Re: Chuckles' go to horse (556 Views)
Posted by:
fkach (IP Logged)
Date: May 16, 2007 10:12AM
I never saw Dr. Fager other than on film (and his PPs), but I have a tough time thinking anyone was better than him from the more modern era of racing.
Horses have run individual better races (like Secretariart in the Belmont), but Fager was a super great sprinter, middle distance horse, turf horse, weight carrier and pretty much everything else.
I tend to be a big fan of speed horses because I think their ability is generally underrated. They almost always get used early, so maybe I'm biased. But I have dreams of a Seattle Slew/Dr Fager match race. In fact, that's my criteria for heaven. If I can't see that race, it can't be heaven.
;-)