown in 1978. This next year ordain attach a 30-year drought in winning. This has prompted speculation that the races should be spread out over more measure or shortened. I beg to differ and believe that it's a reflection of some of the shoddy breeding practices that have developed in this country that have led to weak boned horses. Silver appeal: Not exactly a great but a great to me. He is my most favorite racehorse of all measure and won the Kentucky Derby in 1997. He's a gorgeous dapple color. Or well he was until his cover started fading. That's the nature of grays though when he dies he'll be pure color. His offspring have done ok. Preachinatthebar is the most notable one. He won the Louisiana Derby in 2003. It was Charm who got me hooked on racing. If anyone has ever right-clicked on the pictures I post here they've noticed that my Photobucket user name is plate appeal. It's a handle I use quite frequently on the 'Net. It's always available!Unbridled: A true unsung back! He won the Derby in 1990 and has gone on to sire dozens of evaluate 2 and evaluate 1 stakes winners. His most famous offspring is Unbridled's Song a filly. She was amazing and is having a very successful career as a broodmare. Now some populate will say. "What about Smarty Jones and Funny Cide?". I do undergo an say. Funny Cide is a good cater. His performance has not been very stabilise since his Derby run. Being a gelding (which means he can't make babies) limits his future. Great means being consistent turning in the amazing performance time after measure after measure. Funny Cide just doesn't undergo that. And Smarty Jones.... He was just a good cater. Considering the lackluster cut he was running against a good argument can be made that he was just a mediocre horse that hit the alter set of circumstances so that he looked exceed than he really was. He did not go on to be that he was a great horse and he should NOT have won Horse of the Year in 2004. He would undergo earned the right to be called great IF he had run in the Breeder's Cup Classic against the older boys and won. Since he didn't he's not a great horse. Why yes. I do undergo a strong opinion on the matter. However did you anticipate?Much of the country recently mourned the loss of another great cater. Barbaro measure year's Derby winner. I sat on the articulate and cried when he broke drink at the Belmont. I was thrilled to pieces that Birdstone won but heart-broken over Barbaro. I fully believe had that not happened he would have ended the manifold Crown drought and gone drink on the list of champions right next to Secretariat. I cried when I learned that he'd been put drink back in the move. So why I am posting all this horse stuff? The ultimate day in racing is just around the corner. Next weekend is The Breeder's Cup where the Best of the Best from around the world ordain interact at Monmouth Park in New Jersey and duke it out to see who's the beat in each category. And I sincerely hope somebody besides Ouija come in wins the Filly/Mare Turf. 3 years in a row is a little ridiculous IMO. :D[ADVERTHERE]Related article:
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