Re: Invasor? (403 Views)
Posted by:
Chuckles_the_Clown2 (IP Logged)
Date: July 04, 2007 08:20AM
Since the other Committee members have not yet accepted their nominations I currently have to speak for the full committee. Your proposal is seconded and accepted henceforth with the reservation that the Committee will determine which horses to place in the respective categories.
Bellamy Road will not be entered in the "Singularly Great Performances" Category upon the following basis:
1. The Wood Track on that anomalous day was as fast as Aqueduct has been in a human generation.
2. Other horses on the card ran incredibly fast races.
3. In the Wood itself the field was overextended to try and make the Kentucky Derby field and they all ran poor/off efforts, with the exception of Bellamy Road.
4. The best horse in that field "Scrappy T" had his saddle slip with five furlongs to go which cost him innumerable lengths.
In Conclusion that Wood was an optical illusion as was born out by subsequent race results.
Rags to Riches Belmont will similarly be judged upon what occurs in the future.
CtC, Hall of Greatness Committee
slewzapper Wrote:
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> Esteemed committee members:
>
> May I suggest you create three categories - Great,
> Potentially Great, and Singular Great
> Performances. Lately there have been many in the
> latter two categories.
>
> Great - the usual seventies-era icons, John Henry,
> maybe Cigar and Skippy.
>
> Potentially Great - the sparsely run dominating
> horses, premature retirees, eg. Smarty Jones,
> Afleet Alex, G-zapper, Invasor, Point Given,
> Tiznow, B-dini, Mineshaft. It would be interesting
> to speculate which of the potentially great would
> have become legendary had they been allowed/lasted
> to race for three full campaigns.
>
> Singular Great Performances - Bellamy Road's Wood,
> Pleasant Home's BC Distaff. Keeneland dirt
> performances cannot qualify.