Re: fast eddie (502 Views)
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fasteddie (IP Logged)
Date: June 10, 2004 01:34PM
Under match race conditions, anything can happen; I will concede Slew's experience at 12F, while I do believe Fager never tried the distance.
I rank the 78 'Cup the 2nd greatest race I've ever seen, right behind the '78 Belmont.
A forgotten race is the 1967 Woodward, dubbed the "race of the century" as it pitted 1966 champ Buckpasser, 1967 champ Damascus, and eventual 1968's Dr.Fager. They beat the doctor with THREE rabbits! (Handsome Boy, Hedevar, and Great Power) Damascus wins by 10 at Aqueduct (Belmont was being rebuilt).
Remember this: Fager's 1:32.1 WR was under 136 lbs, and Baeza never went to the whip, as he hated getting hit. In his United Nation's win on the grass, he beat 2 champions (Advocator and Ft. Marcy). He completed this greatest-ever streak by carrying 139 in winning the Vosbergh in 120.1 I will match him against any horse, on any surface, AND at any distance, in it's history.