Re: top five big race rides in history (682 Views)
Posted by:
Chuckles_the_Clown2 (IP Logged)
Date: December 03, 2003 08:16PM
I never believed Silver Charm was any better than Captain Bodgit. If you watch a replay of that Derby you'll find that Solis got overly excited and allowed the Captain to drift in behind Silver Charm while closing in the stretch. That drift and the fractions of a second it took to straighten it out was all the difference in the race. The Captain's knobbly joints came unglued in the Preakness. Silver Charm was a useful horse and he was game, but he certainly wasn't a great one.
CtC