Re: Invasor? (543 Views)
Posted by:
richiebee (IP Logged)
Date: June 26, 2007 08:39PM
P Dub:
NASCAR is experimenting this year with the Car of Tomorrow (COT). Invasor is
clearly a Great Horse of the present age, and it is not fair to compare him to
the outstanding horses of yesteryear:
Forego--a great will to win, which carried him to victory on days when he was
ouchy, when the track condition or distance or pace scenario worked against
him, when he was matched against much more lightly weighted rivals. As a
gelding,the economics of the sport/business of racing never worked against his
longevity. A lot of sentiment and subjectivity here, but the greatest of the
great ones I have seen--he knew where the wire was, and he wanted to be there
first.
Secretariat-- yes he had trouble in races that started with "W", but many
forget that his last two career (turf) races were two of the fastest races ever
run on that surface (if not the fastest) at that point in time. Beyer
retroactively assigned a number like 130 to his Belmont, a race where he was
doing it all on his own.
Spec Bid-- Champion 2YO, Champion 3YO and Horse of the Year at 4. Ran 7/8s in
1:20 and 1-1/4 in 1:57.4. 26 for 30 lifetime.
I am very happy to have seen all 3 of these champions, and the economics of
the sport dictate that I may never see the likes of them again.
These are horses that put fannies in the seats.